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...
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