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Arab League adopts sanctions against Syria
Sunday November 27, 2011 11:12:39 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Moscow: The Arab League Sunday approved sanctions against Syria in the
latest bid to dissuade the Bashar Assad regime from its crackdown
on dissent.
There has been mounting international pressure on Syria to end its
bloody crackdown on anti-government protests.
More than 3,500 people are believed to have been killed since the
protests against President Bashar al-Assad began in March.
Nineteen of the regional bloc's 22 member nations voted in favour
of the unprecedented sanctions at a meeting in Cairo. Iraq,
Lebanon and Algeria voted against the move.
Damascus, which is already under US and EU sanctions, denounced
the move as a betrayal of Arab solidarity.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem accused the Arab League
of trying to "internationalise" the conflict in Syria.
The body suspended Syria earlier this month.
Speaking at a news conference after the crucial vote, Qatari
Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said the
sanctions include cutting off transactions with the Syrian central
bank and halting Arab government funding for projects in Syria.
"In these decisions we aim at avoiding any sufferings of the
Syrian people," al Jazeera TV quoted Sheikh Hamad as saying. "We
want to make sure these decisions are not hitting the Syrian
people, whether directly or indirectly."
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