The United States has sanctioned seven high-ranking members of the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen for smuggling weapons and negotiating weapons procurements from Russia. The State Department recently designated the Houthis as a 'foreign terrorist organization.' The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) stated that the sanctions are aimed at disrupting the Houthis' terrorist activities and degrading their ability to threaten US personnel and global maritime trade.