Syria sanctions could include suspension of EU aid

As violence against anti-government protesters continued in Syria in late April 2011, the West struggled to find a common position. A European-drafted condemnation of the regime's crackdown was rejected at a UN Security Council meeting on the 27 April 2011.

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