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In 2005, by UNSC Resolution 1636, the UN Security Council imposed travel bans and asset freezes on people suspected of being involved in the 14 February 2005 terrorist bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, in which Syria was implicated by a UN report. The EU implemented those measures by adopting Council Common Position 2005/888/CFSP and Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006. See the European Commission’s Guidance and FAQs for further details on these sanctions.
The EU Council has added Faisal Mekdad, the Syrian Foreign Affairs minister to its sanctions list, on the grounds that, as a government minister, he “shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression against the Syrian people”. Mr Mekdad is now subject to an asset freeze and travel ban. A total of 289 people, and 70 entities are currently designated …
The UK government has published The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1665), which replace the EU sanctions regime relating to Libya. The UK has also issued guidance on the regulations, which includes information on asset freezes, partial asset freezes, interest, oil aboard UN-designated ships, and ownership and control. See explanatory memorandum, and reports under section 2(4) of the …
The US has designated 10 people, 9 entities, and the Central Bank of Syria (CBoS) under various Syria sanctions authorities to mark 5 years since the adoption of UNSC Resolution 2254 (2015), which set out a roadmap for a political resolution of the conflict in Syria. See Notice for full list. OFAC designations The press release says that the CBoS …
The EU General Court has dismissed the applications of 2 Syrian businessmen, George Haswani and Maen Haikal, to annul their inclusion on the EU’s Syria sanctions list. The judgments are: Haswani T-521/19 and Haikal – T-189/19 (both 16 December 2020). See Mr Haswani’s case history: post, post and post. This is Mr Haikal’s first application to the EU courts. In …
In November 2020, the EU Council adopted: Decision (CFSP) 2020/1651, which added 8 newly appointed ministers to the EU’s Syria sanctions regime; and Decision (CFSP) 2020/1657, which renewed the existing sanctions targeting Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean for 1 year. North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, and Iceland have aligned themselves with both decisions, and Liechtenstein, Norway, Ukraine, …
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