On Monday 21 January, the EU Council added 11 prominent Syrian businessmen and five Syrian entities to the list of of those subject to restrictive measures against the Syrian regime and its supporters, with immediate publication of the legal acts in the Official Journal of the EU (see EUROPE 12173).
According to the Council, these businessmen and companies are involved in luxury estate development and other regime-backed projects, and as such support and/or benefit from the Syrian...