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BIS relaxes export controls for Syria to support humanitarian and civil society activities
EAR USBureau of Industry and Security (BIS)US
Announced
Sep 2, 2025
Effective
Sep 2, 2025
Implementation
Sep 2, 2025
Description
BIS relaxed certain export controls for Syria to facilitate humanitarian assistance and support civil society activities. The changes reflect evolving U.S. policy toward Syria and create new licensing opportunities for previously restricted transactions while maintaining appropriate safeguards.
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Key Findings
BIS relaxes export controls for Syria to support humanitarian and civil society activities
onsistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14312, Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions, which directed the removal of sanctions on Syria. This final rule relaxes the EAR's existing restrictions on exports and reexports to Syria of items subject to the EAR by making the following changes: revising certain restrictive license application review policies that had applied to most items subject to the EAR to be more