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President Bashar al-Assad sent in tanks to crush protests in the central Syrian city of Hama (Photo: Travel Aficionado)

EU to toughen sanctions after Syria bloodbath

The EU is likely to toughen sanctions against the Syrian regime after some 100 people were reportedly killed in the city of Hama when government tanks stormed in on Sunday (31 July), crushing protests in the five-month-long stand-off with President Bashar Assad.

"I am shocked at the latest reports from Syria that large numbers of civilians have again been killed in a totally unjustified assault by Syrian security forces on the town of Hama, using tanks and other heavy weapons against ci...

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President Bashar al-Assad sent in tanks to crush protests in the central Syrian city of Hama (Photo: Travel Aficionado)

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