MEED | November 23, 2011

“The Arab League’s sanctions are very important – symbolically, politically and economically,” says Rime Allaf, associate fellow for the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the London-based Chatham House.

“Once these sanctions happen, and Syria is isolated from the Arab League, this means that everyone has cut off the Assad regime – the US, EU, Turkey and the Arab states,” says Allaf.