Welcome the U.S. Treasury’s Decision to Include Three Syrians on the Sanctions List
Syrian Future Movement (SFM) welcomes the decision of the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday, October 16, to include three Syrian individuals on the sanctions list for their involvement in the production and trafficking of Captagon, which benefits Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its allies. The U.S. Department of the Treasury based the new sanctions on Executive Order No. 13572 issued on April 29, 2011, regarding the blocking of properties of certain individuals due to human rights violations in Syria, and Executive Order No. 13582 issued on August 17, 2011, related to the “blocking of properties of the Syrian government and prohibiting certain transactions concerning Syria.” This also includes the “Caesar Act for the Protection of Syrian Civilians,” which was issued in 2019. These measures were also taken to support the objectives of the “Law to Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Captagon.”
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) notes the relationship of senior leaders in the Syrian regime with the management, production, and smuggling of Captagon in collaboration with the Iranian regime, emphasizing the necessity of freeing Syria and the world from them.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) warns against the continued relationship of those listed and others, as they are a link to Hezbollah and the Fourth Division of the Syrian army.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) warns of the danger posed by border crossing officials on the Lebanese-Syrian border, who are responsible for transporting Captagon from Lebanon to Jordan.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) confirms the U.S. Treasury’s assertion that the revenues from Captagon reach the office of Maher al-Assad, the brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) considers the involvement of one of the officials in the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate, which is affiliated with the Syrian regime, as sufficient grounds to halt the normalization process with the Syrian regime and to seek a replacement that ends the suffering of the Syrian people, the region, and the world from its evils.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) views Captagon as the Syrian regime’s most important economic weapon and believes that changing the Syrian regime is the only solution to end the Captagon issue.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) warns against continuing to pursue the branch while neglecting the root in the Captagon case, as there may be many complex branches produced by the Syrian regime and its allies, which could drown the world in its whirlpool ineffectively.
The Syrian Future Movement (SFM) calls for considering Bashar al-Assad a danger to humanity and the Syrian people, and the necessity of serious and systematic work to end his rule over Syria.
