Ten companies in China were placed on the Commerce Department's Entity List for facilitating the purchase of components found in weaponised unmanned aircraft systems operated by proxies, including Yemen's Houthis, according to a post in the Federal Register. Arrow China Electronics Trading in Shanghai and other Chinese cities, and Arrow Electronics (Hong Kong) are among the companies being placed on the list over US components for weaponised drones operated by Iranian proxies like the Houthis. The US also added another Chinese company to the list for being part of an illicit network that obtains and supplies UAV and other components to front companies of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force (IRGC-QF).
Published at: 2025-10-08 21:08:56
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