EU imposes sanctions on 4 new Syria government ministers

BRUSSELS — The European Union connected Monday imposed sanctions connected 4 ministers precocious appointed to the Syrian government, blaming them for playing a relation successful the continued repression connected civilians successful the war-torn country.

Asset freezes and question bans successful Europe were imposed connected the four, who see the ministers for interior trade, accusation and labor.

The 4 ministers were accused of sharing “responsibility for the Syrian regime’s convulsive repression of the civilian population,” the EU said.

The caller sanctions bring the fig of radical successful Syria targeted by EU measures to 287. A further 70 “entities,” including organizations, banks and companies, are besides connected the blacklist, typically for benefiting from their ties with the regime.

The EU archetypal started imposing the sanctions successful 2011. The measures besides see a prohibition connected lipid imports, concern restrictions, a frost connected cardinal slope assets held successful the EU, and export limits connected instrumentality and exertion that could beryllium utilized to ace down connected civilians oregon monitoring their phones and internet.