The European Union imposed fresh sanctions on Syria Monday, targeting government ministries, companies and one individual, while clarifying an existing EU arms embargo

The European Union imposed fresh sanctions on Syria Monday, targeting government ministries, companies and one individual, while clarifying an existing EU arms embargo.
  
The measures were approved by foreign ministers of the 27-nation-bloc meeting in Luxembourg, an EU statement said.
  
The asset freeze and travel ban were the 16th round of EU measures imposed on the Syrian regime. No details were immediately available on the identities of those targeted.
  
The sanctions also include a specific ban on insuring items embargoed for delivery to Syria, including arms shipments.

France's new Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius welcomed the EU sanctions against Syria but called on the 27-nation bloc "to go further".
  
"I'm satisfied that these new sanctions have been adopted but I would like to go further," Fabius told a news conference held during talks between European Union foreign ministers.