U.S. targets Islamic State in Somalia with weapons-related sanctions

US targets weapons trafficking with sanctions on Islamic State in Somalia

The United States on Tuesday issued sanctions targeting Islamic State in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of being involved in a "terrorist weapons trafficking network" in Eastern Africa.

Somalia: Designation of Isis-Somalia Weapons Trafficking Network

[State Department] The United States has designated an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-Somalia network of weapons traffickers, their associates, and an affiliated business for facilitating weapons transfers to the terrorist group, as well as Osama Abdelmongy Abdalla Bakr, an ISIS supporter in Brazil. In 2016, senior ISIS leaders directed Bakr to obtain weapons and military equipment for the terrorist group.

US Treasury Department targets ISIS network of weapons trafficking

Treasury officials sad their actions targeted ISIS-Somalia and

Treasury sanctions arms traffickers connected to ISIS and al-Shabaab in Somalia

The Treasury Department announced sanctions against arms traffickers connected to ISIS and al-Shabaab in Somalia after a car bomb killed more than 100 people.

US imposes sanctions on suspected arms traffickers in Somalia

The action comes as Washington seeks to increase focus on disrupting terrorist financing networks in Africa, says official

US sanctions weapons trafficking network with ties to Islamic State, al-Shabaab

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Tuesday against a network of weapons traffickers with ties to the Islamic State in Somalia and al-Shabaab, a Somali militant group with ties to al Qaeda.  The department said in a release that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued the designation following a bombing in the…