OFAC Issues New License for Exports or Reexports to Syria
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License 4A, which authorizes exports or reexports to Syria of items licensed or otherwise authorized by the Department of Commerce and of exports and reexports of some services. General License 4A replaces and supersedes General License 4, dated August 18, 2011, it said. Syrian General License 4a was amended to include the new Executive Order 13606 of April 22, 2012, which blocks property of certain persons with respect to grave human rights abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via information technology (here), Treasury officials told us.
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(The Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria Via Information Technology (GHRAVITY) rules were designed to discourage Syria from using information technology against its own citizens (See ITT Online Archives [Ref.12042432])).