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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

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Britain targets Syria’s post-Assad killers with sanctions—while the West quietly reopens for business

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Issuer and policy owner of UK foreign-policy sanctions designations

Britain just named names in Syria’s ugliest post-Assad story: who helped kill civilians, and who paid for the machinery of abuse. The UK’s new package freezes assets, bans travel, and tries to cut sanctioned figures off from doing business through the UK.

Updated Dec 19, 2025