On Saturday 3 December, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini acknowledged that the sanctions against Syria had been ineffective on the conflict.
"I don’t believe that having sanctions (...) has prevented military escalations from happening", she said at a conference in Rome on the Mediterranean Dialogues ("Beyond turmoil: a positive agenda").
Among other things, the European sanctions focus on a visa ban and assets freeze for 234 people,...