The United States has introduced sanctions against proponents of the production of chemical weapons

The United States on Wednesday imposed a sanction against five groups and eight individuals for their part of a chemical weapons program in Syria. The US Treasury Department told Reuters

These groups and individuals were the key figures in the US Department of Finance's network to acquire electronics for the Syrian Chemicals Development Agency.

"The terrible use of chemical weapons," said Secretary of the Treasury Department of terrorism Sigal Mandelker

. According to her, the United States "continue to campaign for the regime's relentless rebellion (the Syrian President Bashar) Assad focusing on networks that support a program of chemical weapons production. "