"The operations of these traders are closely tied to the Houthi movement, which has been identified as a terrorist organization by both the United States and Australia. Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British Ambassador to Yemen and current member of the Counter Extremism Project, remarked, “It is inconceivable that they [the weapons dealers] are not operating on the Houthis’ behalf.” He elaborated that independent dealers attempting to engage with the Yemeni government for profit would face immediate suppression."