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LONDON/LOS ANGELES, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis volition people U.S. lipid majors including Exxon Mobil and Chevron despite an earlier truce agreed with President Donald Trump's medication to not onslaught U.S.-linked ships sailing successful the Red Sea and the wider Gulf of Aden, the Iran-backed militia said connected Tuesday.
The Sanaa-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC), which liaises betwixt Houthi forces and commercialized shipping operators and is associated with the Houthi military, sanctioned 13 U.S. companies, 9 executives and 2 vessels.
Entities designated by the Houthis "shall beryllium dealt with successful accordance with the rule of confrontation," HOCC said connected its website of what it volition bash regarding those deemed with being nether their sanctions.
The announcement is simply a announcement that the companies, which besides see ConocoPhillips and Diamond S Shipping, are deemed hostile entities that are unfastened to attack.
The companies did not instantly respond to requests for comment.
The Houthis since 2023 person launched galore assaults connected vessels successful the Red Sea that they deem to beryllium linked with Israel successful what they accidental is solidarity with Palestinians implicit Israel's war connected Gaza. This week, they attacked a Dutch cargo vessel successful the Gulf of Aden, injuring 2 unit and leaving the vessel ablaze and adrift.
(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein successful Los Angeles and Jonathan Saul successful London; Editing by Leslie Adler)
