European Union governments agreed on Friday to ban the export of jet fuel to Syria from Sunday, saying it was being used by the Syrian air force for indiscriminate attacks against civilians.
The ban also covers finance and insurance related to jet fuel exports to Syria.
However, fuel and additives exclusively used by non-Syrian civilian aircraft landing in Syria will be exempt, so these planes can continue their onward flights.
Europe is heavily dependent on jet fuel imports from the Middle East and it was not immediately clear how much fuel the 28-nation bloc actually exported to Syria.
The United Nations says at least 3.2 million people have fled Syria and 200,000 have been killed in the more than three-year-old civil war, which broke out after protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government.
EU ministers agreed in principle in October to ban jet fuel sales to Syria, but the details have only now been worked out.
"A significant number of innocent civilians ... have died because the Assad regime's air force has deliberately dropped weapons, including barrel bombs," Britain's Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood said in a statement.
"This measure will ensure that no EU people or companies will be involved in jet fuel going to Syria. I urge all nations to ban jet fuel going to the Assad regime," he said.
Legal texts with a detailed list of fuel types and additives covered by the ban will be published in the EU's Official Journal on Saturday.

EU bans export of jet fuel used by Syrian air force

However, fuel and additives exclusively used by non-Syrian civilian aircraft landing in Syria will be exempt. (File photo: Reuters)
Reuters, Brussels
Friday 12 December 2014
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