EXTERNAL ACTION / Syria

EU extends its sanctions on Syrian regime by a year and takes out sanctions on three ministers

Brussels, 29/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 29 May, the Council extended the EU's restrictive measures against the Syrian regime until 1 June 2018.

The Council also decided to add three Syrian ministers to the list of people sanctioned – the minister for justice, Hisham Mohammad Mamdouh al-Sha’ar, the minister for external trade and the economy, Samer Abdelrahman al-Khalil, and the minister for administrative development, Salam Mohammad al-Saffaf – all three of whom took up office in the spring.  With these...