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February 1, 2019
Turkey Doubles Down on Persecution of U.S. Consular Employees
On January 30, a Turkish court convicted Hamza Ulucay, an employee of the U.S. consulate in Adana...
January 30, 2019
U.S. and North Korea Continue Working-Level Negotiations
Suh Hoon, the director of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, said on Tuesday that the United States and North Korea were making...
January 28, 2019
Hold the Line on North Korean Sanctions
January 24, 2019
U.S. Hits Iranian-Backed Militias in Syria with New Sanctions
The Treasury Department imposed terrorism and human rights sanctions today on two militias fighting in Syria under Iran’s direction....
January 24, 2019
U.S. Government Hit by Major Iranian Cyber Operation
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an emergency directive on Tuesday to all federal agencies to take immediate steps to combat a...
January 24, 2019
Erdogan Rushes to Maduro’s Defense
Juan Guaido, the leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself interim presid...
January 24, 2019
Erdogan and Putin Talk Northeast Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Russia yesterday t...
January 22, 2019
Treasury Department Sanctions Venezuelan Officials Who Stole Billions
On January 8, the Trump administration sanctioned a network of corrupt Venezuelan businessmen and senior officials for their role in a...
January 18, 2019
Congressional Push for Syria Sanctions Continues
Legislation imposing sanctions on Syria’s Assad regime has once again stalled in the Sen...
January 18, 2019
Turkey Plans a Safe Zone on Syria Border
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this week his plans to create a “safe zone” in no...
January 18, 2019
India’s Iran Sanctions Exceptions Must Include Safeguards
Iran and India announced last week that New Delhi ho...
January 11, 2019
Iran Imprisons Another U.S. Citizen
Iran has incarcerated another American citizen. On Wednesday, the clerical regime...
January 8, 2019
New Iranian Draft Budget Slashes Military Spending
Iran’s military spending will significantly decrease while its domestic security expenditures will modestly increase, according to a draft of the 2019-2020...
January 3, 2019
Strategic Working Group Strengthens U.S.-South Korea Alliance
North Korea’s main newspaper condemned the U.S. this morning for preventing reconciliation between Seoul and Pyongyang. Thi...
December 21, 2018
Illicit Turkish Arms Still Flow Into Libya Despite UN Embargo
On Tuesday, Libyan port authorities at Al-Khoms...
December 18, 2018
New Report Shows Increased Poverty in Iran
New data on poverty in Iran provides an opportunity for the United States to underscore the mounting cost of the regime’s corruption and mismanagement for tens of millions of Iranians. The data come...
December 17, 2018
State Department Rejects Russian, Assad Claims Regarding November Chlorine Attack
The U.S. State Department has now shot down claims by Russia and the Assad regime that that anti-Assad rebel forces used chemical wea...
December 14, 2018
Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp: U.S. Strategic and Humanitarian Interests
The UN is urgently seeking approval to dispatch an aid convoy t...
December 14, 2018
Illinois Moves to Blacklist Airbnb
Following a request by Governor Bruce Rauner, the Illinois Investment Policy Board (IIPB) on Wednesday unanimously voted to...
December 14, 2018
Turkey Plans Fresh Offensive in Syria
On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of an impending...
December 12, 2018
China Prevents a UN Security Council Meeting on North Korean Human Rights
The UN observes Human Rights Day each year on December 10, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed exactly 70 yea...
December 12, 2018
U.S. Continues to Pressure North Korea for its Human Rights Abuses
On Monday, the Treasury Department sanctioned three senior North Korean government officials for perpetrating human rights violations,...
December 11, 2018
U.S. Urges Iran to Release Women’s Rights Activist on Hunger Strike
The State Department on Friday called on Iran to release women’s rights activist Farhad Meysami immediately, noting that his “lif...
December 7, 2018
United Nations Rejects U.S. Resolution Condemning Hamas
The United Nations General Assembly rejected yesterday an American-sponsored...
December 7, 2018
Inflation in Iran is Increasing at a Slower Rate
The latest data published by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) show that Iran’s point-to-point inflation in November reached 39.9 percent, the highest level in the past five years. However, point-to-po...
November 30, 2018
Treasury Designates Iran-based Digital Currency Exchangers Involved in Ransomware Scheme
On Wednesday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against two Iran-based individual...
November 30, 2018
AKP Eyes Alevi Voters – Again and to No Avail
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state should pay the...
November 30, 2018
U.S. Treasury Ramps Up Effort to Disrupt Syria-Iran Oil Trade
The Department of the Treasury moved on two fronts last week to disrupt Iran’s...
November 29, 2018
U.S. Must Respond to Russian Escalations Against Ukraine
The Russian Navy on Sunday opened fire on three Ukrainian vessels,...
November 21, 2018
Airbnb Terminates Listings in Israeli West Bank Settlements
Airbnb, the online accommodations firm, announced on Monday that it would “remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank,” a move that will affect approximately 200 listings. The company’s decision follows a multiyear pressure campaign by organizations hostile to Israel. In acceding to this…
November 20, 2018
Treasury’s Latest North Korea Sanctions Come Amidst Diplomatic Uncertainty
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned this week a Russian-born South African...
November 19, 2018
Hezbollah on Trial in Europe
Fifteen Hezbollah-linked defendants accused of laundering millions of euros in South American drug money to Europe and Lebanon...
November 16, 2018
Treasury and State Target Hezbollah’s Role in Iran’s Threat Network
The U.S. Departments of State and Treasury on Monday used counterterrorism authorities to collectively...
November 9, 2018
Iranian Oil Exports Already Down Before Sanctions Came Back Online
Even before the reinstatement of sanctions earlier this week, Iran’s oil exports had already fallen by as much as 40 percent from their previous high, or one million barrels per day (bpd). Secretary...
November 9, 2018
North Korea Abruptly Postpones Meeting with Secretary of State Pompeo
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Thursday confirmed that Pyongyang...
November 9, 2018
New Iran Sanctions Leave Room for Additional Economic Pressure
When the Trump administration re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday, Treasury...
November 9, 2018
Islamic State Still Attacks Christians Despite Egypt’s Military Campaign
Islamic State (IS) militants on November 2 opened fire...
November 9, 2018
Hezbollah is Set to Control Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health
While negotiations over the formation of the new Lebanese government are still ongoing, the Lebanese press published last week the ...
November 8, 2018
New Iran Sanctions Include Fresh Human Rights Designations
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two Iranian banks on Monday for serving as “financial conduits” on behalf of key Iranian a...
November 8, 2018
New U.S. Sanctions Omit Key Firms Linked to Iran’s Armed Forces
The United States on Monday sanctioned more than 700 Iranian entities and individuals for enabling Tehran’s malign conduct, but it o...
November 7, 2018
Treasury Re-Imposes Banking Sanctions on Iran, but Gaps Remain
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned 50 Iranian banks as well as their foreign and domestic subsidiaries on Monday as part of “its la...
November 6, 2018
New Treasury Sanctions Target Iran Air
In its largest ever single-day action against Iran, the U.S. Treasury designated...
November 6, 2018
Islamic State Attacks Central Town to Cement Its Foothold in Libya
Islamic State (IS) militants on October 28 launched a surprise...
November 2, 2018
Don’t Let Iran’s Rulers Abuse the Humanitarian Channel to the Detriment of the People
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced today that the global financial messaging service SWIFT “would be subject to U.S....
November 2, 2018
Iranian Companies’ Shares Plummeted after Treasury Designations
On October 16, the U.S. Treasury designated 20 Iranian entities. Using the anti-terrorism authorities under Executive Order 13224, Tre...
November 1, 2018
Merkel Pivots Further toward Iran at the Expense of Saudi Arabia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel froze military sales to Saudi Arabia last week in response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “As long as it’s [the circumstances of Khashoggi’s death]...
October 30, 2018
To Preserve U.S.-Saudi Ties, Riyadh Needs to Reset its Rights Record
Salah Khashoggi, eldest son of murdered Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, arrived in the U.S. last week after the Saudi gover...
October 26, 2018
U.S. Punishes Singaporean Individual, Companies, and Vessels for North Korean Sanctions Evasion
On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned five Singaporean entities – two companies, two vessels, and one individual –...
October 25, 2018
Serbian President Appoints New Chief of Staff for Armed Forces
Last month, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic named Lieutenant General Milan Mojsilo...
October 24, 2018
FATF Moves to Apply Regulatory Standards to Cryptocurrencies
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday announced that its international stand...
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