[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 239 (Friday, December 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80214-80215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27122]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11226]


Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions Blocking Property 
and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation 
in Syria

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on four 
individuals, Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons 
Contributing to the Situation in Syria.

DATES: The Secretary of State's determination and selection of certain 
sanctions to be imposed upon the four individuals identified in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section were effective on August 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Ruggles, Director, Office of 
Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, Bureau of Economic and 
Business Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 
(202) 647 7677, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 2(a) of E.O. 13894 of 
October 14, 2019, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, and the United States Trade Representative, and with 
the President of the Export-Import Bank, the Chairman of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and other agencies and 
officials as appropriate, is authorized to impose on a person any of 
the sanctions described in section 2(c) of E.O. 13894 upon determining 
that the person met any criteria set forth in section 2(a)(i)(A) or 
section 2(a)(i)(D) of E.O. 13894.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 13894, that Fadi Saqr, Ghaith Dalah, and Samer 
Ismail are responsible for or complicit in, have directly or indirectly 
engaged in, attempted to engage in, or financed, the

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obstruction, disruption, or prevention of a ceasefire in northern 
Syria.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
2(a)(i)(D) of E.O. 13894, that Yasser Ibrahim is responsible for or 
complicit in, has directly or indirectly engaged in, attempted to 
engage in, or financed, the obstruction, disruption, or prevention of 
efforts to promote a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
    Pursuant to Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of E.O. 13894, the Secretary of 
State has selected the following sanctions to be imposed upon Fadi 
Saqr, Ghaith Dalah, Samer Ismail, and Yasser Ibrahim:
     Block all property and interests in property that are in 
the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or 
that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any 
United States person of Fadi Saqr, Ghaith Dalah, Samer Ismail, or 
Yasser Ibrahim, and provide that such property and interests in 
property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in (Section 2(c)(iv) of E.O. 13894).

Peter D. Haas,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-27122 Filed 12-10-20; 8:45 am]
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