Foreign ministers from the Arab League's member states are going to meet today to ratify sanctions against Syria in response to continuing violence, the Euronews TV channel reports.
The measure was agreed by the League’s Economic Committee on Saturday in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
The sanctions will reportedly include a travel ban on senior Syrian officials, a halt to commercial flights to the country and a cessation of dealings with Syria’s central bank.
For several weeks, the Arab League has been trying to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to call an end to the violent crackdown on protesters that has gone on for eight months. But successive deadlines have been missed. Activists say that on Saturday a further 42 civilians and soldiers died in the unrest, the TV channel informs
