The European Union on Monday added eight businessmen and two entities linked to them, to its list of individuals and entities subject to sanctions against the Syrian regime and its supporters, according to a European Council statement.
“Their activities directly benefited the Assad regime, including through projects located on lands expropriated from persons displaced by the conflict,” the statement said.
The restrictive measures were introduced in 2011 and the list now has 277 individuals and 71 businesses subject to a travel ban and an asset freeze.
Additional sanctions include an oil embargo, restrictions on certain investments, a freeze of assets of the Syrian central bank held in the EU, and export restrictions on equipment and technology that might be used for internal repression, monitoring or intercepting internet or telephone communications.
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