Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that "these sweeping sanctions target the scientific support centre for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's horrific chemical weapons attack on innocent civilian men, women, and children".
Beirut, London - While Syrian regime forces appeared on Monday to be racing with experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Khan Sheikhoun to hide the remaining proof of their chemical attack on the town early this month, Washington enforced sanctions against dozens of employees at Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center.
Syrian opposition fighters hold their weapons as they prepare to board a bus to leave the last rebel-held neighborhood of al-Waer in Homs province, Syria, Monday, April 24, 2017.
"These sweeping sanctions are meant to hold the Assad regime and those who support it directly or indirectly, accountable for their blatant violations of the chemical weapons convention", he said.
The sanctions mandate that "any property or interest in property of the designated persons in the possession or control of USA persons or within the United States must be blocked".
The treasury department ordered a freeze on all assets in the USA of 271 employees of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC).
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Assad has said the attack was a "fabrication" by the West.
The attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun killed scores of people andprompted the United States to launch a cruise missile strike on a Syrian air base in response, its first direct assault on the Assad government in the conflict.
"The abhorrent attack on Khan Sheikhun is a stark reminder that the global community must work together to deter the future use of chemical weapons in any circumstances", he said in a statement.
His resignation will be effective on July 15, LafargeHolcim said in a statement, adding that its board had agreed to his departure even though an internal probe had determined he was not responsible for any wrongdoings.
Olsen's departure follows an inquiry into the indirect financing by Lafarge of armed groups in civil war-ravaged Syria to keep one of its cement plants operational.
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