On January 6, 2025, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued new General License No. 24 (“GL”), which authorizes certain transactions formerly prohibited by several US sanctions programs. OFAC also issued eight new Syria Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) and amended one existing FAQ, as part of its effort to ease certain trading restrictions after rebel forces toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024. General License No. 24 This…
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