Asma Assad
Sources said the ex-dictator likely died if he was on a flight that disappeared from radar.
The U.S. Treasury Department said it sanctioned two individuals, nine business entities and the Central Bank of Syria, adding them to the department’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.
US sanctions Syrian leader’s oldest son, other individuals and entities
The measures were imposed under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “We anticipate many more sanctions, and we will not stop until Assad and his regime stop their needless, brutal war against the Syrian people.”