Both men are brothers of Rami Makhluf, who was designated for supporting the Syrian mobile phone company Syriatel, also on the US sanctions list.
"Ihab Makhluf, the Vice Chairman of Syrian mobile phone provider Syriatel…has helped Rami Makhluf evade sanctions by moving his assets overseas… Iyad Makhluf has helped the Government of Syria evade international sanctions," the release stated.
The Syrian entities are the Al-Ajnuhah Private Joint Stock Corporation, Al-Bustan Charity and Cham Islamic Bank and Syrian Company for Information Technology. A Lebanese company, Barly Off-shore, was also designated.
The Syrian individuals sanctioned are Muhammad Abbas, Samir Sakhir Darwish, Ihab Makhluf, Iyad Makhluf and Muhammed Bin-Muhammed Faris Quwaydar.
New sanctions of five Syrian individuals and five entities tied to the Syrian government are in response to the government’s alleged actions against civilians, the US Department of the Treasury said in a press release on Tuesday.
"Today, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five individuals and five entities in response to continued acts of violence committed by the Government of Syria, led by Bashar al-Assad, against its own citizens," the release stated.
The Treasury Department said the individuals and entities designated have provided support or services to the Syrian government or are owned by or acting on behalf of individuals and entities already sanctioned.
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