Zurich, Dec 11, 2024 (AFP) - Just over $110 mn in Syrian assets frozen in Switzerland

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2024-12-11

Switzerland is home to around 99 million Swiss francs ($112 million) in frozen Syrian assets, Bern's economy ministry told AFP Wednesday, denying any of it belonged to fallen president Bashar al-Assad. Those funds were frozen under sanctions Switzerland adopted in 2011 in alignment with the European Union, targeting Syria's ex-strongman and his associates for his government's widespread human rights abuses, the ministry said. But none of them bel......

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