Gulf states blacklist terror financiers linked to Iran, Islamic State, Syrian regime

Lead figures in the Assad regime’s Qatirji oil-smuggling network were among those sanctioned.
A member of the Syrian government forces stands next to a well at Jazel oil field near the ancient city of Palmyra.
A member of the Syrian government forces stands next to a well at Jazel oil field near the ancient city of Palmyra in the east of Homs province after they retook the area from Islamic State fighters on March 9, 2015. Recent US-led coalition air strikes have frequently targeted oil facilities run by the IS group jihadists, who according to some estimates earn more than $1 million per day from oil sales. - STR/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the Riyadh-based Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC), which includes the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, blacklisted 13 individuals and three organizations for financing terrorism on Monday.

Among them were Hossam and Muhammad al-Qatarji, lead members of the Syrian regime’s oil trade network with the Islamic State (IS) who were previously sanctioned by the United States in 2018.

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