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NEW - @StateDept & @SecPompeo statement announces new sanctions on 39 people & entities under the #CaesarAct.
New focus on Asma al- #Assad, more attention on those linked to Maher al- #Assad & the 4th Division & lots of linkages to business in/via the #Gulf ( #UAE, #Qatar).
New focus on Asma al- #Assad, more attention on those linked to Maher al- #Assad & the 4th Division & lots of linkages to business in/via the #Gulf ( #UAE, #Qatar).
#pt: The #CaesarAct is the most substantial sanctions-focused legislation yet to be imposed on #Assad's #Syria.
- @MEI_Syria will host a public event on June 22 with @StateDept's Amb. Jeffrey, @rallaf, @Qidlbi & myself.
Register for Zoom here:
https://www.mei.edu/events/assessing-implications-caesar-syria-civilian-protection-act?fbclid=IwAR3a__xheA63o-jbI3gpvHbaouja3Y3D5-E8ZpglNyYbO7lDk4cH23GgmfI
- @MEI_Syria will host a public event on June 22 with @StateDept's Amb. Jeffrey, @rallaf, @Qidlbi & myself.
Register for Zoom here:
https://www.mei.edu/events/assessing-implications-caesar-syria-civilian-protection-act?fbclid=IwAR3a__xheA63o-jbI3gpvHbaouja3Y3D5-E8ZpglNyYbO7lDk4cH23GgmfI
With Asma al- #Assad newly under US sanctions, what will come of her #Syria Trust
"charity" operation, which public documents indicate receives 90%+ of its financed programming from abroad.
@MEI_Syria's @dianadarke explored Syria Trust recently, here:
https://www.mei.edu/publications/battle-syrian-charity-giants-asma-al-assad-versus-rami-makhlouf
"charity" operation, which public documents indicate receives 90%+ of its financed programming from abroad.
@MEI_Syria's @dianadarke explored Syria Trust recently, here:
https://www.mei.edu/publications/battle-syrian-charity-giants-asma-al-assad-versus-rami-makhlouf
DAS @joel_rayburn, today:
The #CaesarAct represents the "legislative and executive branch working together on a common policy to make the #Assad regime accountable... a whole of government approach to reach our common goals."
The #CaesarAct represents the "legislative and executive branch working together on a common policy to make the #Assad regime accountable... a whole of government approach to reach our common goals."
DAS @joel_rayburn, today:
"For those who've been dreaming of options for U.S. policy walking back from holding #Assad accountable, today's sanctions, for being a virtually unanimous
& bipartisan thing, shows that that's not going to happen."
"For those who've been dreaming of options for U.S. policy walking back from holding #Assad accountable, today's sanctions, for being a virtually unanimous
& bipartisan thing, shows that that's not going to happen."
DAS @joel_rayburn, today:
"Today's sanctions on #Syria are just a first taste of what the U.S. government will be doing in the coming weeks and months. We have several tranches of additional sanctions already in the pipeline. This will be the summer of Caesar."
"Today's sanctions on #Syria are just a first taste of what the U.S. government will be doing in the coming weeks and months. We have several tranches of additional sanctions already in the pipeline. This will be the summer of Caesar."
