US sanctions finance and trade facilitators for Houthis, Hezbollah and Quds force

The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against finance and trade facilitators for Yemen's Houthi rebels, the Lebanese group Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Force.

The sanctions target six entities, one individual and two tankers that are based or registered in Liberia, India, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Kuwait, and that have engaged in facilitating commodity shipments and financial transactions, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.