"US bets on EU and Turkey to add sting to planned sanctions on Syria
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
By JAMES M. DORSEY
Special to Al Arabiya
The Obama administration’s hopes that sanctions to be imposed on Syria as well as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family will spark dissent within Syria’s political leadership as well as the armed forces whose senior ranks are part of the country’s economic elite. To achieve that, the administration is looking to the European Union and Turkey to ensure that the sanctions hit where it hurts most: the pockets of those on which Mr. Assad’s power rests."
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