The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on two ships smuggling oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Syria, seemingly to help raise funds for Hezbollah.

The US is sanctioning three individuals, five companies and two vessels used to smuggle oil to generate funding for Hezbollah, the State Department announced on Wednesday as "part of the United States’ efforts to disrupt Hezbollah’s illicit revenue generation and isolate the terrorist group’s financial network.