Turkey slaps Syria with sanctions
Turkey yesterday announced a raft of economic and financial sanctions on Syria over its violent crackdown on protesters.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said President Bashar al-Assad's government had "come to the end of the road".
Meanwhile, The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the situation in Syria tomorrow following a request by the European Union, a diplomatic source said.
"There will be a special session of the Council on the human rights situation in Syria on Friday," the European diplomat told AFP, adding that 28 countries had signed the call for the extraordinary session, the third this year.
The move follows a report published Monday by the UN-appointed investigators who found Syrian security forces had committed crimes against humanity, including the killing and torture of children, on orders from the top of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The Arab League announced sanctions on Sunday. It has already suspended Syria over its failure to implement proposals it had agreed to.
The Arab League's decision marks the first time the body has imposed such punitive measures on one of its own members.
Dubai says airlines from the United Arab Emirates will suspend flights to Syria next week under those sanctions.
Turkey's sanctions mostly target the Syrian leadership. The foreign minister said all those responsible for violence against civilians, and businesses close to President Assad, are banned from travelling to Turkey, and their assets there will be frozen.
Comments