US slaps sanctions on Islamic State network in Turkey

The US Treasury Department designated four individuals and two entities accused of enabling the terrorist group’s recruitment and financial transfers.
An armed Turkish security officer (L) stands guard near a gate as passengers walk past within a memorial ceremony on June 28, 2017 at Ataturk International airport in Istanbul, one year since the triple suicide bombing and gun attack by Islamic State (IS) jihadists.  (OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)
An armed Turkish security officer (L) stands guard near a gate as passengers walk past within a memorial ceremony on June 28, 2017, at Ataturk International airport in Istanbul, one year since the triple suicide bombing and gun attack by Islamic State jihadists. - OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images
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WASHINGTON — The US Treasury Department on Thursday designated what it described as a Turkey-based financial network of the Islamic State (IS) that moved funds to and from Syria and Iraq. 

In a joint action with Turkey, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on four individuals and two entities accused of enabling the terrorist group’s recruitment and financial transfers. According to OFAC, the network “played a key role in money management, transfer, and distribution” for IS. 

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