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Obama Imposes Sanctions on Syrian Leader, 6 Aides
(Washington Post) Joby Warrick and Liz Sly - The Obama administration ramped up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday with economic sanctions that targeted his personal finances and linked him explicitly to human rights abuses in his government's brutal crackdown on demonstrators. "President al-Assad and his regime must immediately end the use of violence, answer the calls of the Syrian people for a more representative government and embark upon the path of meaningful democratic reform," David S. Cohen, the Treasury Department's acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in announcing the move.