US Sanctions Hit Iran-Backed Airlines, Fighters in Syria

US Sanctions Hit Iran-Backed Airlines, Fighters in Syria
A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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The United States targeted two Iran-backed foreign fighter militias in Syria and two airlines that help send weapons to Syria in fresh sanctions Jan. 24 as Washington prepares for a military withdrawal from the war-torn country.
All four groups are linked to Iran’s Mahan Air and Iran’s elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, both of which are already blacklisted, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.