US sanctions & the banks
25 events
- 23 January 1995Clinton freezes assets of 12 organisations incl. Hezbollah (EO 12947)
- 27 January 1995Nasrallah honouring journalists: "the only organisation with deposits in America is Fatah"
- 2 November 2001Washington lists Hezbollah after 9/11; Lebanon refuses to freeze its assetsOn 2 November 2001 the American administration placed Hezbollah on the list under Executive Order 13224 for freezing…
- 12 December 2003The Syria Accountability ActThe Congressional "Syria Accountability Act", for Syria's failure to take part in the war on terror.
- 8 June 2010Feltman testimony: "more than $500 million" since 2006 to reduce Hezbollah's appeal to youthOn 8 June 2010, before the Near East subcommittee of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a hearing titled…
- 10 February 2011Washington designates the Lebanese Canadian Bank a "primary money laundering concern"On 10 February 2011 the US Treasury designated the Lebanese Canadian Bank under Section 311 of the Patriot Act on the…
- 14 July 2015The nuclear dealOn 14 July 2015 Iran and the P5+1 signed the nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in Vienna in…
- 18 December 2015Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act signedOn 18 December 2015 President Obama signed the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act, which punishes foreign…
- 19 February 2016Saudi Arabia halts the $3 billion grant to the armyOn 19 February 2016 Saudi Arabia halted the three-billion-dollar grant to arm the Lebanese army with French weapons and…
- 2 March 2016The GCC designates Hezbollah a terrorist organisationOn 2 March 2016 the Gulf Cooperation Council designated Hezbollah a "terrorist organisation", and the Arab League…
- 3 May 2016BDL circular 137 implementing the US lawOn 3 May 2016 the Banque du Liban issued intermediate circular 137 obliging the banks to apply the American law, and…
- 12 June 2016BLOM Bank bombingOn 12 June 2016 a bomb exploded outside the headquarters of BLOM Bank in Verdun, with no casualties; it was read as a…
- 8 May 2018The US leaves the nuclear dealOn 8 May 2018 Trump announced the United States' withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran and the reimposition of…
- 16 May 2018Sanctions on Hezbollah figures
- 25 October 2018HIFPA Amendments Act signed
- 17 March 2019Battle over BdL vice-governors: Washington backs keeping Baasiri
- 9 July 2019Sanctions on MPs Raad and Sherri and on Wafiq SafaOn 9 July 2019 the US Treasury imposed sanctions on the head of Hezbollah's bloc Mohammad Raad, the deputy Amin Sherri…
- 29 August 2019Sanctions on Jammal Trust Bank
- 17 June 2020The Caesar Act comes into force
- 3 September 2020Schenker in Beirut meets protest activists and skips officialsOn 3 and 4 September 2020, a month after the port explosion, the US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern…
- 8 September 2020Sanctions on Ali Hassan Khalil and Youssef FenianosOn 8 September 2020 Washington sanctioned the former ministers Ali Hassan Khalil (Amal) and Youssef Fenianos (Marada)…
- 6 November 2020Sanctions on Gebran BassilOn 6 November 2020 the US Treasury placed the head of the Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil on the sanctions list…
- 29 October 2021The Kordahi affair: Saudi Arabia expels Lebanon's ambassador and halts importsOn 29 October 2021, after the broadcast of an interview recorded before his appointment in which the information…
- 3 December 2021George Kordahi resigns
- 12 May 2022Schenker at the Washington Institute: Jammal Trust sanctions timed after Moody's, and using the October 17 movement against HezbollahAt a virtual Washington Institute panel on 12 May 2022 titled "Hezbollah, Shia Dynamics and Lebanon's Elections", on…