Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Type of sectoral sanctions
Investments
Measures
1) (1) the granting of financial loan or credit; (2) the acquisition or extension of a participation; (3) or the creation of any joint venture with enterprises in Syria that are engaged in the Syrian oil industry sectors of exploration, production or refining; and to the enterprises in Syria that are engaged in the construction of new power plants ...
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
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