Among those affected by the restrictive measures against Syria adopted by the EU Council is Bushra al-Assad, the sister of Bashar al-Assad, president of the Syrian Arab Republic and the widow of Assef Shawkat, deputy chief of staff of the Syrian regime. The funds she holds in the Union were consequently frozen and she was banned from entering or transiting through the EU.
Bushra al-Assad first sought annulment of the Council's four acts before the EU General Court, which dismissed…