Sanctions placed on Syria by Arab League
The Arab league in an unprecedented move against a fellow Arab nation has approved economic sanctions on Syria pressuring Damascus to put an end to its deadly suppression of a now eight-month long uprising against President Bashar Assad.
But however even with such great pressure upon him Assad has refused to back off military action taking place on the dissent which has now killed more than 3500 people. Damascus has slammed the sanctions calling it a betrayal of Arab solidarity and continues to insist that a further foreign conspiracy was truly behind the revolt currently taking place. This would all but assure more bloodshed will be following.
These sanctions placed Syria into further isolation after the once proud nation claimed to being one of the powerhouse of Arab states. Assad and some of his closest allies have parted, including his neighboring nations. It is thought that the opposition to his regime could transform some of the longest and strongest alliances in the middle east and further regions.
It is known that 19 of the Arab league’s 22 member nations approved a series of tough sanctions that included stopping Arab government funding the projects on Syria cutting off transactions with the central bank on Syria and also freezing government assets. These sanctions are set to take place immediately.
The Arab league has stated they are against Syrian people being killed and do not want this to take place any longer.
Syria’s important trading partners lebanon and Iraq had sustained from the vote. This vote came about after Damascus missed a deadline from the Arab league, allowing observers into the country involved as a process of a peace deal Syria had agreed upon to end the crisis earlier this month.
The Arab league will reconsider the sanctions as long as Syria follows upon that Arab brokered plan of ending violence against civilians and removing tanks from streets.
Given that Syria has banned the majority of foreign journalists and halted independent journalist reporting inside the country. There is no true understanding of just how many people have died.
The response from the Arab league in joining widespread international pressure on Syria is a significant one. Sanctions have already been imposed on Syria by the United States and the European Union. There have been multiple calls from world leaders demanding that Assad relinquish power. However, these calls have been ignored by Assad and violence continues to rage and spiral out of control as military and protesters clash in armed conflicts.
There are fears in some quarters that a civil war could be at hand. And this is a worst case scenario, given that Syria is a political keystone situated in the heart of the expansive middle east.
Assad does have key allies in China and Russia and many Syrians are worried about a future without him in control. Much of the bloodshed that has been suffered so far, Syria has been blamed on a foreign conspiracy utilising terrorists to undermine and divide Syria.
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