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Newshour: 17/06/2020 13:06 GMT: New US sanctions target Assad government's foreign backers

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New US sanctions target Assad government's foreign backers

17/06/2020 13:06 GMT

17/06/2020 13:06 GMT: New US sanctions target Assad government's foreign backers

BBC World Service - Newshour, New US sanctions target Assad government's foreign backers

Wide ranging new American sanctions on Syria come into force today.

The United States is imposing harsh new economic sanctions on Syria,  the Caesar Act aims to compel President Bashar al Assad to stop what the US describes as murderous attacks on the Syrian people. 

Also in the programme: North Korea has threatened to redeploy troops to the demilitarised border with South Korea in an escalation of tension between the two countries. How detectives help fight Covid-19 in Iceland.

(Photo: President Bashar al-Assad's government blames the economic crisis on Western sanctions. Credit: AFP)

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