WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US Treasury on Friday (Saturday in Manila) placed three men, including a Filipino, said to be part of the Islamic State’s global financial network on its sanctions blacklist, as it seeks to shut down the flow of funds to the group.

The Treasury said Abdulpatta Escalon Abubakar of the Philippines, Yunus Emre Sakarya of Turkey, and Mohamed Mire Ali Yusuf of Somalia all provided financial, material or technological support for the Islamic State group.

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