US eases export controls to boost Syria's recovery
The move is the Trump administration’s latest bid to assist the country's postwar reconstruction.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has eased restrictions on US exports to Syria in the latest effort to provide desperately needed economic relief to the war-torn country.
American companies can now export US-origin goods, software and technology that are intended for civilian use to Syria as well as consumer communications devices and some civil aviation items without requiring a license, the Commerce Department said in a news release.
"Enhancing access to US technology is a critical step to support Syria's financial and banking sector," Syrian Central Bank governor Abdulkader Husrieh said in a statement.
The move builds on President Donald Trump’s May 13 announcement that he would lift punishing US sanctions and meet with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former jihadi who became Syria’s president after spearheading the rebel offensive in December that ended nearly 14 years of civil war and more than half a century of iron-fisted Assad family rule.
