Brussels, 23/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union decided on Friday 23 September to reinforce its sanctions against the Bashar al-Assad regime, banning all new investment in the oil sector in Syria, thus extending the embargo on imports of Syrian oil imposed by the EU on 2 September. The EU also banned delivery to Syria of bank notes and coins.
This is the seventh raft of sanctions against the Syrian regime which stands accused of the bloody repression of the opposition movement....