U.S. sanctions Syria’s state-owned media; McCain calls for air strikes

By World Tribune on March 6, 2012   Exclusives, Mideast, Stateside, Syria, Top Stories, U.S. Politics  

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, under increasing pressure to stop the killing in Syria, has imposed sanctions on the media owned by the regime of President Bashar Assad. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Syria’s state-owned electronic media. In a statement on March 5, Treasury said Syrian radio and television were […]