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US Treasury Department Untied States Sanctions Syria
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 ...
This is Beirut, 05/01 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Qatar United States Sanctions
Ministers from Syria's transitional government urged the United States to lift its sanctions on Damascus during their first visit to Qatar since overthrowing president Bashar al-Assad. In a statement, Qatar's foreign ministry said the Gulf country's premier met with Syria's interim foreign minister, Asaad al-Shaibani, defense minister Murhaf Abu ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-24 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Qatar called on Tuesday for the quick removal of sanctions on Syria following the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad by Islamist-led rebels. "We call for intensified efforts to expedite the lifting of international sanctions on Syria," foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari told a regular briefing. Qatar's call came a day after a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-20 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States Iran sanctions oil
The United States has intensified sanctions against a growing number of oil tankers and companies accused of being involved in the trade of Iranian oil, Bloomberg reported,. Nine ships and eight companies have been added to the sanctions list, according to a government statement released on Thursday. Among the vessels targeted is the MS Enola, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-21 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ukraine United States banks Russia war sanctions
The United States unveiled sanctions on dozens of Russian banks Thursday, including the largest remaining one yet to face such action, over the war in Ukraine. The move taking aim at financial institutions and officials "will further diminish and degrade Russia's war machine," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. "This sweeping ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-19 09:37 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European Union Ukraine Sanctions Iran Russia United Kingdom
Iran's foreign ministry Tuesday slammed as unjustified the new sanctions by the European Union and Britain against Tehran over its support for Russia's war on Ukraine. "While the president of Ukraine has admitted that no Iranian ballistic missiles have been exported to Russia, the measures of the European Union and United Kingdom in ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sanctions Iran Syria Iran Proxy US State Department
The US unveiled sanctions Thursday against 26 people, firms and ships allegedly associated with a Syrian conglomerate making hundreds of millions of dollars selling oil on behalf of Iran and its proxies. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that its designations were related to the Al-Qatirji Company, which it accuses of generating vast ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-12 13:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian bank cards can now be used in Russia, state television reported, as the two countries linked their banking systems in the latest bid to counteract sanctions. Iranian banks have been excluded since 2018 from the SWIFT international financial messaging service, which governs the vast majority of transactions worldwide. The move is part of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-11 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
European Union Sanctions Jean-Noel Barrot Josep Borrell
France's foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, said on Monday that the European Union could soon launch a new round of sanctions against Israeli settlers accused of fuelling violence in Palestinian territories. France had already imposed sanctions against "28 violent settlers" and been instrumental in deciding sanctions at the European Union level, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-16 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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 ...
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UK Sanctions United Kingdom Sanctions
The United Kingdom on Tuesday announced new sanctions against three "illegal settler outposts" and four groups accused of committing violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that Israeli government "inaction... has allowed an environment of impunity to flourish where settler violence has been ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-13 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran condemned Sunday what it called an "illegal and unjustified" expansion of US sanctions targeting its oil industry following Tehran's missile attack on Israel earlier this month. In a statement, foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei defended Iran's attack on Israel and "strongly condemned" the sanctions, saying they were "illegal and ...