US imposes sanctions on son of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad

Sanctions designed to discourage anyone from funding Syrian regime

Hafez Bashar al-Assad, the eldest son of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, is named in the latest list of 14 senior Syrian regime officials and entities sanctioned by the US State Department under the so-called Caesar Act.

The designations, focusing on the barbarous First Division of the Syrian Army", are the second wave of sanctions to be applied under the act following the first move by the US State Department on 17 June.