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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the State Department in Washington. (Reuters/Yuri Gripas)

US Sources: Qatar Avoided Signing Deal to Counter Terror Financing but Conceded after the Crisis

by Moaz al-Omari | Jul 17, 2017 | Middle East

Washington– Forty days following the decision by the anti-terrorism quartet to boycott Qatar, Doha has aborted all initiatives and mediations to end the crisis. Although it has finally signed an agreement to counter terrorism with the United States, statements issued...

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A woman ducks under a police tape after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London, March 22, 2017 (Picture: Reuters)

Britain Launches Campaign against Crime, Terrorism Financing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 26, 2017 | World

London – Britain is set to put forward new regulations on Monday against the financing of crime and terrorism, and would require banks, estate agents, financial institutions and accountants to increase inspection operations on financial transactions. The government...

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U.S. President Donald Trump (C) looks on as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef (R) exchange a memorandum of understanding, a commitment by the Gulf states not to finance militant organizations, at the Gulf Cooperation Council leaders summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Gulf-US Cooperation to Counter Terrorism Financing

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | May 23, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – A center established by the GCC and the United States to combat terrorism financing would target three main goals, including exchanging information on terrorist financial networks, coordinating joint counter-terrorism measures and providing support to the...

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Lebanon’s Security Forces carry out raids at banking institutions and financial companies in the commercial Hamra district of Beirut as part of an investigation into cash transfers to ISIS on March 8, 2017. Photo: ANWAR AMRO / AFP

Lebanon: Raids Against Financial Institutions on Suspicion of Sending ‘Huge Sums’ to ISIS

by Nazeer Rida | Mar 9, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese authorities have raided currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on suspicion they sent huge sums to ISIS, within the country’s efforts to fight terror financing. Lebanese security sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the raids...

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Saudi national counting money in a Saudi bank (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Experts: Saudi Arabia also clamping down on financing terrorism

by Mohamed Al-Amin | Mar 9, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The new Saudi legislation clamping down on terrorism will also put a choke hold on terrorism financing, financial experts told Asharq Al-Awsat. The new legislation explicitly criminalizes raising, offering, receiving, holding or transferring...