News - Yemen: Media sources loyal to the US-Saudi aggression reported on Monday that the head of the so-called Presidential Leadership Council, the traitor Rashad Al-Alimi, has handed over the management of the Central Bank in Aden to the US Department of the Treasury. This move is seen as part of Washington’s ongoing economic war against Yemen.

According to the sources, Al-Alimi instructed the Aden Central Bank governor, the mercenary Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Mabaqi, to implement directives from a US Treasury team that had arrived from Washington to Riyadh for direct supervision of the bank’s operations. The Central Bank in Aden is under the control of the Saudi-Emirati occupation coalition and the hotel-based government (pro-Saudi government).

Last week, the so-called governor of the Central Bank in occupied Aden compelled local bank managers to travel to Riyadh to meet with the American team, with the meetings held on an individual basis.

A leaked document revealed the meeting schedule between the American team and commercial bank managers at a hotel in Riyadh, with sessions beginning on July 28 and continuing over several days.

Sources confirmed that the US Treasury team threatened the heads of commercial banks with sanctions against themselves and their institutions if they failed to comply with Washington’s directives. These directives primarily focused on imposing an artificial and unrealistic exchange rate for the Yemeni rial against the US dollar and the Saudi riyal in occupied Aden.

Since the start of the US-backed war on Yemen in 2015, the aggression has not only been military but also deeply economic. Washington has relied on tools like the seizure of oil tankers, counterfeit currency, and manipulation of monetary policy to cripple Yemen's economy. The relocation of the Central Bank to Aden and disconnecting Yemen from SWIFT aimed to cut off vital foreign reserves and paralyze essential imports like food and fuel.

Meanwhile, coalition-backed authorities flooded southern markets with unbacked currency, imposed unrealistic exchange rates, and used international financial restrictions to obstruct banking operations. The goal: force economic collapse before achieving military victory.

Despite this, Sana'a’s economic resilience and policy responses—along with military gains—have frustrated these plans. The latest move, with the US Treasury reportedly taking control of the Aden Central Bank, marks a new phase in the economic war aiming to deepen Yemen’s dependency and destabilize national finances.

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