Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 49

5-Dec-2011

syria

Arab League Sanctions Compound Syrias Economic Problems And Isolation

The Arab League has adopted a number of unprecedented economic sanctions against Syria because of its failure to sign an Arab-brokered peace plan, aimed at halting the violent crackdown on Syrian protesters demanding reforms since the start of an uprising in March. The Arab League, which had for decades avoided imposing sanctions on its members, was prompted to...