. now syria is the current focus of us middle east policy washington has introduced a new batch of sanctions which for the first time target syrian president bashar assad is accused of human rights abuses following violent crackdowns on anti government protesters well the measures include an asset freeze on the prevention of american dealing with. the european union also agreed to tighten its sanctions against syria beyond the arms embargo which was already in place russia strongly opposes taking any more harsh sanctions against syria which could lead to a situation similar to that in the. by the lead their lives there's a cease fire there is the only condition for peace. i believe that despite the fact we still have problems two ways to resolve existing deadlock i mean the situation in libya which i believe can be settled and we can use for a week through the room so you should have the use of military force by both sides . are you going to check out some of the top stories from...