SANCTIONS REGIMES TIGHTEN ON SYRIA AS BLOODY CIVIL WAR CONTINUES
June 2nd, 2020
As Syria enters its 10th year of civil conflict, the economy is in tatters, foreign currency is in short supply, and sanctions have not only been renewed, the USA has introduced new secondary sanctions. Illicit crime and sanctions busting abounds.
In May (2020), the USA issued further guidance on Syria, while the European Union (EU) extended its sanctions on Syria for a further year, to 1 June 2021. (1) The USA has also introduced, as of June (2020), secondary sanctions through a Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, which was passed by Congress in December. (2) ...
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