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 Iran’s Islamic regime. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Iraqi airline operator Fly Baghdad for sanctions, alleging the airline operator and its CEO, Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani, have provided assistance to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force (IRGC-QF) and suspected Iranian proxy groups active in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. The Treasury Department alleges Fly Baghdad has flown fighters, weapons, and money to Syria and Lebanon to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s ongoing civil war. The Treasury Department alleges Fly Baghdad provides a linkage for Iranian-made Fateh, Zulfiqar, and al-Fajr series missiles, as well as AK-47s, RPG-7s, and other grenades and machine guns going to pro-Assad forces in the region....