The E.O. of June 30, 2025 removes sanctions on Syria, effective July 1, 2025, while maintaining sanctions on Bashar al-Assad and certain other destabilizing regional actors. Specifically, the E.O. revokes the following six E.O.s that form the foundation of the Syrian Sanctions Program and terminates the national emergency underlying those E.O.s, effective July 1, 2025:
- E.O. 13338 of May 11, 2004;
- E.O. 13399 of April 25, 2006;
- E.O. 13460 of February 13, 2008;
- E.O. 13572 of April 29, 2011;
- E.O. 13573 of May 18, 2011; and
- E.O. 13582 of August 17, 2011.
As a result, as of July 1, 2025, the economic sanctions administered by OFAC that constitute the Syria Sanctions Program are no longer in effect. Persons blocked solely pursuant to these above E.O.s were removed from OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List), and all property and interests in property of such persons are unblocked. OFAC will remove the Syrian Sanctions Regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations. Pending or future OFAC investigations or enforcement actions related to apparent violations of the Syrian Sanctions Regulations that occurred prior to July 1, 2025 may still be carried out.
Additionally, the E.O. of June 30, 2025 also preserves and expands OFAC's ability to target Bashar al-Assad and his associates, human rights abusers, captagon drug traffickers, and other destabilizing regional actors by further amending E.O. 13894. Concurrently with the issuance of the E.O. of June 30, 2025, OFAC designated 139 persons who were previously designated under the Syrian Sanctions Program under E.O. 13894, as further amended, or other OFAC authorities.