U.S. Targets 271 Syrians With Sanctions For Alleged Role In Chemical Weapons Program

New sanctions that will freeze the U.S. assets of 271 Syrians are being put into place. The sanctions’ targets allegedly had a role in a deadly chemical weapons attack that took place earlier this month – but some say the sanctions are being used to pressure the Syrian government.

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin smiles while speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 24, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Less than two weeks after the Trump administration’s controversial missile strike on a Syrian government airbase, the U.S. Treasury has moved to place sanctions on 271 Syrians who the U.S. alleges are involved in the research and production of chemical weapons. All of the newly-sanctioned Syrians are employees of Syria’s

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Former Department Of Defense Scientist Debunks Claim Assad Behind Syrian Chemical Attacks

As the United States and Western allies march closer to full-scale conflict with Syria, many of their claims are now being scrutinized and dissected by a skeptical public.

Derrick Broze
بواسطة Derrick Broze
idlib

On April 4, residents of the town of Khan Shaykhun suffered a chemical gas attack that reportedly killed 74 and injured 557. Despite a lack of evidence or investigation, the United States government, allied governments, and compliant media were quick to point the finger at Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The dead stream media ignored the fact

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Hersh, Higgins and MIT Rocket Scientists Weigh in on Syria Sarin Gas Attack

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Carmen Russell-Sluchansky
بواسطة Carmen Russell-Sluchansky
Syria Chemical Weapons Feature photo

It’s a story that has been framed many ways: the battle of an old-school journalist against a new media blogger; a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist now on the fringes of the journalistic community; and an American media that has again refused to buck the official White House line. Last week, the London Review of Books published Seymour Hersh’s

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