OFAC, Syria sanctions program changes: no comprehensive sanctions on Syria since 2025 (OFAC, Promoting Accountability for Assad and Regional Stabilization Sanctions (PAARSS) page, program changes as of 30 June 2025 and 24 August 2026)
As of this reading Syria is no longer a comprehensively sanctioned country. List-based sanctions on named people and groups remain, so a Syrian holder still has to be screened.
Dated 18 Oct 2026Source checked 18 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“OFAC no longer maintains comprehensive sanctions on Syria or blocking sanctions on the Government of Syria. ... The determination regarding Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism was rescinded on August 24, 2026.”
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