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Sanctions against supporters of the Syrian regime

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Sanctions against individuals and organisations

In response to the Assad regime’s ongoing violence against Syrian citizens, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today placed eight individuals and seven entities on its sanctions list for assisting the Syrian government in building its weapons of mass destruction programme. As a result, access to resources owned by these individuals or organisations will be frozen. In addition, any transactions with these persons are prohibited. The entire press release with the names of the individuals and organisations can be found here. The press release is issued by the US Department of the Treasury m 21 July 2016.

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