[Rudaw] The United States imposed long-anticipated new sanctions on members and entities of the Assad regime Wednesday for their crimes against the Syrian people.
"As of today, the sanctions provisions of the Caesar Act are fully in effect. Anyone doing business with the Assad regime, no matter where in the world they are, is potentially exposed to travel restrictions and financial sanctions," said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a statement on Wednesday.
"Today, the Treasury Department and State Department are releasing 39 designations under the Caesar Act and Executive Order 13894 as the beginning of what will be a sustained campaign of economic and political pressure to deny the Assad regime revenue and support it uses to wage war and commit mass atrocities against the Syrian people," added Pompeo. |