Arab League approves sanctions against Syria
Syria failed to sign a protocol before Friday, the deadline over the visit of an AL observer mission.
The sanctions included a travel ban against senior Syrian officials and politicians, the suspension of business with the Syrian Central Bank and the end of Arab-financed projects in the country, New Yorkwholesale fashion jewelry Times reported on Sunday.
It will be another blow to the country's economy, which is suffering from sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States, it said.
The package also included suspending the trade with the Syrian government except for some strategic commodities, freezing the government's funds in the Arab countries, assigning the Arab central banks to monitor loans concerning Syria, and halting financial transfer from the Arab central banks to the Syrian Central Bank except for the remittance of overseas Syrian workers to their families and citizens of Arab countries in Syria, Xinhua reported.
"Today, we are very sad to hold such a meeting as the Syrianchina jewelry wholesale government has not signed the observer mission," said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani.
"Syria is an important regional country. We are very concerned about the Syrian crisis. So we made the decision," he said.
Jassim noted that the sanctions will avoid bringing harm to the Syrian people and will not affect their lives directly or indirectly.
The sanctions got support from 19 members ofjewelry shop the 22-member pan-Arab body except for Iraq and Lebanon. Syria's membership was suspended on Nov. 16.
According to the resolution, a technical implementation committee will submit a report about the flights between Syria and other Arab countries so that the AL can decide the time for a flight ban.
The committee is also charged with naming a list of strategic commodities.
The technical committee comprises high officials and experts cheap wholesale jewelryfrom Arab countries including Jordan, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, Egypt and Morocco.
