Syria Might Not Get That Human Rights Council Seat, After All

The news comes a day after the European Union joined the U.S. in imposing sanctions–including asset freezes, travel bans, and an arms embargo–on top Syrian officials, including President Bashar al-Assad’s brother, Maher, who Al Jazeera descripes as the “prinicipal overseer of violence against demonstrators,” and Rami Makhlouf, who owns Syria’s largest mobile phone company, Syriatel. The …