America sanctioned 11 individuals and institutions in Syria

The US Department of the Treasury announced on Tuesday local time: “Today, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury identified 11 individuals and entities supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.” who supported this regime by facilitating illegal financial transfers and drug trafficking.

The US Treasury Department continued: “Syria has become the leading producer and exporter of Captagon.” It is a highly addictive amphetamine-type stimulant that is illegally trafficked throughout the West Asia and Europe.”

Brian Nelson, US Deputy Treasury Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said: “The Assad regime is using various schemes to evade sanctions and continue its long-term campaign of repression against Syrian citizens, including illegal drug trafficking, exploitation of currency exchanges. And the use of seemingly legitimate businesses continues.”

This American official continued: America is still committed to holding accountable those who seek to support this illegal financial activity that harms the Syrian people.

Previously, today, Tuesday, April 7, 1403, equivalent to March 26, 2024, the United States Treasury announced sanctions against the network facilitating financial transfers for the Houthis (Yemen’s Ansarullah), Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and Iran’s IRGC Quds Force. applied The new US sanctions include 6 entities, one person and two oil tankers.

The statement of the US Department of Treasury states: The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury has identified six entities, one individual and two oil tankers that are based or registered in Liberia, India, Vietnam, Lebanon and Kuwait and in facilitating It sanctions the transportation of goods and financial transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Houthis and Hezbollah.

According to the announcement and claim of the US Treasury Department, “This is the sixth round of sanctions targeting the Saed al-Jamal network, the financial facilitator of the Houthis based in Iran, and another step in a coordinated operation to disrupt the financial affairs of the IRGC. Islam and its affiliated forces are like the Houthi terrorist group

Source: IRNA