An Israeli drone strike on a car near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States.
An Israeli drone strike on a car Monday near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close ties to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to pro-government media and an official from an Iran-backed group. Mohammed Baraa Katerji was killed when a drone strike hit his car near the area of Saboura, a few miles inside Syria after apparently crossing from Lebanon.
, sanctioned Katerji in 2018 as Assad’s middleman for trading oil with the Islamic State group and for facilitating weapons shipments from Iraq to Syria. The U.S. Treasury declined Associated Press requests for comment. The sanctions imposed on Katerji were authorized under an Obama-era executive order issued in 2011 that prohibits certain transactions with Syria. A search of the
database indicates that the sanctions were still in effect against Katerji and his firm at the time of his death. said in 2018 that Katerji was responsible for import and export activities in Syria and assisted with transporting weapons and ammunition under the pretext of importing and exporting food items. These shipments were overseen by the U.S.-designated Syrian General Intelligence Directorate, according to
. It added that the Syria-based Katerji Co. is a trucking company that has also shipped weapons from Iraq to Syria. Additionally, in a 2016 trade deal between the government of Syria and Islamic State, the Katerji Co. was identified as the exclusive agent for providing supplies to Islamic State-controlled areas, including oil and other commodities. Katerji and his brother, Hussam, got involved in the oil business a few years after the country’s conflict began in March 2011.
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