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Turkey imposes Syria sanctions

Turkey has announced tough economic and financial sanctions against Syria on Wednesday.

The move by Syria’s largest trading partner comes after similar sanctions were imposed by the Arab League, the European Union and the US.

The Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced 9 sanctions, including a freezing of Syrian assets, a travel ban for senior leaders and the suspending of ties with the Syrian central bank.

“Every bullet fired, every bombed mosque has eliminated the legitimacy of the Syrian leadership and has widened the gap between us,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference in Ankara, Turkey.

“Syria has squandered the last chance that it was given.”

“Syria must immediately cease using force on the people and the forces must immediately withdraw from the cities,”

In the 8 months since the start of the uprising, over 3,500 protestors are thought to have been killed by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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