{"id":118424,"date":"2024-11-16T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=118424"},"modified":"2024-11-16T07:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T07:00:51","slug":"u-s-sanctions-target-syrian-qatirji-company-for-financing-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/118424\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. sanctions target Syrian Qatirji Company for financing terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The United States announced on Thursday new sanctions against 26 individuals, companies, and a ship allegedly linked to the Syrian al-Qatirji Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Department of the Treasury accused the al-Qatirji Company of generating substantial financial revenues for Yemen\u2019s Ansar Allah movement (also known as the Houthis) and Iran\u2019s Quds Force, the external operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2712\">Treasury<\/a>, the company facilitated these transactions by selling Iranian oil to Syria and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Iran is increasingly relying on key business partners like the Al-Qatirji Company to fund its destabilizing activities and web of terrorist proxies across the region,&#8221; said Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T. 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