US Imposes New Sanctions on Syria

This noon, the US Treasury Department announced new group of sanctions imposed on Syria, which target 13 entities and several inpiduals.

The US administration said that it imposed economic sanctions on Syrian officials and companies associated with President Bashar al-Assad, according to the "Caesar Act" previously approved by Congress and Trump.

Also, the administration mentioned that it included Yasser Ibrahim, the financial advisor of Al-Assad, and his two sisters, Nasreen and Rana Ibrahim, on the sanctions list.

The administration added that it would punish "Those are all serving as a cover for Assad and his wife, Asma." 

Washington seeks to pressure the Assad government to return to the United Nations negotiations and put an end to the war that began about a decade ago.

Earlier in June, new US sanctions, took effect under the so-called Caesar Act, and have further paralyzed the war-torn country’s already ailing economy by preventing foreign companies from doing business with Damascus.