The Latest: EU imposes sanctions on 18 more Syrian officials
BRUSSELS — The Latest on European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
The European Union has slapped travel bans and asset freezes on 17 senior Syrian government officials and the governor of the conflict-torn country’s central bank.
EU foreign ministers made the move at talks in Brussels Monday against those “responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, benefiting from or supporting the regime, and/or being associated with such persons.”
The list includes 13 cabinet members and four ministers of state.