OFAC Adds Syrian Entities To SDN List [telecom]

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by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

OFAC designated Emma Tel LLC ("Emma Tel"), a telecommunications provider, along with twelve other entities and two individuals, to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ("SDN List"). The designations were in response to efforts by the identified entities to assist the regime of Bashar al-Assad.