EU stiffens economic sanctions on Syria: diplomats
BRUSSELS: The European Union tightened sanctions against Syria's energy and financial sectors on Thursday in order to punish President Bashar al-Assad's regime for its crackdown on dissidents,...
December 01, 2011
EU foreign ministers adopted bans on exporting gas and oil industry equipment to Syria, trading Syrian government bonds and selling software that could be used to monitor Internet and telephone communications. (AFP)
