OFAC and BIS Issue Final Rules Removing Syria Sanctions Regulations and Relaxing Export Controls for Syria

On August 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published a final rule removing the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 542) from the Code of Federal Regulations (“OFAC Final Rule”). This action follows the issuance of Executive Order (“EO”) 14312 on June 30, 2025, which terminated the national emergency declared in EO 13338 and revoked multiple Syria-related sanctions authorities. Our blog post on the issuance of EO 14312 and the lifting of U.S. comprehensive sanctions on Syria is available here . Following that announcement on September 2, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to significantly relax export controls on exports of har