Risch, Shaheen urge admin to consider additional Syria sanctions relief

Risch, Shaheen urge admin to consider additional Syria sanctions relief

Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week urged the Trump administration in a letter to consider expanded sanctions relief for Syria. Their letter, addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, marked a notable new push from two of Congress’ most senior foreign policy leaders for targeted and conditional sanctions relief …

Isle of Man Government - Financial Sanctions: Syria

This news release is issued to publicise the removal of 10 entries under the Syria sanctions regime. The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have effect in the Isle of Man by the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Sanctions) Regulations 2024 ('the Regulations'), which are made under the Sanctions Act 2024. This regime imposes financial, trade, aircraft and immigration sanctions for the purpose of encouraging the Syrian regime to refrain fr…

U.S. Senators Risch and Shaheen Call for Strategic Engagement with Syria’s Transitional Government - Syriac Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The question of how the United States should engage with Syria’s Transitional Government (STG) has emerged as a pivotal issue among policymakers, as the country navigates the aftermath of the Assad regime’s collapse. In a letter addressed to the Secretaries of State and Treasury, Senator Jim Risch (R), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D), a senior committee member, outlined a seri…

Syria Faces Uphill Climb Amid Sanctions and Economic Collapse

Demonstrations in Germany demanding the removal of sanctions on Syria. (Social Media) Efforts to ease international sanctions on Syria have intensified as economic conditions continue to deteriorate. In recent days, high-level meetings in Damascus and abroad have underscored the growing urgency to lift restrictions that many officials say are deepening Syria’s humanitarian and economic crises. Idlib Governor Muhammad Abdurahman recently hosted a…