WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department said on Thursday it was taking joint action with Turkiye against a network it said played a key role in money management, transfer and distribution for Daesh operating in Iraq and Syria.
Turkiye’s foreign affairs ministry said on Twitter the assets of seven individuals or legal persons involved in financing for the group were frozen.
The US Treasury Department said four individuals and two entities in Turkiye were designated under US sanctions.
They included an Iraqi national living illegally in Turkiye, Brukan Al-Khatuni, his two sons and an associate, and two businesses they used to transfer money on behalf of Daesh, between Turkiye, Iraq and Syria, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
The sanctions freeze any US assets they hold and generally bar Americans from dealing with them.
Daesh killed and executed thousands of people in the name of its extreme interpretation of Islam before it was territorially defeated in Iraq in 2017 and Syria in 2019.
The group last month named a new leader, Abu Al-Hussein Al-Husseini Al-Quraishi, after its previous head blew himself up in October while being besieged by former anti-government rebels in southern Syria.
The United States in November blacklisted four individuals and eight companies in South Africa aiding the group and in May imposed sanctions on a network of five Daesh financial facilitators working across Indonesia, Syria and Turkiye.
The head of the network targeted on Thursday, Brukan Al-Khatuni, helped with foreign financing for the group in Iraq before moving to Turkiye in 2016, where he helped transfer funds from donors and handled millions of dollars for the group, according to the Treasury Department.
US, Turkiye target financial network linked to Daesh
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US, Turkiye target financial network linked to Daesh
- Turkiye has frozen the assets of members to the network, who were also added to the US sanctions list
US to deploy more troops to Middle East as Iran operations continue
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine acknowledged that four US service members have been killed so far
WASHINGTON: The US will send additional troops and military assets to the Middle East as operations against Iran continue, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine said on Monday.
Speaking at the Pentagon alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Caine stressed that the campaign, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” remains ongoing and will not be concluded quickly.
“This is not a single overnight operation. The military objectives that (US Central Command) CENTCOM and the joint force have been tasked with will take some time to achieve, and, in some cases, will be difficult and gritty work,” Caine said.
He acknowledged that four US service members have been killed so far and cautioned that further casualties are expected as the campaign continues.
“We expect to take additional losses, and as always, we will work to minimize US losses. But as the Secretary (of Defense Hegseth) said, this is major combat operations,” Caine added.
Caine confirmed that more forces are already heading to the region.
“In fact, Admiral Cooper will receive additional forces even today,” he said, referring to Brad Cooper, US CENTCOM chief.
He described the rapid military buildup as evidence of the US Armed Forces’ ability to adjust quickly and project power “at the time and place of our nation’s choosing.”
