.- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, may be included next week in the list of persons sanctioned by the European Union in response to the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in the Arab country. The measure will be reviewed by the Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth on Monday, when they conclude their regular council in Brussels.
According to EU sources, the Twenty-seven have already reached a preliminary consensus in this regard and now only need to formalize the decision. The idea would have gained strength after the U.S. announcement, last Wednesday, which will take direct sanctions against Al-Assad. Washington hoped that in this way 'increased pressure on the Damascus government to stop the violence against the people and begin the transition to a democratic system.
" Besides the President, or near other ten members of his government may also be included in the European list, currently consisting of 13 persons, including Maher Assad, brother of the president. Maher, head of the Fourth Army Division and strongman of the Republican Guard is considered by the EU as the "chief enforcer of repression against demonstrators." The first round of European sanctions against the government of Syria came into force on 10 May and is prohibited from traveling to the EU affected, and blocking their assets in European soil.
In parallel, the EU also adopted an arms embargo on Syria and called off the negotiations that had begun with that country to sign a partnership agreement. According to several NGOs, at least 850 people have died since March 15 due to the repression of protests in Syria, while some eight thousand have been illegally detained thousands of civilians have fled the country for fear of violence. 
According to EU sources, the Twenty-seven have already reached a preliminary consensus in this regard and now only need to formalize the decision. The idea would have gained strength after the U.S. announcement, last Wednesday, which will take direct sanctions against Al-Assad. Washington hoped that in this way 'increased pressure on the Damascus government to stop the violence against the people and begin the transition to a democratic system.
" Besides the President, or near other ten members of his government may also be included in the European list, currently consisting of 13 persons, including Maher Assad, brother of the president. Maher, head of the Fourth Army Division and strongman of the Republican Guard is considered by the EU as the "chief enforcer of repression against demonstrators." The first round of European sanctions against the government of Syria came into force on 10 May and is prohibited from traveling to the EU affected, and blocking their assets in European soil.
In parallel, the EU also adopted an arms embargo on Syria and called off the negotiations that had begun with that country to sign a partnership agreement. According to several NGOs, at least 850 people have died since March 15 due to the repression of protests in Syria, while some eight thousand have been illegally detained thousands of civilians have fled the country for fear of violence.
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