VOL. XL

No. 25

23-June-1997

SYRIA

US Congress Mulls Oil Sanctions Against Syria; House Committee Votes To RemoveFinancial Discretion For Syria And Sudan

US Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) has introduced a non-binding sense ofthe Congress resolution that would consider applying to Syria the oil sanctions which arecurrently enforced against Iran and Libya (the D'Amato sanctions) if "the Governmentof Syria does not eliminate its dangerous and destabilizing policies."

Mr. Engel introduced his...