歐盟、阿盟加緊對敘利亞制裁

European Union diplomats say member nations have agreed to tighten sanctions on Syria, hours after an Arab League committee charged with implementing sanctions targeted Syria's rich and powerful.

EU officials said Thursday they added 11 more entities and 12 more individuals to a blacklist hit by travel bans and asset freezes imposed in an effort to stop the Syrian government's bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.

An Arab League committee in Cairo released a list of 17 Syrians banned from traveling to Arab states. Those banned include the brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the country's richest businessman and top Cabinet ministers.

Officials say the list and other recommendations will be presented to Arab League members meeting in Doha on Sunday.

The Arab League has been trying to convince the Syrian government to ease its violent crackdown on an uprising by demonstrators.

League member Kuwait on Thursday urged its nationals to leave Syria due to safety concerns. The move follows mob attacks in Damascus on the embassies of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE after the Arab League decided to suspend Syria's membership.歐盟外交官表示，歐盟成員國同意加大對敘利亞的制裁力度。在此之前，阿拉伯國家聯盟一個負責實施制裁敘利亞的委員會提議把敘利亞富人和掌權者作爲制裁對象。

歐盟官員星期四表示，爲制止敘利亞政府對反政府示威者實行的血腥鎮壓，他們把另外11家團體和12名個人列入旅行禁令和資產凍結的黑名單。

阿盟一個委員會星期四公佈了一份包括17名敘利亞人的名單，包括敘利亞總統阿薩德的兄弟、敘利亞最富有的企業家和高層內閣部長，這些人被禁止前往阿拉伯國家。

阿盟一直試圖說服敘利亞政府放鬆對反政府抗議者發動的起義的鎮壓。

阿盟成員國科威特星期四以安全爲由敦促其國民離開敘利亞。作出這一決定是因爲在阿拉伯國家聯盟決定暫停敘利亞成員國資格後，卡塔爾、沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯聯合酋長國在大馬士革的大使館都遭到了暴民的襲擊。