Economics
Arab League Ministers to Discuss Possible Syria Sanctions
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Arab foreign ministers will meet today in Cairo to discuss possible sanctions against Syria after it failed to allow observers to verify its compliance with an accord to stop violence against protesters.
The ministers will consider measures including a travel ban on senior officials, a freeze on assets and the stoppage of flights to the country, the Arab League’s Deputy Secretary-General Ahmed Ben Heli said yesterday. The League rejected Syrian requests to negotiate the terms of the deal, which was agreed on Nov. 2. The original deadline was Nov. 19.