U.S. sanctions on Syria's energy sector

U.S. sanctions on Syria's energy sector

The Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. House of Representatives a bill to impose new sanctions on Syria in the energy sector and calls for the referral of President Bashar al-Assad to an international tribunal for war crimes.

The Committee adopted a "bill of freedom in Syria," unanimously. And must be approved by the House and Senate in full their respective bodies on the bill before it is referred to President Barack Obama to decide whether to sign it into law or not.

The bill aims to reject any financial assistance to people who invest five million dollars or more in the energy sector or investing in Syria million or more to help the country to develop its capabilities in the field of oil refineries.

The text and kept trade sanctions adopted in 2003 to force Syria to end its support for the supposed "terrorist" organizations. The text calls for Syria to stop any activity linked to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

The Obama administration imposed by a variety of sanctions on Syria to increase pressure on Assad and his government to end the bloody campaign on the protesters.

And will apply sanctions including a ban on loans and U.S. export licenses and transactions with U.S. financial institutions, the institutions in the United States and foreign entities. And imposed by the ban on U.S. citizens to prevent them from certain transactions with the energy sector in Syria.

The new project and authorizes the allocation of up to $ 250 million to help the government after the lion to get rid of chemical and biological weapons and nuclear weapons.

The draft law also impose sanctions on any technological assistance to Syria would contribute to building weapons of mass destruction. And calls to make "diplomatic efforts" by the American president to isolate Syria.

In addition, it is proposed to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to any person or group committed to supporting the democratic transition in Syria.

In August / August ordered the U.S. government to freeze all the money the Syrian in the United States and prohibited U.S. citizens from investments in Syria and export services to and banned U.S. imports of refined products Syrian Companies that put in the blacklist, such as company marketing crude oil, Syrian Sterol and the Syrian Oil Company .