[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 164 (Friday, August 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 48279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18477]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11510]


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

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on three 
individuals pursuant to E.O. 13894, Sanctions 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 entity identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section were effective on July 28, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Mullinax, 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, and other officials of the U.S. Government 
as appropriate, is authorized to impose on a person any of the 
sanctions described in sections 2(b) and 2(c) of E.O. 13894 upon 
determining that the person met any criteria set forth in section 2(a) 
of E.O. 13894.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 13894, that Saraya al-Areen is responsible for or 
complicit in, has directly or indirectly engaged in, attempted to 
engage in, or financed, the obstruction, disruption, or prevention of a 
ceasefire in northern 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 Saraya 
al-Areen:
     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 Saraya al-Areen, 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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in (Section 2(c)(iv) of E.O. 13894).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,
Assistant Secretary, Acting, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-18477 Filed 8-26-21; 8:45 am]
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