US imposes sanctions on Assad terrorists over chemical weapons

The Obama administration has imposed sanctions on 18 Assad terrorists of "Syria’s military" and a "tech company" in response to the use of chemical weapons by Bashar Assad regime.

The State Department slapped sanctions on the Organisation for Technological Industries, which it accused of helping Assad regime’s ballistic missile program.

The tech company’s primary mission is importing advanced strategic technologies for surface-to-surface missile and rocket programs in Syria, the department said in a statement.

The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 18 senior Assad terrorists linked to the military and Assad’s use of chemical weapons, and also on five branches of Assad military: the Assad Air Force, Assad Air Defence Forces, Assad Army, Assad Navy and Assad Republican Guard.