The State Department Imposes Sanctions on Individual Responsible for the Violence in Northern Syria (March 17) PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is designating a senior Assad regime official who is responsible for the violence and the disastrous humanitarian crisis in northern Syria. The Department of State is imposing sanctions under Executive Order 13894 on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 March, 2020 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo, Syria, The Secretary of State
Terrorist Designation of ISIS Leader Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla (March 17) The Department of State has announced its intent to designate Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, the new leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under Section 1(a)(ii)(B) of Executive Order 13224, as ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 March, 2020 | Topics: Key Documents, News, News from Washington | Tags: al-Qai’da, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Iraq, ISIS, Syria, Terrorism, Terrorist Designation, The Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS
New Sanctions under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) (February 25) PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States is sanctioning 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). This action includes new sanctions against five entities/individuals in China (Luo Dingwen, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 February, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, China, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Iran, Nonproliferation, North Korea, Office of the Spokesperson, Russia, Sanctions, Syria, The Secretary of State, Turkey, Weapons
Special Representative for Syria Engagement James F. Jeffrey Remarks to the Traveling Press (October 17) MS ORTAGUS: Do you have something to say first? AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: Yeah, just the Vice President, Mike Pompeo, and National Security Advisor O’Brien came out here to carry out the President’s directive to get a ceasefire as soon as possible in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 October, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Syria
Senior State Department Officials On the Situation in Syria (October 10) MODERATOR: Thanks, everybody, for joining us this afternoon. Sorry to be a few minutes late here at the end of the day, but this is a follow-up from the backgrounder that we had with our State Department bullpen on Monday. We’re going to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 October, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Syria
Increased Violence in Northwest Syria (April 30) Morgan Ortagus Department Spokesperson Washington, DC April 30, 2019 The United States is alarmed by the escalation of violence in Idlib and northern Hama. Ongoing Russian and regime airstrikes, along with attacks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other groups connected to Al Qaeda in Syria, continue to destabilize ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 April, 2019 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Syria
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Political Situation in Syria (February 28) Ambassador Jonathan Cohen Acting Permanent Representative U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York City February 28, 2019 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Special Envoy Pedersen, for being here today. The United States congratulates you on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 28 February, 2019 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Syria
Secretary Kerry’s Remarks on Syria (December 15) John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 15, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hello, everybody. I just wanted to bring you all up to date on what we’ve been trying to do with respect to the tragic situation in Syria, and obviously mostly focused or especially Aleppo. I don’t think ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 December, 2016 | Topics: Exclude, News, News from Washington | Tags: Syria
