US sanctions Syrian president’s wife under new Caesar Act law

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Asma al-Assad among dozens targeted in campaign to deny regime revenue and support
The US has imposed sanctions on the wife of the Syrian president and dozens of other senior figures as it vowed a major pressure campaign under a new law.
“We anticipate many more sanctions and we will not stop until Assad and his regime stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people,” the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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