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EU foreign ministers fail to agree on Iran oil ban (AP)
BRUSSELS ? European Union foreign ministers have failed to reach an agreement to impose an embargo on Iranian oil, but have imposed sanctions on 180 other people and companies.
Iran has drawn renewed ire from the international community for failing to protect the British embassy in Tehran, which was attacked Tuesday by angry mobs.
Some countries Thursday argued in favor of the oil embargo, saying it would reduce money used by Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies it has such a weapons program.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Greece, which relies on Iranian oil, objected to such a move.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
BRUSSELS (AP) ? Britain’s foreign minister accused Iran’s government Thursday of supporting repression in Syria, as he and European Union counterparts discussed imposing more sanctions on both countries.
Mobs stormed the British Embassy in Tehran, the Iranian capital, for hours Tuesday, prompting Britain to pull its diplomats out of the country. Germany, France and the Netherlands have recalled their ambassadors in solidarity.
“There is a link between what is happening in Iran and what is happening in Syria,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on his way into the meeting in Brussels.
He said Iran has aided Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, which the United Nations estimates has killed at least 3,500 anti-government protesters since March.
The EU has already imposed sanctions on people or businesses in both countries. Those relating to Syria are aimed at stopping Assad’s crackdown. Nabil Elaraby, the head of the Arab League, which has also imposed financial sanctions on Syria, will join the EU foreign ministers for their discussion of the situation there
The EU sanctions relating to Iran are largely aimed at making the country give up any efforts to develop nuclear weapons ? efforts Iran denies it is making.
New sanctions targeting individuals or entities in both countries are widely expected Thursday. But the foreign ministers appeared split over whether to impose an embargo on Iranian oil.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said sanctions against Iran’s energy sector could cut the financing available for the country’s nuclear program. But Hague, asked about sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, turned the question aside and replied that his focus was on the financial sector.
“I am sure we will agree on a range of measures,” Hague said.
Also on the foreign ministers’ agenda is the situation in Camp Ashraf, an enclave in eastern Iraq that houses more than 3,000 people, many of whom are dedicated to overthrowing the government of Iran.
Iraq, whose government has close ties with that of Iran, has said Camp Ashraf must be closed by the end of this year. Struan Stevenson, a prominent member of the European Parliament said Wednesday that the government of Iraq is “continuously working on its plan to attack Ashraf and massacre the residents.”
The U.N. says at least 34 people were killed when Iraqi security forces raided the camp in April.
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Pressure mounts as Syria misses observer deadline
Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a protest against the Arab League meeting, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday Nov. 24, 2011. An Arab League committee has given Syria 24 hours to agree to allow an observer mission into the country or it could face sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans during a protest against the Arab League meeting, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday Nov. 24, 2011. An Arab League committee has given Syria 24 hours to agree to allow an observer mission into the country or it could face sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans as one holds a mock coffin with Arabic words reading: “The Syrian people announce to you the death of the Arab League,” during a protest against the Arab League meeting, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday Nov. 24, 2011. An Arab League committee has given Syria 24 hours to agree to allow an observer mission into the country or it could face sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
BEIRUT (AP) ? The Syrian military vowed Friday to “cut every evil hand that targets Syrian blood,” saying recent attacks on elite security forces marked a dangerous escalation in the country’s 8-month-old crisis.
The defiant statement signaled the country’s violence is worsening as President Bashar Assad tries to quash the most serious threat to his family’s 40-year dynasty, under ever increasing international pressure. Damascus faced the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions from the Arab League after missing a deadline Friday to allow hundreds of observers into the country.
Assad is facing the most severe isolation his country has seen in decades because of the violence, which appears to be spiraling out of control. A largely peaceful uprising against Assad began in March, but it has become more violent as defectors from the army turn their guns on security forces and some protesters take up arms to protect themselves.
The escalating bloodshed has raised fears of civil war. The U.N. estimates the military crackdown on the revolt already has killed at least 3,500 people.
According to Friday’s military statement, six elite pilots and four technical officers were killed in an ambush a day earlier in Homs, in an unusually high-level strike.
“Our armed forces (will) continue to carry out our mission to defend the country’s security, and we will hit back against anything that threatens us,” the statement said.
It is not clear who was behind the attacks. It’s impossible to independently verify events on the ground because Syria has banned foreign journalists and prevented local reporters from moving freely.
On Thursday, the Arab League gave Syria 24 hours to agree to an observer mission or face sanctions, a humiliating blow to a nation that was a founding member of the Arab coalition.
But the Friday afternoon deadline passed with no agreement. Instead, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby received a letter from Syria seeking more details about the proposed observer mission and its legal status.
The League will meet Saturday to decide on sanctions, according to Arab League Deputy Secretary-General Ahmed Ben Heli. The punishments could include halting flights and imposing a freeze on financial dealings and assets.
One senior diplomat said the League would still accept an agreement from Syria by the end of the day ? even though the official deadline has passed. But Damascus gave no clear signs that it would bow to the pressure.
The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak publicly.
Syria is the scene of the deadliest crackdown against the Arab Spring’s eruption of protests, with the U.N. reporting more than 3,500 people killed in eight months. International pressure has been mounting on Assad to stop the killing.
Also Friday, a U.N. human rights panel expressed alarm at reports it received of security forces in Syria torturing children. The Geneva-based Committee against Torture says it has received “numerous, consistent and substantiated reports” of widespread abuse in the country.
Former ally Turkey ? now a leading critic of Assad’s regime ? said allowing the observers would be a “test of goodwill” for Syria.
“Today is a historic decision day for Syria,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a joint news conference with Italy’s new Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Friday in Istanbul. “It must open its doors to observers.”
Syria’s state-run SANA news agency, however, dismissed the ultimatum, declaring Friday that the Arab League had become a “tool for foreign interference” and that it was serving a Western agenda to stir up trouble in the region.
SANA also said thousands of people were demonstrating in support of the regime.
But violence continued Friday, after activists urged protesters to flood the streets to support army defectors who have sided with the opposition.
Syrian security forces fired outside mosques in Daraa province ? apparently to prevent demonstrations by people leaving mosques after Friday afternoon prayers, activists said. Demonstrations were reported in Idlib province, which borders Turkey.
At least three people were reported killed, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Some countries are exploring the possibility of stronger steps to force Assad’s hand, with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe calling for EU-backed humanitarian corridors to allow aid groups a way in.
Juppe called the situation in Syria “no longer tenable” and accused Assad’s regime of “repression of a savagery we have not seen in a long time.”
He told France-Inter radio he was in contact with partners in the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Arab League about the possibility of setting up the humanitarian corridors.
Juppe suggested that aid groups like the Red Cross could use the corridors to bring medical supplies to cities like Homs.
France, Syria’s one-time colonial ruler, was the first country to formally recognize Libya’s opposition in an early stage of Moammar Gadhafi’s crackdown on protests. Paris played a prominent role in the NATO-led air campaign against Gadhafi’s forces.
But while the European Union said protecting civilians caught up in Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protests “is an increasingly urgent and important aspect” of responding to the bloodshed there, it fell short of endorsing Juppe’s corridor idea.
Other countries have taken an unambiguous stance against intervention.
Last month, Russia and China vetoed a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the bloodshed in Syria. They have argued that NATO misused a previous U.N. measure authorizing the use of force to protect civilians in Libya to justify months of airstrikes and to promote regime change.
They expressed fears that any new resolution against Syria might be used as a pretext for a similar armed intervention.
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Associated Press writer Selcan Hacaoglu in Ankara, Turkey, contributed to this report.
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