26/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - Maintaining EU's sanctions against Bashar al-Assad's uncle. In an order that was published on Friday 26 June, the European Court of Justice confirmed the validity of the restrictive measures pronounced by the EU against Mohammed Makhlouf, the uncle of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. Makhlouf had contested a single point in the EU General Court's ruling (see EUROPE 11235) in which he was accused of benefitting from policies conducted by the Syrian regime. In...