{"id":426187,"date":"2011-05-18T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/us-to-impose-sanctions-on-assad\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T16:47:35","slug":"us-to-impose-sanctions-on-assad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/us-to-impose-sanctions-on-assad\/","title":{"rendered":"US &#8216;to impose sanctions on Assad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"48.8306188925\"><span><span>18 May 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>12:47 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The US is to impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses, sources have said.<\/p>\n<p>It would be the first time Mr Assad has been targeted personally by the international community for his government&#8217;s crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama last month imposed sanctions on his brother Maher, his cousin and an intelligence chief.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that the US would be taking &#8220;additional steps&#8221; against Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Clinton said the Syrian government had &#8220;embraced the worst tactics of their Iranian ally, and they have refused to honour the legitimate aspirations of their own people&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Assad talks about reform, but his heavy-handed, brutal crackdown shows his true intentions,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions are expected to be announced before or during a major speech on the Middle East by President Obama on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-middle-east-13444179\" title=\"US 'to impose sanctions on Assad'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US &#8216;to impose sanctions on Assad&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 May 2011 Last updated at 12:47 ET The US is to impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses, sources have said. It would be the first time Mr Assad has been targeted personally by the international community for his government&#8217;s crackdown on protesters. President Barack Obama last month imposed sanctions on his brother Maher, his cousin and an intelligence chief. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US &#039;to impose sanctions on Assad&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/us-to-impose-sanctions-on-assad\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"US &#039;to impose sanctions on Assad&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"18 May 2011 Last updated at 12:47 ET The US is to impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for human rights abuses, sources have said. 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