The car of Adnan Afyouni, the assassinated mufti of Damascus, after it was struck by an IED struck near a mosque in the Qudsaya suburb, north of Damascus (Photo by Xinhua/Stringer via Getty Images) Navigator Issue 170 The Oct. 22 assassination of Sheikh Mohammed Adnan Afyouni, one of Syria’s top Sunni religious leaders, has raised […]
Syria’s Response to the ‘Caesar Act’
The U.S. Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act went into effect on June 17, with a first round of 39 Treasury and State Department designations. The United States vowed to continue a “sustained campaign of economic and political pressure to deny the Assad regime revenue.” The “Caesar Act” sanctions will undoubtedly accelerate the demise of Syria’s […]