New sanctions by European Union against Syria come into effect on Saturday, after another day of deadly demonstrations. Both the European Union and Switzerland have targeted Syria's oil sector in new sanctions, with the EU banning new investments there and also prohibiting the delivery of bank notes to Syria's central bank. The EU has also added two individuals and six companies to a list of people and entities facing an assets freeze and travel ban. The new measures are the seventh set of EU sanctions imposed against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad for its relentless crackdown on dissent that erupted in mid March. The Swiss sanctions put an embargo on the import, sale and transport of Syrian oil and oil products.Meanwhile, activists said Friday saw the latest civilian deaths in the deadly crackdown on dissent. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces had shot dead nine people in the Homs area in the centre of the country, while the Local Coordination Committees group reported 12 killed nationwide. State television said six security agents were wounded in Deir Ezzor by armed terrorist groups. The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva has said the death toll from the crackdown on dissent since March 15 has risen to more than 2,700.