Syria faces tougher sanctions from EU - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Syria faces tougher sanctions from EU - Middle East - Al Jazeera English: "Diplomatic pressure mounts on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after Qatar, previously a major supporter, shut its embassy in Damascus and the European Union said it was considering tougher sanctions.

Britain's foreign minister William Hague says more pressure is needed to stop the government's crackdown on pro-democracy activists:

'The situation remains very serious and if anything is deteriorating. Certainly there will be a time for further sanctions and we need to be discussing now what those would be.'"

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