歐盟制裁敘利亞總統

The European Union has sanctioned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a bid to pressure his government amid a crackdown on anti-government EU added Mr. Assad and other senior officials to a list banning them from traveling to the EU and freezing their European assets. An earlier set of EU sanctions this month included 13 Syrian officials, including Maher al-Assad, who is the president's brother and commands a division of Syria's week, the United States imposed sanctions on Mr. Assad and six of his aides, saying it was holding them personally responsible for deadly attacks by security forces.

Syrian rights activists say more than 850 civilians have been killed since mid-March, when protesters began calling for democratic reforms and Mr. Assad's ouster. Authorities have arrested 7,000 people as part of the crackdown.歐盟對敘利亞總統阿薩德實施制裁，旨在向正在鎮壓反政府抗議者的敘利亞政府施壓。歐盟將阿薩德和其他幾位高級官員加入禁止前往歐盟國家旅行的名單，並凍結其在歐盟管轄內的財產。歐盟本月早些時候發佈的制裁針對13名敘利亞官員，其中包括阿薩德總統的弟弟、敘利亞共和國衛隊的負責人馬希爾.阿薩德。上週，美國對阿薩德及其6名助理實施制裁，稱他們個人需要對安全部隊發起的致命襲擊負責。

敘利亞人權組織說，自從示威者三月中開始呼籲舉行民主革命並要求阿薩德下臺以來，敘利亞已經有超過850名平民身亡。當局在鎮壓中逮捕了7千人。