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U.S. Names Two Jihadist Leaders in Syria to Sanctions List
[AnNahar] The United States said Thursday it has added two big shots of the al-Nusra...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front in Syria to its sanctions blacklist. Although the Treasury Department announcement identified the group as al-Nusra Front, the jihadist force changed its name last year to Fateh al-Sham ...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant... Front, after supposedly breaking its ties with al-Qaeda. The Treasury said Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil was, as of a year ago, al-Nusra Front's (ANF) third-highest ranking person and its emir for coastal Syria. Before that, he "empowered ANF's security and intelligence operatives responsible for liquidations, ran prisons notorious for torture, and encouraged the looting of vehicles and possessions of Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... members," the Treasury said in a statement. The second man, Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri, is alleged to be a longstanding link between al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda and is al-Nusra Front's emir in Dar'a. "From overseeing krazed killer operations to developing al-Nusrah Front's strategy, these senior al-Nusrah Front leaders and al-Qaeda hard boyz are responsible for providing key support to the violent terrorist group," said John Smith, acting director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The sanctions, which follow similar U.N. actions against the pair, aim to freeze their assets, lock them out of the global financial system, and prevent them from travelling internationally. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-25 |
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