Brussels, 23/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - With publication of their names in the Official Journal of the European Union, the EU officially took out sanctions on three new people and nine entities on 23 July for their involvement “in the violent repression of the civilian population or their support to the regime”.
The businessman Hashim Anwar al Aqqad, Chairman of the Akkad group of companies - which operates in multiple sectors of the Syrian economy, including oil and gas, and which...