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The number of Syrian regime officials who are covered by sanctions 288 people and 70 entities (Twitter)
Today, Friday, the European Union included eight ministers of the Syrian regime government on its sanctions list, in response to what it described as “the brutal repression practiced by the Syrian regime against the civilian population.”
The union stated in a statement that the list included the Ministers of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Bassam Touma, Health Hassan Al-Ghobash, Industry Ziad Sabbagh, Agriculture Muhammad Hassan Qatana and Energy Ghassan Al-Zamil.
Among those sanctioned are three ministers of state of the Syrian regime, Muhammad Fayez Al-Barsha, Malloul Al-Hussein and Muhammad Samir Haddad.
And last October, the European Union imposed sanctions on seven ministers from the Hussein Arnous government, which had just started. All the ministers covered by the sanctions took office in May, raising the number of sanctioned officials of the Syrian regime to 288 people and 70 entities.
The European Union affirmed that these people, as government ministers, are responsible for “the brutal repression practiced by the Syrian regime against the civilian population.”
The European Union added names to the list in May of each year and last May extended the sanctions for one more year against the pillars of the regime, the black lists at that time included 273 officials and 70 economic entities.
The Union launched these sanctions in 2011 and excluded humanitarian goods and equipment that could benefit Syrian civilians.
The Syrian regime is subject to the sanctions of the United States Caesar Act, which provides for the imposition of sanctions on the Syrian regime and all those who support it financially, in kind or in technology, and entered into force on June 17.
The name of the American legislation comes from the name of the former Syrian military photographer nicknamed Caesar, who defected from the regime in 2014 and leaked 55,000 photos of 11,000 prisoners killed under torture.
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