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FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Department of the Treasury is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday slapped fresh sanctions on Syria, targeting its central bank and blacklisting several people and entities in a continued effort to cut off funds for President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
The latest action, building on sanctions imposed on Syria earlier this year, marked another round in a U.S. campaign to push Assad’s government back into U.N.-led negotiations to end the country’s nearly decade-long war.
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE
In June 2020, the State Department sanctioned the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) pursuant to Executive Order 13382 (
WMD Proliferators and Their Supporters). At that time, we underscored the fact that IRISL is the preferred shipping line for Iranian proliferators and procurement agents. We have warned industry that those who do business with IRISL, its subsidiaries, and other Iranian shipping entities, risk sanctions. Today, we are sanctioning seven entities and two individuals for such conduct.
As a part of this action, the State Department is imposing sanctions on IRISL pursuant to Section 1245(a)(1)(C)(i)(II) of the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act (IFCA). IRISL knowingly transferred, directly or indirectly, to Iran grain-oriented electrical steel to at least one Iranian person on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Depart
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The United States Supreme Court has again granted a petition to examine standing in the context of class actions, specifically whether Article III of the Constitution permits members of a certified class to recover money damages when members of the certified class suffered no actual injury. This issue was presented to the Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion and order in
Ramirez v. TransUnion LLC, 951 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2020), finding absent class members in a class action brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) had Article III standing where it was undisputed that, in the case of the majority of the certified class members, allegedly inaccurate credit information was not disclosed to any third party. The Supreme Court’s consideration of the issues presented in
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The head of the Ukrainian president s office says that Volodymyr Zelenskiy s administration will do everything in its power to hold.responsible Ukrainians who meddled in the November U.S. election after Washington imposed sanctions on nearly a dozen Ukrainian nationals and entities. For the sake of clarity regardless of party affiliation, this administration will do everything in its power to hold [to account] those responsible for meddling in U.S. elections, Andriy Yermak
The U.S. Treasury on January 11 accused seven individuals and four entities of involvement in a Russian-linked foreign-influence network associated with Ukrainian parliament member Andriy Derkach.
US economic sanctions on Syria could impact population 1 minute read
By Rania Zanoun
Damascus, Jan 11 (efe-epa).- Syria’s central bank has been targeted by the most recent round of sanctions imposed by the United States under the Caesar Act, which experts warn that would worsen the economic crisis in the Arab country.
Washington has imposed six rounds of sanctions on people, companies and entities with links to the government of Bashar al-Assad since the implementation of the act, named after a military police photographer who leaked photos of 11,000 people killed while in custody.
In the most recent of these sanctions, the Treasury Department added the central bank to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List), which seizes properties in the US or in Washington’s hands, as well as the prohibiting business dealings with targets of the sanctions.