UK Adds Entries to Syria, DRC Sanctions Lists

The U.K. added two entries to its Syria sanctions list in a June 19 notice. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on Ali Mahmoud Abbas, the Syrian defense minister, and Abdel Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim, chief of the general staff of the Syrian army and armed forces. In a separate notice, OFSI added two entries to its Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions list. Desire Londroma Ndjukpa, commander of CODECO URDPC, and William Yakutumba, leader of the Mai-Mai Yakutumba, were also hit with travel bans and asset freezes.