US, Allies Target Suspected Hamas Financial Networks and Iran-Linked Actors With New Sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department has applied new sanctions targeting an Iraqi airline and multiple Middle Eastern groups with suspected ties to the Islamic regime.

Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas terrorist group, take part in a gathering in Gaza City on Jan. 31, 2016. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Treasury Department has applied new sanctions targeting an Iraqi airline and multiple Middle Eastern groups with suspected ties to Iran’s Islamic regime.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Iraqi airline operator Fly Baghdad for sanctions, alleging the operator and its CEO, Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani, have provided assistance to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force and suspected Iranian proxy groups active in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.