Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad listens to questions from journalists in Paris, in this December 9 file picture. The U.S. placed him under sanctions Wednesday. Benoit Tessier/ReutersObama Administration Imposes Sanctions On Syria's Assad -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
WASHINGTON -- Setting the stage for a major speech Thursday on changes sweeping the Middle East, President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and six of his top deputies in response to their bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations there.
The move to target Assad personally came just a day before Obama planned to talk about the Arab Spring that has seen autocratic governments fall in Tunisia and Egypt, threatened the regime in Libya, and seen the government of Syria use violence to try to crush anti-government, pro-democracy demonstrations.
The United States said Syria has killed nearly 1,000 people, and done it with the help of Iran.
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More News On Sanctions Against Syrian President Assad
U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Syria’s President, Other Senior Officials -- Wall Street Journal
President Obama Issues Sanctions Against Syrian President, Other Syrian and Iranian Government Leaders -- ABC News
EU expected to extend Syria sanctions to Assad -- Reuters
With Syria sanctions, U.S. fires shot across bow -- CBS News
Sanctions aren't enough; Assad must go -- Michael Young, CNN
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