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US, Turkey Target Financial Network Linked to Islamic State, US Treasury Says

by Reuters

   Washington --

   The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday it was taking joint action
   with Turkey against a network it said played a key role in money
   management, transfer and distribution for the Islamic State group
   operating in Iraq and Syria.

   Turkey has frozen the assets of members to the network, who also were
   added to the U.S. sanctions list, the Treasury Department said in a
   statement.

   Those sanctioned included an Iraqi national living illegally in Turkey,
   Brukan al-Khatuni, his two sons, and two businesses they used to
   transfer money on behalf оf the Islamic State between Turkey, Iraq and
   Syria, it said.