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A Lebanese soldier stands guard as Syrian refugees gather in their vehicles getting ready to cross into Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, on June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
November 29, 2018, 3:56 pm
Syria: West should lift sanctions to help refugees return
At Kazakhstan talks between government and opposition, Damascus’s UN envoy says ending economic pressure is ‘real test’ of West’s intentions
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA
A US soldier sits on an armored vehicle at a newly installed position in Manbij, north Syria, April 4, 2018. (Hussein Malla/AP)
October 16, 2018, 9:48 pm
US said planning targeted economic sanctions to push Iran out of Syria
New Trump administration strategy will deny reconstruction aid to areas hosting Tehran’s forces, sanction Russian and Iranian companies delivering aid, TV report says
By TOI staff
A Syrian man rides his motorbike at the entrance of the Damascus Eastern Ghouta on August 13, 2018. (AFP/ Maher AL MOUNES)
September 7, 2018, 2:29 am
US sanctions target Assad trading link to Islamic State
Treasury blacklists network providing fuel to regime, including broker connecting Damascus to terror group it says it is fighting
By AFP
Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt speaks with the media at his office in Brussels on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)
April 18, 2018, 7:28 pm
Belgium probing if sarin gas ingredient was illegally exported to Syria
Authorities say three companies kept sending the chemical isopropanol even after Damascus destroyed its stock, in violation of EU sanctions
By Raf Casert
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin takes questions after announcing sanctions against Syria during a briefing at the White House on April 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
April 24, 2017, 11:16 pm
US sanctions Syrian officials over sarin attack
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says move shows Assad regime will be held accountable for using chemical weapons
By AFP
A military helicopter is seen at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, in the northwest of Syria, on February 16, 2016. (AFP / STRINGER)
December 22, 2016, 10:02 am
France, Britain push for helicopter ban, sanctions on Syria
Draft resolution calls for asset freezes, travel bans in first sanctions over chemical weapons use; Russia expected to veto
By AFP
An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 9, 2016. ( AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
November 16, 2016, 9:33 am
US lawmakers extend Iran sanctions, put fresh pressure on Syria
Bills keeping suspended financial penalties on Tehran in place until 2026 and cracking down on key backers of Assad win wide support, must now pass Senate
By Richard Lardner
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini talks to reporters during a Foreign Affairs meeting in Luxembourg on October 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)
October 17, 2016, 11:40 am
Mogherini rules out EU sanctions on Russia over Syria, for now
But EU foreign policy chief does not reject further steps against Assad regime officials accused of war crimes, rights abuses
By AFP and AP
A file picture taken on January 27, 2014 shows an opposition fighter from the Ahrar al-Sham Brigade firing a machine gun from a truck displaying the group's flag during clashes with government forces as he defends the Marjah neighborhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP/Mahmud al-Halabi/file)
June 11, 2016, 5:18 am
California man jailed for violating Syria sanctions
Amin al-Baroudi, 50, a naturalized citizen, bought thousands of dollars of military equipment for rebel group
By AFP
A Syrian man walks past a poster bearing a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the capital Damascus on February 23, 2016. (AFP/Louai Beshara)
April 4, 2016, 9:40 pm
‘Panama Papers’ show Syria regime circumvented sanctions — report
Shadow companies let Assad get round international restrictions imposed on regime since start of bloody civil war in 2011
By AFP
This June 14, 2011 file photo shows World Chess Federation president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as he speaks during a press conference in Moscow. (AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA)
November 26, 2015, 7:59 am
Russia chess champ, Syria oil man targets of new US sanctions
George Haswani serves as middleman for Assad’s oil purchases from IS; Kirsan Ilyumzhinov aided Syrian central bank
By Veronica Smith
Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) speaks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (right) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. (AFP/Ria Novosti/Kremlin Pool/Alexey Druzhinin)
October 28, 2015, 5:33 pm
Assad accuses West of backing ‘terrorists’ in Syria
In meeting with French lawmakers, Syrian strongman says terrorism, sanctions are ‘main cause’ of Syrian people’s suffering
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad (center), speaks with Syrian citizens during his visit to Ain al-Tineh village, near Damascus, Syria, on April 20, 2014. (photo credit: AP/SANA)
May 9, 2014, 7:25 am
US sanctions Syrian government officials, Russian bank
State Department pledges $27 million in nonlethal aid to moderate opposition leader
By Deb Riechmann
Illustrative photo of a bombing in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo (Photo credit: Baraa aL-Halabi/AFP)
February 19, 2014, 11:20 am
UN chief ‘convinced’ talks are best course for Syria
Security Council discusses resolution on humanitarian situation, but Russia continues to reject threat of sanctions
By AFP
United Nations staff drive to the besieged district of the central Syrian city of Homs to help evacuate civilians to a safer location on February 9, 2014 (photo credit: AFP)
February 11, 2014, 1:23 pm
Russia calls new Syria resolution draft ‘unacceptable’
‘Militant groups are the main impediments to humanitarian operation in Homs,’ charges Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
By AFP
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