CT-GL-28A

Summary

General License No. 28A authorizes all transactions prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR part 594) or the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR part 597) that involve Ansarallah, or any entity in which Ansarallah holds a 50 percent or greater interest, provided those transactions are ordinarily incident and necessary to the official business of third-country diplomatic or consular missions to Yemen. Certain financial transfers and other transactions prohibited by the GTSR or FTOSR remain excluded from this authorization. This license replaces and supersedes General License No. 28, dated February 16, 2024, in its entirety effective March 5, 2025.

Authorized activities

• Transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the official business of third-country diplomatic or consular missions to Yemen involving Ansarallah
• Transactions involving entities in which Ansarallah owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, when ordinarily incident and necessary to such official business
• Financial transfers to blocked persons described in paragraph (a) for payment of taxes, fees, or import duties
• Financial transfers to blocked persons described in paragraph (a) for purchase or receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services

Conditions

Financial transfers to any blocked person covered by paragraph (a) are not authorized, except to effect payment of taxes, fees, import duties, or the purchase or receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services. Transactions otherwise prohibited by the GTSR or FTOSR — including those involving any blocked person other than those described in paragraph (a) — are not authorized unless separately authorized.