US bets on EU and Turkey to add sting to planned sanctions on Syria

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his aides may face sanctions. (File photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
SPECIAL TO AL ARABIYA

The Obama administration’s hopes that sanctions to be imposed on Syria as well as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family will spark dissent within Syria’s political leadership as well as the armed forces whose senior ranks are …