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US designates people, entities, many with ties to China, for supplying weapons to Houthis

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The U.S. Treasury Department designated three people, six companies and a vessel that it said are connected to procuring weapons for the Houthi terrorists. “The Houthis’ continued, indiscriminate and reckless attacks against unarmed commercial vessels...

US, UK designate five ‘key financial facilitators’ of Hamas

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Washington and London announced sanctions on Wednesday against five “key financial facilitators involved in fundraising for Hamas.” The sanctions—the fourth such round of designations since Oct. 7—target Gaza Now and its founder and director Mustafa Ayash and...
Brian E. Nelson, under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the Department of the Treasury. Credit: Official Treasury Portrait via Wikimedia Commons.

US Treasury sanctions Hezbollah supporters in South America

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A charcoal export business has now been exposed as one cog in a terrorism funding machine crossing continents to support Iran’s efforts to expunge the Jewish state. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
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US takes action against six entities helping Iran oil industry

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The U.S. government on Monday designated and sanctioned six entities as helping with “illicit transactions related to Iranian petroleum” and related products, “key sources of revenue for the Iranian government.” It is one more wrench...
U.S. Department of Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US Treasury targets Russian-backed Iranian oil-smuggling network

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On the day that the Biden administration point man on Iran testified before a Senate committee, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a new sanctions package targeting an oil-smuggling and money-laundering network belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
U.S. Department of Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US Treasury targets Hamas investment portfolio with sanctions

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Days after sanctioning a Lebanese businessman and his network for funding the Hamas terror organization that rules the Gaza Strip, the U.S. Treasury Department announced similar measures on Tuesday, targeting several Jordanian nationals. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
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Historian claims founding father Alexander Hamilton had Jewish upbringing

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A historian is claiming that Alexander Hamilton, the country’s first Treasury Secretary who was instrumental in the ratification of the Constitution and whose popularity has risen in recent years due to the musical “Hamilton,”...
Janet Yellen. Credit: U.S. Federal Reserve via Wikimedia Commons.

Senate confirms Janet Yellen as US Treasury secretary

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The U.S. Senate confirmed former Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen on Monday as the 78th U.S. Treasury secretary and the first female to lead the 231-year-old U.S. Treasury Department. The final tally was 84-15. The 74-year-old,...
U.S. Department of Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US imposes new sanctions on central bank in Syria, wife of Bashar Assad

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The United States on Tuesday enacted new sanctions on Syria, including targeting its central bank and the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said it sanctioned two individuals,...
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US sanctions Iranian entity and director over alleged chemical-weapons research

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The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it has sanctioned an Iranian entity and its director over alleged chemical-weapons research. The Shahid Meisami Group and its director, Mehran Babri, were sanctioned for allegedly being involved...