US sanctions Assad, his wife, others in bid to shut down foreign investment for Syrian regime

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US sanctions Assad, his wife, others in bid to shut down foreign investment for Syrian regime.

documenting the victims of the Assad government's torture and butchery -- requires sanctions on several top Syrian figures to send a"severe chilling effect on any outside investors who would be contemplating doing business with the Assad regime," a senior administration official said.to the negotiating table to find a political settlement after over nine years of war.

The war in Syria, which began as a democratic uprising against Assad's oppressive rule in 2011, spiraled into a bloody civil war after Assad's forces brutally cracked down on dissenters. Soon, jihadist groups and foreign powers took advantage of the chaos, fomenting even greater violence -- with 11 million people now displaced and at least 500,000 killed.

Thousands of Syrians gather at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on June 11, 2020, in support of President Bashar Assad and to denounce the Caesar Act, U.S. legislation that sanctions the Syrian government, which is scheduled to be put in force on June 17.in the conflict outside the fight against ISIS, the U.S.

The senior administration official told ABC News that there will be more sanctions targets to come and that those blacklisted on Wednesday will help block any foreign investment into the country.

 

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That’s all they do. Who can sanction the United for all the none sense war they keep started

Jaký je vlastně zájem USA ? :-)

Seems the trump team trying to look good for some reason 🤔

Obama made this problem when he gave people false hope over his Arab Spring policy and ran guns to AQ through Libya getting Chris Steven’s murdered in Benghazi. He owns the mess in the Syria.

the syrian people will love the new sanctions....drop more democracy more

I can tell you from experience.. Look at my exchange with Paul Ryan, That's what is owed the American people.. They'd say to me all the time, Uncle Joe. So we'll meet this challenge together.. To been hosting a Diplomacy or dozens & beef pl ace in our country, who

Why does it always seem that when the Trump administration does something authentically good, it feels like they were forced into it?

Круто!

Just now

This is the sort of leadership from the the US that the world has been hoping for - too little but hopefully not too late

Is probably needs to resolved it’s own problems before getting involved in another countries.

She’s promised to help him find his chin.

JOHNNY LOVE UNSEEN VIDEO

maggieNYT Wow- a dictator that trump is not kissing his ass?

maggieNYT He's cutting off their supply of scarfs.

maggieNYT Little late

The animal!

Should have been done long ago. What was he waiting for?

maggieNYT Lack of strategy should be the story

The dude won. It's over. We spent 10 years in Iraq, spent trillions, thousands of lives, and handed the country over to ISIS. Sigh.

Yet.. nothing against Russia. 🤔

maggieNYT I guess Assad didn't want to help Trump's reelection.

Not Asma!

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