Western countries, meanwhile, used sanctions to cut his regime off from the materials required to produce them, and France went after what it alleged was one of the SSRC’s suppliers.In February 2017, 53 tons of aluminum the Houraniehs had ordered from an Egyptian supplier were seized at the port of Beirut.Houranieh said Lebanese intelligence called him in and said he had two options: go to jail or sign a statement promising not to import the metals to Syria.
Iran has been widely reported to be sending its Fateh-110s to Syria, Hezbollah and possibly Russia for use against Ukraine. The U.S. responded by firing cruise missiles at the Syrian air base used to conduct the attack and sanctioning 271 SSRC staff.on the grounds it was using Paris bank accounts to help Assad’s chemical program.
Houranieh & Sons “supplies the SSRC with materials used in the manufacture of weapon delivery systems chemicals,” the French sanctions continue. “At no point was I told that ‘this is going for a ballistic program, this is going for a chemical program,'” he said.