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United Kingdom EU sanctions target Syria’s Assad
Published on 23/05/2011
The European Union is set to add Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to a list of Syrian officials targeted by sanctions, days after the US tightened restrictions on the Syrian regime in response to its deadly crackdown on protests.