Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Syria
Type of sectoral sanctions
Financial measures
Measures
1) Member States shall not enter into new commitments for grants, financial assistance or concessional loans to the Government of Syria. 2) It is prohibited to provide insurance and re-insurance to the Government of Syria. 3) It is prohibited to open new branches, subsidiaries, or representative offices of Syrian banks in the territories of Membe...
Additional Sanctions
Arms export
Aviation and jet fuel
Cultural property
Financial measures
Flights, airports, aircrafts
Gold, precious metals, diamonds
Inspections
Investments
Luxury goods
Other items
Petrol products
Restrictions on equipment used for internal repression
Restrictions on goods
Telecommunications equipment
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against Syria
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Syria
Official Information
On 27 May 2013, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions in which it condemned the violence and the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights in Syria, the massacres committed by the Syrian armed forces and its militias, all instances of hostage taking of peacekeepers, and the atrocities committed by the Syrian regime. I...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20230720