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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Sunak says UK to announce new sanctions on Houthis, FM Cameron to visit Middle East this week
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo at Downing Street, London, January 23, 2024. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP)
Britain plans to announce new sanctions in the coming days targeting Houthi financing of attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says.
US and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes yesterday in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group.
“We’re going to use the most effective means at our disposal to cut off the Houthi’s financial resources, where they are used to fund these attacks,” Sunak tells parliament.
“We are working closely with the United States on this and plan to announce new sanctions measures in the coming days.”
Sunak also says British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will visit the Middle East this week.
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