The European Council added eleven prominent businessmen and five entities to the list of those subject to restrictive measures against the Syrian regime and its supporters. These businessmen and companies are involved in luxury estate development and other regime-backed projects, and as such support and/or benefit from the Syrian regime, the Council said in a press release Monday. The sanctions list now includes 270 persons and 72 entities targeted by a travel ban and an asset freeze. The sanctions on Syria were originally imposed in 2011. These persons and entity are the first one being listed under the new chemical weapons sanctions regime, the Council explained, indicating that the SSRC was already listed under the Syria sanctions regime.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 22, 2019 16:28 UTC