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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...
October 23, 2018
Syria’s Illicit Imports of Iranian Oil Spike in October
Illicit exports of crude oil from Iran to Syria spiked in the first two weeks of October to roughly 150,000 barrels per day (bpd), more than twice the reported high for previous two-week periods this...
October 18, 2018
U.S. Sanctions More Hezbollah Facilitators in Lebanon
The U.S. Department of the Treasury earlier this month sanctioned Lebanese national Muhammad Abdallah al-Amin and seven companies he...
October 17, 2018
Treasury Expands Pressure on the Iranian Economy
The U.S. Treasury issued a new round of sanctions yesterday against large, publicly traded Ir...
October 17, 2018
Tehran’s Oil Exports Rose Slightly in September, Halting Sharp Decline
Bloomberg has reversed its prior assessment that Iranian oil exports continued to plunge in September, halting – but not reversing – the sharp decline that began after the U.S. announced...
October 12, 2018
Congress Again Puts Hezbollah and Its Partners in Its Crosshairs
Despite Congressional measures to push Hezbollah out of the formal banking sector in Lebanon, Hezbollah has continued to ...
October 12, 2018
IMF and World Bank Predict Economic Slowdown in Iran
The IMF and World Bank this month released data predicting Iran’s economy will shrink over the next two years. This data follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement in May to leave the Iran...
October 12, 2018
Khashoggi Crisis Holds a Mirror to Turkey
Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi has gone missing after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, sparking a diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The Turkish government alleges...
October 10, 2018
Treasury Targets North Korean Sanctions Evaders in Turkey
The U.S. Treasury Department last week sanctioned a Turkis...
October 9, 2018
New Aid Package for Bahrain Signals Trouble
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait will provide a $10 billion aid package to cash-strapped Bahrain, building on a deal originally announced in June. Coming on top of a $10 billion injection already pledged by Gulf states in 2016, the deal is a further sign of Bahrain’s brewing economic crisis.
October 8, 2018
Iranian Parliament Approves Terror Finance Bill with Loopholes for Hamas and Hezbollah
The Iranian parliament passed a bill this week that authorizes the country to join the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), one of several prerequisites for Iran’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) blacklist of states that engage in systemic money laundering and terror finance. FATF will be reviewing Iran's case next week.
October 5, 2018
Iran’s Controversial Cultural Attaché Leaves Algeria
On September 22, Iran’s cultural attaché in Algeria Amir Mousavi announced he would leave his position after almost four years in the country. The announcement followed accusations by Algerian activists and former officials against the Iranian diplomat over his alleged role in recruiting thousands of Shiite Muslims in Algeria on behalf of Iran. Mousavi’s departure highlights Iran’s persistent and unwelcome attempts to expand its influence in North Africa.
October 5, 2018
Silencing of Critics Threatens to Undermine Saudi Reform Efforts
Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist known for his criticisms of the Saudi government and the crown prince, disappeared Tuesday after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. With still no contact from him, his friends and fiancée fear the worst.
October 5, 2018
U.S. and UN Sanction Libyan Militia Leader Ibrahim Jadran
On September 12, the United States and the United Nations sanctio...
October 4, 2018
New U.S. Sanctions on China Should Send Turkey a Message
On September 20, the Trump administration sanctioned a Chinese agency and its director for conducting significant transactions with Russia’s defense sector. The designations – impose...
September 27, 2018
Iranian Tankers Hide Locations Ahead of Impending Sanctions
The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) requires the continual operation of an Automatic Ident...
September 26, 2018
Reports of Corruption Reinforce Case for Iran Sanctions
“The Iranian people are rightly outraged,” President Trump ...
September 20, 2018
European Commission Confirms Irish Bill Contravenes EU Law
The European Commission last week warned that an Irish bill to outlaw...
September 14, 2018
Islamic State Attacks Libya’s National Oil Corporation
The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility fo...
September 14, 2018
Treasury Sanctions Chinese and Russian IT Companies Funding North Korea
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a Chinese information technology (IT) company, its North Korean chief executive, and a re...
September 12, 2018
New Reports of Abuse Reinforce Case for Sanctions on Iran’s Prisons
An exiled Iranian Dervish activist accused Tehran last week of violating...
September 7, 2018
U.S. Bright Star Participation and the Push for Egyptian Reform
U.S. and Egyptian military forces, beginning Saturday, will participate in a joint exercise in Egypt called “Bright Sta...
September 7, 2018
U.S. Presses Criminal Charges and Sanctions against North Korean Cyber Operative
Yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned North Korean computer programmer Park Jin Hyok for malicious state-sponsored c...
September 7, 2018
Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Assad’s Oil Traders
The U.S. Department of the Treasury struck yesterday at one of the most important lifelines of the Assad regime by imposing targeted...
August 31, 2018
Tri-Border Area Governments Take Action Against Hezbollah Networks
Paraguayan prosecutors ordered the arrest of Hezbollah financier Assad Ahmad Barakat...
August 31, 2018
Mattis Sets Preconditions for U.S. Troops’ Withdrawal from Syria
In a rare press briefing t...
August 29, 2018
FIFA Punishment for Palestinians is Insufficient
FIFA handed Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), a...
August 27, 2018
U.S. Commander in Korea Determined to Maintain Readiness Despite Suspended Exercises
The commander of the ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command, Gen. Vincent Brooks, told...
August 22, 2018
The EU’s Passivity on Iran’s Human Rights Abuses
A European Union spokesman said last week that the EU “attaches high importa...
August 22, 2018
Kim Jong Nam Assassination Showcases North Korea’s Special Operations Capabilities
A Malaysian judge ruled last week that there is sufficient evide...
August 21, 2018
U.S. Reinforces Pressure on Russian Companies Working with North Korea
Today, the U.S. sanctioned two Russia-based companies and six Russian-flagged vessels involved in North Korean sanctions-evasion...
August 17, 2018
Assad Regime Restoring Economic Ties with Jordan and UAE
Following the Assad regime’s recapture of opposition-held areas in southern Syria, pro-regime media have begun boasting the restoration of economic relations with Arab countries, namely Jor...
August 16, 2018
Iran’s Allies in Iraq Vow to Help Tehran Skirt U.S. Sanctions
Under pressure from pro-Iranian factions, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is backing away from his...
August 16, 2018
U.S. Treasury Turns Up the Pressure on Foreign Facilitators of North Korea’s Illicit Shipping Sector
Yesterday, the U.S. sanctioned three non-North Korean entities and one individual “for facilitating illicit shipments on be...
August 14, 2018
North Korea Seeks Formal Peace Treaty to Push Out U.S. Forces
The governments of North and South Korea...
August 10, 2018
Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination
Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to ...
August 10, 2018
Turkish Economy Minister Fails to Save Currency
With the Turkish lira caught in a downward spiral, millions in Turkey today tuned into the long-anticipated...
August 10, 2018
Oman Offers to Mediate between the U.S. and Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed Wednesday that Oman, along wi...
August 10, 2018
Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination
Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to pay damages...
August 10, 2018
France vs Italy in Libya: The U.S. Should Not Choose Sides
After meeting with President Donald Trump on July 30, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...
August 7, 2018
U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Interior Minister
In July, Iran’s interior minister issued a veiled threat. The regime, said Abdolreza...
August 3, 2018
Treasury Designates Violators of North Korea Sanctions
The Treasury Department today sanctioned thre...
August 3, 2018
Iran’s New Central Bank Governor Tied to Sanctioned Entities
On July 25, Abdolnasser Hemmati replaced Valiollah Seif as the governor of the Central...
August 2, 2018
Treasury Sanctions Top Turkish Officials
In an unprecedented move against a NATO ally, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions yesterday against two Turkish cabinet ministers...
July 30, 2018
Turkey Vows to Defy U.S. Sanctions on Iran – Again
As the August 6 deadline approaches for the reinstatement of U.S. sanctions on Iran, Turkey...
July 25, 2018
Turkish Court Takes a U-Turn, Releases American Pastor to House Arrest
In response to an appeal by U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson’s attorney, a Turkish court...
July 19, 2018
Turkey’s Refusal to Release American Pastor Elicits Strong Bipartisan Reaction
A Turkish court refused yesterday to release U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson, detained for 21 months on...
July 17, 2018
No Deal on Syria for Trump and Putin
Despite ...
July 11, 2018
U.S. Should Re-impose Sanctions on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
President Trump this week must decide whether the State Department will continue waiving congressional sanctions against the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the primary pr...
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