Syria: EU Adds 10 Persons To List Of Those Under Sanctions Against Regime

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The European Council said Thursday it added 10 persons to the list of those targeted by EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime for being responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, benefiting from or supporting the regime, and/or being associated with such persons.

This decision follows the Council conclusions of 17 October 2016 and the European Council conclusions of 20-21 October 2016.

The persons added to the list include high-ranking military officials and senior figures linked to the regime. This decision brings to 217 persons the total number of persons targeted by a travel ban and an asset freeze for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria.

In addition, 69 entities are targeted by an asset freeze. More broadly, sanctions currently in place against Syria include an oil embargo, restrictions on certain investments, a freeze of the assets of the Syrian central bank within the EU, export restrictions on equipment and technology that might be used for internal repression as well as on equipment and technology for the monitoring or interception of internet or telephone communications. These measures were last extended on 27 May 2016 and are in place until 1 June 2017.

The EU remains committed to finding a lasting solution to the conflict in Syria, as there is no military solution to the Syrian civil war. The EU is determined to save lives and continues its intense humanitarian diplomatic effort to deliver aid to Aleppo and wherever needed, and to evacuate the wounded.

The legal acts adopted by the Council, including the names of the persons concerned, are published in the Official Journal of 28 October 2016. The decision was adopted by written procedure.

One thought on “Syria: EU Adds 10 Persons To List Of Those Under Sanctions Against Regime

  • October 28, 2016 at 10:29 am
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    For what it has done to Syria, the EU should be sanctioning itself and turning itself into the International Criminal Court for war crimes committed against that country, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, many countries in Africa, etc. (There’s no escape for pointing the finger at the US and NATO- the EU has been as complicit.) The irony of course is that the migrant crisis is of the EU’s own (and its elites’) doing, with the result (and likely intention) of destroying the national identities, societies and cultures of the EU’s member States.

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