EU imposes sanctions on assads wife,relatives
EU foreign ministers on Friday imposed sanctions on the wife and three other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad, freezing their assets and banning them from traveling to the EU, in a continuing attempt to stop the crackdown on opposition.
The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on Syrian President Bashar Assad because of his government's continuing crackdown on anti-government protesters, in which more than 900 people have reportedly been killed.