Washington slapped sanctions on the partially Qatar-owned Syria International Islamic Bank Wednesday, saying it had helped the Damascus regime skirt sanctions placed on the country’s leading bank.
Qatar is supporting the move with “corresponding actions” that could include cutting financial links to the bank, the US Treasury said, as Washington and allies step up pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad over its brutal campaign of repression against a popular uprising………………………………………..Full Article: Source