EU threatens new sanctions on Syria
The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in military assaults targeting government opponents.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who held emergency talks in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday, is trying to end Syria's 11-month-old bloody uprising, which has left more than 5,400 dead, according to the UN Moscow launched the initiative on Tuesday, just days after it infuriated the US by blocking a Western- and Arab-backed UN Security Council resolution supporting calls for Assad to hand over some powers to his vice president. (AP)
