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EU slaps sanctions on Assad

The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on Syrian President Bashar Assad because of his governments continuing crackdown on anti-government protesters.

The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on Syrian President Bashar Assad because of his governments continuing crackdown on anti-government protesters. The 27-nation bloc instituted an assets freeze and a visa ban on Assad and nine other members of his regime. Earlier this month,the EU sanctioned 13 people with links to the Syrian regime,but Assad was not among them.

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