UK sanctions Syrian foreign minister, al-Assad allies
Al Jazeera
On the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising, the UK announces measures against six figures closely tied to the president.
The United Kingdom has announced sanctions on six allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, including his foreign minister and close advisers, saying the move would send a “clear message that they must be held to account for their crimes”. The measures announced on Monday came 10 years, to the day, after peaceful protests against al-Assad as part of a series of uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. Those demonstrations sparked a popular uprising, prompting a brutal crackdown from al-Assad which gave way to a multisided civil war that sucked in world powers.More Related News