EU freezes assets of two firms accused of supplying oil to Syria

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday froze the assets of two oil- trading firms accused of organising covert shipments of oil to Syria. They were among nine organisations and three people added to the EU's Syria sanctions list, published in the bloc's Official Journal. The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been blacklisted by Western powers for