Tag archive for ‘travel bans’
A boy stands amongst Free Syrian Army fighters atop a tank after they defeated government troops at Salqin city near Idlib
By Team Folks On Friday, November 2nd, 2012
0 Comments

In Syrian sanctions, some gains but much uncertainty

Two months into anti-government protests in Syria last year, as the military crackdown grew more vicious, the European Union and United States introduced sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad, his security More...

Pro-Syrian regime protesters, hold portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and shout slogans against the Arab League, as they gather outside the Syrian foreign ministry where Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem helds a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria's foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising. | Photo: AP/ Muzaffar Salman
By Team Folks On Monday, January 23rd, 2012
0 Comments

Syria turns down Arab League peace proposal

DAMASCUS – Syria Monday rejected a new Arab League peace proposal that calls for embattled President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to his deputy and set up a new unity government, terming it a blatant More...