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Monday 01 August 2011Five Syrians hit with EU sanctions after crackdown
The European Union on Monday extended travel bans and asset freezes to a further five Syrian nationals in response to a deadly government crackdown on regime opponents over the weekend. The United States also indicated that it was mulling additional sanctions, including on oil and gas, following the crackdown that Syrian activitists said left more than 130 protesters dead. 'We find these violent attempts by the Syrian regime to target civilians on the eve of Ramadan to be despicable and abhorrent,' State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in Washington. At the same time, top EU foreign policy official Catherine Ashton called on the United Nations Security Council to 'take a clear stand on the need to end the violence' at an emergency meeting later on Monday. Russia and China have blocked any condemnation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government at the UN despite the growing death toll. Western leaders have dismissed concerns that such a move could lead to a military intervention similar to the one in Libya. The EU had previously imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 30 people, including President Bashar al-Assad and three top officials in Iran's Revolutionary Guard who allegedly have lend him support. The US has also issued several previous sets of sanctions on the Syrian regime, and Toner stressed Washington would continue to work with the UN, the EU and other allies on holding Damascus accountable. The five new individuals targeted by EU sanctions are Syrians 'involved in or associated with the violent repression' of anti-regime protesters, Ashton said in a statement. They won't be identified until Tuesday, when the fresh sanctions are due to be published in the EU's official journal, marking their entry into force. 'This shows that the Syrian leadership is unwilling to implement the reforms it has promised in response to the legitimate requests of the Syrian people,' Ashton noted. 'The EU continues to monitor the situation in Syria closely,' she added. 'It will extend restrictive measures, should the Syrian leadership persist in its current path.' Source: Monsters and Critics |
