Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 21

23-May-2011

syria

US Sanctions Syrian President And Top Officials

US President Barack Obama on 18 May issued an executive order blocking property of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad plus six other senior officials, in an effort to stop the regime’s fierce crackdown on protests and protect human rights. In his letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Speaker of the Senate, President Obama said that the order was signed...