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Significant U.S. Sanctions Relief for Syrian Arab Republic

The United States had imposed layers of sanctions on Syria since deeming it a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. The U.S. Treasury imposed most sanctions during the Iraq War and the Syrian Civil War. In December 2024, Hay’at...more

Stankie Law

Revocation of Syrian Sanctions: Opportunities, Risks, and Changes under Executive Order 14312

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President Trump continued his flurry of sanctions actions with the recent revocation of the Syrian sanctions program. On June 30, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14312 “Providing for the Revocation...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Trump Administration Issues Broad Sanctions Relief for Syria, Effectively Lifting 14 Years of Comprehensive Economic Sanctions –...

On May 23, 2025, 10 days after President Trump announced his directive to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria during his visit to Saudia Arabia last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...more

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Sanctions news: US targets China, Syria, Venezuela and Iran

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 7 (April 2020) The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has stayed busy during the coronavirus outbreak. The office made several new additions...more

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Sanctions Success or About Face? – White House Removes Sanctions on Turkey

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On October 23, the President asked the Department of the Treasury to lift previously imposed sanctions against Turkey following the cessation of Turkey’s offensive in Syria and the implementation of a lasting ceasefire....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OFAC Removes Sanctions on Turkish Ministries and Ministers; U.S. Executive Order Providing a Basis for Sanctions on Turkey Remains...

• On October 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed the two Turkish government ministries and three ministers that it added to its Specially Designated Nationals and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Imposes New Sanctions Targeting Turkish Government Officials and Entities

In light of Turkey’s military intervention in northeast Syria, President Donald Trump issued, on October 14, 2019, Executive Order 13894 (EO 13894), “Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to...more

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U.S. government issues new executive order targeting Turkey and sanctions the Turkish Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Energy and...

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On 14 October, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13894, Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria (EO). ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Year Sanctions Roundup: Where Do We Stand?

Happy new year everyone. The government is shut down, but there has already been a flurry of activity in 2019 on the economic sanctions and embargoes front. Here is a summary of where we stand on various sanctions regimes....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Law Imposes Expansive New Sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea While Limiting the President’s Ability to Ease Russia...

On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Pub. Law. No. 115-44, H.R. 3364) (the “Act”), which significantly expands economic sanctions against...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Law Marks Significant Increase in US Sanctions on Russia, Stays the Course on Iran, North Korea

On August 2, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (the Act), which significantly expands U.S. sanctions against Russia while enacting modest new sanctions on...more

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