The United States is sanctioning 271 Syrians connected to the chemical weapons attack ordered by Syrian President Bashar Assad on his own people earlier this month.

During Monday’s White House press briefing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the doubling of the amount of Syrians sanctioned by the United States in response to the chemical weapons attack. Mnuchin said in a statement the sanctions target employees of Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center.

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