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US Temporarily Eases Some Syria Sanctions

The United States announced Monday that it was providing additional sanctions relief on some activities in Syria for the next six months to ease access to basic services following the fall of strongman Bashar al-Assad. The US Treasury said it had issued a new general license to expand the allowed activities and transactions with Syria while ...

China Rejects U.S. Cyberattack Allegations on US Treasury, Denouncing "False Pretexts"

Beijing on Tuesday hit back at accusations that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach at the US Treasury Department, calling the claims "groundless". The Treasury said the attack resulted in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP. According to the Treasury, the incident ...

US Sanctions 18 Entities and Vessels Tied to Financing Houthis

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned eighteen entities, including companies, individuals, and vessels, for their connection to Sa’id al-Jamal, a finance official linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and the Houthi movement. These sanctions target individuals ...

US Sanctions Hezbollah Finance Network and Syrian Captagon Trafficking

The United States issued sanctions against individuals and entities on Wednesday, that it describes as part of a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network that funnels millions of dollars to Hezbollah. The action targeted four Lebanon-based companies registered to conceal ties to Hezbollah as well as three individuals linked to the group’s ...

US Sanctions Hamas Financial Backers on Oct. 7 Anniversary

The United States imposed fresh sanctions Monday on individuals and a "sham charity" it said were international financial supporters of Hamas, among others, on the anniversary of the group's bloody attack on Israel. On October 7 last year, Hamas militants launched a surprise attack into Israel that resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people according ...

US and UK Sanction IRGC Deputy and Houthi Member

The United States and Britain declared new sanctions on Tuesday, targeting a deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of the Houthi movement. The United States and Britain announced fresh sanctions on Tuesday against an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deputy commander, alongside a Houthi ...