Swiss expand sanctions against Assad’s entourage

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Looks like the Swiss are not to happy with the Syrian regime.

Swiss expand sanctions against Assad’s entourage
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AUG 5, 2014 - 15:55


Switzerland is imposing asset freezes and travel bans on a dozen more Syrian government officials, accusing them of being partly responsible for the regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.

Tuesday’s announcement comes several weeks after that of the European Union because the measures need to be adapted in consultation with the government, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs spokeswoman Marie Avet told swissinfo.ch.

The European Union had sanctioned the same 12 Syrian ministers on June 23. A month later, on July 23, the EU added three people and nine companies to its sanctions list. At the time, it froze assets of branches of the Syrian Defence Ministry and of two oil-trading firms accused of organising covert shipments of oil to Syria.

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