U.S. CONSIDERS NEW SANCTIONS ON SYRIA
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States is considering imposing new sanctions
on Syria.
Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would
ensure additional sanctions on Damascus unless it ends support for
terrorism. Syria appears on the State Department list of terrorist sponsors
and harbors several Islamic and Palestinian insurgency groups.
The additional sanctions would include a ban on the export to Syria of any
weapons or munitions as well as dual-use items. Such items appear on the the
U.S. Munitions List or Commerce Department's Control List of dual-use
productions. In addition, Washington would ban all U.S. government
assistance to Damascus as well as investment in and the export of U.S.
products to Syria.
Under the bill, Syrian diplomats in Washington and New York would be forced
to travel only within a 25 mile [40 kilometer] radius from those two cities.
U.S. diplomats would be required to reduce contact with Damascus and
Washington would block any financial transaction in which the Syrian
government has an interest.
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