Just over $110 million in Syrian assets frozen in Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland — 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
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