The European Union has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 17 Syrian regime officials and the country’s central bank governor.

The decision was made at the EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels yesterday “for being responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in Syria,” a statement said.

The EU imposes restrictive measures including travel bans and asset freezes on 234 high ranking Syrian officials and 69 entities.

The EU sanctions include oil and arms embargoes, restrictions on certain investments, asset freezes of Syria’s central bank, and a range of financial and trade restrictions.

Since the collapse of the seven-day fragile truce on 19 September, Syrian regime troops and allied Russian fighter jets have been waging violent attacks against opposition-held Aleppo city which led to the death and injury of hundreds of civilians, including women and children.