"US Targets Financial Facilitators of Syrian Regime, Houthis, and IRGC in New Sanctions"

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned 11 individuals and entities for supporting the Syrian regime through illicit financial transfers, drug trafficking, and the extraction and export of Syrian commodities. The sanctions target those involved in the trafficking of Captagon, a highly addictive drug, as well as those facilitating financial transactions for the Assad regime. The revenue from the illicit Captagon trade has become a major source of income for the regime and its armed forces. Additionally, the sanctions aim to disrupt the regime's evasion of sanctions through currency exchanges and seemingly legitimate businesses.