Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations
Key claim: The Treasury Department is deleting a Syria-specific license from its terrorism-list sanctions rules because Syria is no longer designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, so that extra permission is no longer needed.
Abstract
(Rule · Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office) The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations to implement changes resulting from the rescission of the designation of Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Specifically, OFAC is removing and reserving a Syria-specific general license because the authorization is no longer necessary following the rescission.
Why this matters
This is a housekeeping amendment that follows the earlier rescission of Syria’s State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, formally pruning an authorization that no longer has anything to authorize. It signals that Treasury is working through the regulatory consequences of Syria’s shifting status, even while the separate IEEPA-based Syria national emergency and OFAC program remain in force.