The US imposed sanctions against key figures of the group “Dzhebhat EN-Nusra”
WASHINGTON, November 10. /Offset. TASS Anatoly Bochinin/. The U.S. Treasury Department announced the inclusion in the sanctions lists four senior members of the group “Dzhebhat EN-Nusra” (banned in Russia) in connection with their terrorist activity.
According to the Agency, the restrictive measures imposed against Abdullah Muhammad bin Suleyman al-Muhaisin, Jamal Hussein of Sinii, Jashari Abdullah and Ashraf Ahmed Fari al-Alaka.
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According to representatives of the Ministry, al-Muhaisen was part of “the inner circle” leaders “dzhebhat an-Nusra.” As of July 2015, he was a “religious adviser” and was the representative groups in the Syrian province of Idlib.
In addition, he was involved in the recruitment of new fighters, in particular, in April 2016 an extremist intends to engage in the ranks of terrorists 3 thousand children and teenagers. Moreover, in the period from 2013 to 2015 he was able to collect millions of dollars that went into funding the “al-Nusra Dzhebhat” in Idlib.
Sinia in turn was responsible for the action planning groups in Lebanon. In addition, he is charged with kidnapping of Christians in Syria. Jashari led militants in Northern Syria and raised money for their families. Al-Alaka as of April 2016 was the warlords “dzhebhat an-Nusra” in the province of Deraa in Syria.
The Finance Ministry argued that the inclusion of these persons in the sanctions lists is to limit the ability of groups to recruit new members, conduct combat operations, and conduct financial transactions. US citizens are forbidden to carry with them any transactions, in case of detection of any assets in the United States will be frozen.
In addition, today the US state Department has made adjustments to its sanctions list, adding another name “dzhebhat an-Nusra” — “Dzhebhat Fatah ash-sham”.
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