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UN, UK Drop Former Yemeni President, Son From Sanctions List

The U.N. Security Council and the U.K. removed two people tied to Yemen from their sanctions lists, including former Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who died in 2017. They also removed his son, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who the council…

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said has “played a key role in facilitating the Houthi military expansion,” after lobbying from Yemeni leaders, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Aug. 2. Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh is Yemen’s ambassador to the UAE.