After the United States and its allies launched strikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Washington issued further sanctions on Friday targeting four cargo ships and two companies it says are supplying the Houthis with commodities from Iran. The companies, based in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, are involved in shipping goods on behalf of Iran-based Houthi financial facilitator Sa’id al-Jamal, the US Treasury Department said in a statement. “The revenue from the commodity sales supports the Houthis and their continued attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf …