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Syria crisis: EU slaps sanctions on Assad's wife
EU foreign ministers have imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on the UK-born wife of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and other family members. Asma al-Assad is among 12 people added to the sanctions list, which already includes her husband.
March 23, 2012
(BBC) - London - EU foreign ministers have imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on the UK-born wife of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and other family members, diplomats say. Asma al-Assad is among 12 people added to the sanctions list, which already includes her husband.
The ban cannot stop her from travelling to the UK, British officials say.
