US sanctions on two Syrian companies

“Today, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is helping the Syrian regime and Bashar al-Assad administration and its Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guards-Jerusalem Force allies gain access to the international financial system in violation of international sanctions,” the Treasury Department said in a written statement. has sanctioned two Syrian money services businesses that were secretly helping.”

In the statement, it was stated that the companies listed by OFAC were Al Fadel Exchange and Al Adham Exchange, while the Syrian administration used Al Fadel Exchange to transfer money from the countries of the region.

In the statement, which included the accusation that Al Adham Exchange company has transferred millions of dollars to accounts at the Syrian Central Bank since 2021, the Presidential Decree of both companies titled “Blocking the Assets of the Syrian Government and Banning Certain Syria-Related Transactions” and the Caesar Civilian Protection Act of 2019 ( It was reported that he was sanctioned under the Caesar Act.

In the statement, it was also noted that the owners of the El Fadel Exchange company, Fadel Maruf Balvi, Muti Maruf Balvi and Muhammad Maruf Balvi, were added to the sanctions list.