In a significant shift in international policy, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom have each taken steps ...

EU has lifted several economic sanctions on Syria while imposing new restrictions. The EU Council also warned that sanctions ...

The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom ...

General License 25 effectively suspends OFAC sanctions targeting Syria. Stringent US export control restrictions on exports and reexports to ...

On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License ...

Alongside the sanctions relief, Saudi Arabia and Qatar pledged to pay $15.5 million of Syria’s arrears to the World Bank. Together with Türkiye, they also offered to fund public salaries and support ...

Former ambassador to Damascus Robert Ford’s claims that foreign parties helped to rehabilitate the Syrian interim president ...

If sanctions are ever to regain their credibility, they must come with genuine long-term intent. Temporary outrage followed by quiet acceptance sends precisely the wrong signal: that international ...

Some changes should be easy for Iran to accept. In the JCPOA, Iran essentially agreed to end any near-term option for a ...