Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
Abu Sajjad; Mansur Ahmad AL-SA'ADI; Mansoor Ahmed AL SAADI
Position
Houthi Commander of Yemen's Naval and Coastal Defense Forces
Nationality
Yemen
DoB
1988
Address
Yemen
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two key militants of the Iranian-backed Ansarallah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, whose actions have prolonged Yemen’s civil war and exacerbated the country’s humanitarian crisis. Mansur Al-Sa’adi and Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi are responsible fo...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0043
Date of listing
2021-03-02
Authority
US
Program
Yemen Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 552
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Yemen
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
On November 9, 2012, OFAC issued the Yemen Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 552 (the “Regulations”) (77 FR 67276, November 9, 2012), to implement Executive Order 13611 of May 16, 2012, “Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen” (77 FR 29533, May 18, 2012) (E.O. 13611). The Regulations were initially issu...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/29/2020-23960/yemen-sanctions-regulations