Sanctions advisories highlight the sanctions evasion tactics used by Syria. Parties subject to U.S. and/or United Nations sanctions should be aware of these practices in order to implement appropriate controls to ensure compliance with their legal requirements.

Jan 6, 2025 · WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 24 to expand authorizations for activities and transactions in Syria following December 8, 2024. This action underscores the United States’ commitment to ensuring that U.S. sanctions do not impede activities to meet …

2 days ago · Sanctions on Syria have included an oil and arms embargo, export and import restrictions on some technology and strict financial limitations. Paring them back is likely to be a delicate process.

2 days ago · European Union foreign ministers have agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, but insist that the measures should be reimposed if they see any abuses by the country’s new rulers.

International sanctions against Syria are a series of economic sanctions and restrictions imposed on Syria which was under the Ba'athist regime at that time by the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland, mainly as a result of the repression of civilians in the Syrian civil war from 2011 onwards.

Since the uprisings began in March 2011, the U.S. government has intensely pursued calibrated sanctions to deprive the regime of the resources it needs to continue violence against civilians and to pressure the Syrian regime to allow for a democratic transition as the …

Jan 6, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Monday eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government to allow the entry of humanitarian aid after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad last month.

Aug 2, 2013 · On May 1, 2012, the President issued E.O. 13608 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA and the NEA, finding that efforts by foreign persons to engage in activities intended to evade U.S. economic and financial sanctions with respect to Syria and Iran undermine United States efforts to address the national emergencies declared in E.O. 13338, E.O. 12957 ...

The Syria-Related Sanctions program represents the implementation of multiple legal authorities. Some of these authorities are in the form of an executive order issued by the President.

Jan 16, 2025 · OFAC issued Syria General License 22 (GL 22) in May 2022 to support efforts to stabilize regions in Syria no longer under the control of the Assad regime. GL 22 eased sanctions on certain industries such as construction, clean energy, and health services.