Breaking News: U.S. to impose sanctions on Syrian president for human rights abuses

Wednesday, 18 May 2011 by IrwanKch
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Breaking News Alert: U.S. to impose sanctions on Syrian president for human rights abuses
May 18, 2011 1:03:01 PM
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U.S. officials say the Obama administration will impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and six others for human rights abuses over their brutal crackdown on anti-government protests, for the first time personally penalizing the Syrian leader for actions of his security forces.

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