The European Union has extended sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad by another year because it says that repression continues unabated.
Associated Press: EU extends sanctions against Syrian government
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on March 30, 2016 shows President Bashar al-Assad speaking to a journalist during an interview with Russia's RIA Novosti state news agency in the Syrian capital Damascus.
