Canada announced new sanctions against Syria today in response to its alleged April 4 chemical weapons attack. <br/><br/>The latest sanctions by freezing assets and banning transactions with senior leaders of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad were Canada's first against Syria since 2014 when a conservative government was in office.<br/>'<br/>Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extended the sanctions to 27 additional high-ranking regime officials. <br/><br/>Freeland said today's new sanctions against key officials are part of our continued efforts to increase pressure on the Assad regime to stop the violence against innocent children, women and men.<br/><br/>''''''<br/>