US sanctions Assad, his wife, others in bid to shut down foreign investment for Syrian regime.
documenting the victims of the Assad government's torture and butchery -- requires sanctions on several top Syrian figures to send a"severe chilling effect on any outside investors who would be contemplating doing business with the Assad regime," a senior administration official said.to the negotiating table to find a political settlement after over nine years of war.
The war in Syria, which began as a democratic uprising against Assad's oppressive rule in 2011, spiraled into a bloody civil war after Assad's forces brutally cracked down on dissenters. Soon, jihadist groups and foreign powers took advantage of the chaos, fomenting even greater violence -- with 11 million people now displaced and at least 500,000 killed.
Thousands of Syrians gather at the Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on June 11, 2020, in support of President Bashar Assad and to denounce the Caesar Act, U.S. legislation that sanctions the Syrian government, which is scheduled to be put in force on June 17.in the conflict outside the fight against ISIS, the U.S.
The senior administration official told ABC News that there will be more sanctions targets to come and that those blacklisted on Wednesday will help block any foreign investment into the country.
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