luchtschip schreef op 30 september 2020 20:34:
Interesting bits in US sanctions on #Syria today:
• Target head of 5th Corps Milad Jedid -close to Iran & Russia-
• Target sisters of Assad financier
• Target director of intelligence
• Come on anniversary of a massacre
• Msg to regional countries
twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/131132...US slaps new sanctions on 17 Syrian targets including Tourism Ministry
Among the senior figures sanctioned on Wednesday are the current head of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate Husam Muhammad Louka
The US expanded its Caesar Act sanctions designating 17 new Syrian individuals and entities on Wednesday that include the Ministry of Tourism, the governor of the Central Bank and the directorate of general intelligence.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo linked the new measures to the third anniversary of the Armanaz massacre in the conflict.
“Three years ago yesterday, on September 29, 2017, Assad regime forces, backed by Russia, killed at least 34 Syrians in the town of?Armanaz,” he said.
www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas...