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US targets network over oil sent to Syria

By Chen Yingqun in Beijing and Ren Qi in Moscow | China Daily | Updated: 2018-11-22 07:14

Russian supply 'will continue under deal' with Damascus

The United States has imposed sanctions on companies and individuals related to an Iran-Russia network that it claimed sent oil to Syria and "indirectly funded militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah".

Placed on the blacklist of the US Treasury on Tuesday are firms and individuals in Syria, Russia and Iran, who are accused of creating a complex web of Russian cutout companies and Syrian intermediaries to ship oil to Damascus, which in return bankrolled the two organizations.

US targets network over oil sent to Syria

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