Rival proposals to sanction Syria al-Nusra rebels

UN diplomats say Syria and Britain are separately seeking to impose UN sanctions against the radical rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, one of the dominant forces in the Syrian civil war.

Syria asked the UN Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against al-Qaeda to add al-Nusra as a separate group subject to an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban, the diplomats said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because committee actions are private. (AP)