Syria News | News Date April 23, 2012

U.S. hits Syria, Iran with sanctions for Internet, tech abuses

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration took aim Monday at what it called "digital guns for hire," unveiling new sanctions against Syria and Iran for using the Internet, social media and other technology to track and target dissidents.

New Sanctions Announced for Aiding Syria and Iran

The sanctions target those who provide technology that is used to track down dissidents for abuse, torture or death.

Obama targets tech in human rights abuses

President Barack Obama announced new sanctions against companies that enable Syria and Iran to use technology to carry out human rights abuses as he spoke in a somber ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial Museum.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=F_cfTH9RlvE:UWbOiySRHuI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=F_cfTH9RlvE:UWbOiySRHuI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=F_cfTH9RlvE:UWbOiySRHuI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=F_cfTH9RlvE:UWbOiySRHuI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=F_cfTH9RlvE:UWbOiySRHuI:qj6IDK7rITs"&

More U.N. monitors expected in Syria

Intense explosions rocked the devastated city of Homs early Monday, opposition activists said, just days after the U.N. Security Council voted to send as many as 300 observers to monitor a tenuous cease-fire in Syria.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=kbBh8v7oAAs:x1NVukh3p6g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=kbBh8v7oAAs:x1NVukh3p6g:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=kbBh8v7oAAs:x1NVukh3p6g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=kbBh8v7oAAs:x1NVukh3p6g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=kbBh8v7oAAs:x1NVukh3p6g:qj6IDK7rITs"

Obama targets technology in human rights abuses

The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama signed an executive order allowing new sanctions against companies that enable Syria and Iran to use technology such as cell phone monitoring to carry out human rights abuses.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=krEiPh-QoGg:7GWMTrbw0Mc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=krEiPh-QoGg:7GWMTrbw0Mc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=krEiPh-QoGg:7GWMTrbw0Mc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=krEiPh-QoGg:7GWMTrbw0Mc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=krEiPh-QoGg:7GWMTrbw0Mc:qj6IDK7rITs"><i

More U.N. monitors expected in Syria on Monday

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EU set to slap new sanctions on Syrian regime

LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- Diplomats say the European Union will ban the sale of luxury goods and dual-use products to Syria as U.N. truce monitors start deploying in the conflict-torn nation....

More U.N. monitors expected in Syria on Monday

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Iran: Between three rocks and a hard place

(MENAFN - Arab News) WHEN the Arab League foreign ministers hold on an emergency meeting this Thursday, three items are slated to top their agenda - the crisis in Syria, the threat of war in Sudan ...

Obama to cite new technologies in rights abuses: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will issue an order on Monday to allow imposition of sanctions on foreign nationals who use new technologies such as cell-phone tracking and Internet monitoring to help carry out human rights abuses, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The newspaper quoted a senior administration official as saying that the executive order was designed to target companies and individuals assisting Iran and Syria, but future orders could expand the list. ...

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