The European Council has just announced that it has extended its sanctions regime against the “sponsors of the Syrian regime” for another year as the situation on-the-ground continues to deteriorate, and it has designated a further individual.  The individual is stated to be a “high-ranking military official deemed responsible for repression and violence against the civilian population in Damascus and Damascus countryside”.  This brings the total number of persons designated under the EU’s sanctions regime against Syria…

In the European Council’s conclusions on the EU regional strategy for Syria and Iraq as well as the ISIL/Da’esh threat, published on Monday 16 March, the EU confirmed that it will continue to implement sanctions that target the Syrian regime and its supporters, “as long as repression continues”.  Reference was made to the EU’s designation earlier in March of 13 individuals and entities in the context.  The “indiscriminate” and “barbaric acts” committed by ISIL/Da’esh against…

New EU measures prohibiting exports of jet fuel and fuel additives to Syria were adopted by the Council on 12 December 2014, alongside certain other amendments to the existing sanctions regime. Council Decision 2014/901/CFSP and Regulation (EU) 1323/2014 were published in the Official Journal on 13 December and came into force the following day. The new ban prohibits the sale, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly of certain jet fuel and additives as identified in the new…