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WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is going ahead with the implementation of the Syria Accountability Act, which calls for sanctions against Damascus.
"I think you'll see the implementation very shortly, and I think it will be a very firm implementation of the Syrian Accountability Act and the intent behind it," William Burns, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, told the House Committee on International Relations.
President Bush has been under pressure by lawmakers to slap Syria with sanctions for it's alleged support of terrorism, continued presence in Lebanon and failing to stop militants from crossing its border into Iraq.
It is still not certain what form the sanctions will take, though the legislation calls for economic and diplomatic penalties.
The detention of a U.S. diplomat in Damascus earlier this week during a human rights rally has also irked Washington.
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