Special to WorldTribune.com While Russia’s claim that Turkey is obtaining oil from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) may be true, the Assad regime that Russia is backing is buying up far larger amounts of ISIL’s crude, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. “ISIL is selling a great deal of oil to the Assad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has ordered sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank. President Barack Obama has informed Congress that sanctions would be required to hamper Iran’s Central Bank and other financial institutions. In a letter on Feb. 6, Obama said the Central Bank was hiding transactions of those Iranians already under sanctions. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has imposed sanctions on senior Kurdish insurgency operatives. The Treasury Department has designated three Kurds based in Europe as drug traffickers for the Kurdish Workers Party. The Kurds, identified as Zeyneddin Geleri, Cerkez Akbulut and Omer Boztepe, were the first PKK operatives designated by Washington as drug […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has deemed a Hamas minister a major player in the weapons smuggling industry in the Gaza Strip. The Treasury Department has determined that Interior Minister Fathi Hamad was playing a key role in the weapons industry in the Gaza Strip. The department said Hamad was given responsibility […]