Amendment to the Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Part 569 AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is changing the heading of the Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations to the Promoting Accountability for Assad and Regional Stabilization Sanctions Regulations and amending the renamed regulations to implement a January 15, 2025 Syria-related Executive order and a June 30, 2025 Syria-related Executive order. DATES: This rule is effective September 25, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or https://ofac.treasury.gov/​contact-ofac . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov . Background On June 5, 2020, OFAC issued the Syria-Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 569 ( 85 FR 34510 , June 5, 2020) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13894 of October 14, 2019, “Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria” ( 84 FR 55851 , October 17, 2019), pursuant to authorities delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury in E.O. 13894 . In E.O. 13894 , the President determined that the situation in and in relation to Syria, and in particular certain actions by the Government of …