Sameer Saboungi

Deputy director and general counsel, US-Syria Business Council

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US removes Syria from weapons-export denial list

Rule Changes

Expects limited early defense sales to Syria

Syria is no longer on the US list of countries barred from buying American weapons. The State Department amended the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) on October 1, 2026, so defense export requests from Damascus now get case-by-case review instead of automatic denial.

Updated Oct 3