(New York Times) Nada Bakri - The European Union announced on Wednesday that it was leveling sanctions against Iran's Al Quds military force, saying it had given technical and material support to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in his efforts to crush the five-month-old uprising against his rule. The list of sanctions also names five Syrian generals, as well as Hassan Turkmani, a former defense minister and special Assad envoy; Munir Adnuf, the deputy chief of the Syrian Army; Samir Hassan, a businessman that it identifies as one of the government's financiers, and Mr. Assad's younger brother, Maher, who commands the army's Fourth Division and is believed to be responsible for much of the bloodshed.
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