President Obama is imposing tough sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and six other senior Syrian officials in an effort to stop the regime's fierce crackdown on protests, the U.S. Treasury Department says.
The Treasury Department also is targeting two top Iranian officials whose unit was a "conduit for Iranian material support" to Syrian intelligence.
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