On Monday 22 July, the Council of the European Union adopted restrictive measures against four persons and two entities under the EU’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime.
They are the Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army, Abdel Karim Mohammad Ibrahim, and the former Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Army, Ali Mahmoud Abbas. “Both are responsible for the actions of the armed forces under their command, that commit systematic and widespread torture, rape, as...