EU agrees to add Commercial Bank of Syria to sanctions list

The European Union agreed on Thursday to add the Commercial Bank of Syria to its list of entities sanctioned in protest against repression and human rights violations, EU diplomats said.

An EU statement said it had frozen the assets of one more entity that financially supports the Syrian government, bringing the number of such entities to 19. It said that it had ensured that legitimate trade was affected as little as possible. EU diplomats identified the latest entity as the Commercial Bank Syria. (Reuters)