US sanctions against Syria constitute risky strategy to increase domestic pressure on Syrian leader
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and those sanctioned alongside him are not believed to have assets in the US. (File photo)
By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA
US sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, like the recent indictment by the International Criminal Court of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, may be of more than only symbolic value.
Little chang…
