EU, US expected to call on Assad to go

EurActiv reported in August 2011 that the EU and the Obama administration in the US were expected to call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to leave office.

On the 19 August 2011 the European Union agreed to prepare to ban oil imports from Syria in a move that expanded its growing list of sanctions against the country.

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ESO: Background information: EU to toughen sanctions after 'shocking' Syria bloodbath http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-to-toughen-sanctions-after-shocking-syria-bloodbath/

EurActiv, 19.8.11: EU, US urge Assad to step down http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-us-urged-assad-step-news-507045

European Union: Press Release, PRES/11/282: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the EU on EU action following the escalation of violent repression in Syria http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/124393.pdf

France24, 18.8.11: Western leaders call for Syria's Assad to step aside http://www.france24.com/en/20110818-western-leaders-call-syrian-president-step-down-assad-obama-diplomacy

EurActiv, 25.8.11: EU weighs oil embargo on Syria to pressure Assad http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/eu-embargo-syrian-oil-put-pressure-assad-news-507107

European Union: Press Release: A-322/11: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the broadening of restrictive measures against the government of Syria http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/124418.pdf

EEAS: Syria http://www.eeas.europa.eu/syria/index_en.htm

EUObserver, 19.8.11: EU oil sanctions on Syria are 'a done deal' http://euobserver.com/24/113359

BBC News, 18.8.11: Syria unrest: World leaders call for Assad to step down http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14577333

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