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CHICAGO: The US on Tuesday expanded sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime targeting 18 individuals and organizations including parliamentarians, military figures, financiers, and members of the family of the leader’s wife, Asma.
As well as Assad’s wife and her immediate relatives, a member of the Syrian parliament, several businesses, and the Central Bank of Syria were among what US Department of State officials described as the “toxic mafia” it said had been hiding money for their own benefit stolen from the Syrian people.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and America’s Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn marginalized the Assad clan and added that talks in Geneva on Syria’s future would continue regardless of what the regime asserted.
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US imposes fresh sanctions on Syria in push for Assad to end war
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WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday (Dec 22) 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 US campaign to push Assad s government back into UN-led negotiations to end the country’s nearly decade-long war.
U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Syria in push for Assad to end war
12/22/2020 | 12:27pm EDT
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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. The United States will continue to seek accountability for those prolonging this conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.