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EU Targets Ministers, UAE Firm in Latest Syria Sanctions

The European Union imposed sanctions on Tuesday on 12 Syrian government ministers, two senior military figures and a United Arab Emirates company it accused of helping supply oil to Syria. The moves were part of a gradual tightening of EU sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has clung to power despite a three-year-old civil war in which close to 200,000 people have been killed. The EU said the 12 ministers, appointed by Assad in a cabinet reshuffle...

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