EU officials have agreed to slap sanctions on 17 more Syrian ministers due to the continued bombing of Aleppo and other crimes against the civilian population.

Syrian ministers and the governor of the central bank governor have been placed on an EU sanctions blacklist, meaning they will face travel bans and asset freezes.

The officials were added to the list following the brutal assault on Syrian towns and cities opposed to the regime, which has left thousands dead in recent months.



Most of the ministers were appointed to their positions in July when a new cabinet was formed by then Electricity Minister Emad Khamis who was made prime minister.



The officials are "responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria, benefiting from or supporting the regime, and/or being associated with such persons", an EU statement said.

EU leaders agreed last month to add more sanctions on Assad regime officials citing devastating attacks on Syria's second city of Aleppo.



They also added ten top military and government officials to the list.

Members of the Syrian opposition were left disapointed that Russian officials backing Syria's Bashar al-Assad's were not included on the backlist.

More than 230 Syrians have been hit with travel bans or asset freezes, the EU said.



Another 69 entities are affected by asset freezes while the EU also has in place other sanctions against Syria as a whole, including arms and oil embargoes plus investment restrictions.



New names to EU's Syria blacklist



Atef Naddaf - minister of higher education Hussein Maklouf - local administration minister Ali al-Zafir (aka al-Dafeer) – minister of communications and technology Ali Ghanem – minister of petroleum and mineral resources Mohammed Ramez Tourjman – information minister Mohammed al-Ahmed – culture minister Ali Hamoud – transport minister Mohammed Zuhair Kharboutli – electricity minister Maamoun Hamdan – finance minister Nabil al-Hasan – minister of water resources Ahmad al-Hamu (aka al-Hamo) – minister of industry Abdullah al-Gharbi (aka al-Qirbi) – minister of internal trade and consumer protection Abdullah Abdullah – state minister Salwa Abdullah – state minister Rafeaa Abu Saad – state minister Wafiqa Hosni – minister of social affairs Duraid Durgham – governor of the Central Bank of Syria

Agencies contributed to this story.