Brussels, 12/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - The General Court of the EU has confirmed through a court order of 22 December 2014 (case T407/13) that Bushra al-Assad, the sister of the current Syrian president and widow of deputy chief of staff of the Syrian army, should be kept on the list of people and organisations subject to European Union sanctions. She therefore continues to be banned from entering or transiting the territory of the EU, and her assets remain frozen within the EU.
After her...