Syria is about to find out if getting rid of Assad is enough to please Washington -- RT World News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : This license allows transactions with Syrian governing institutions concerning the supply, storage, and sale of energy resources and electricity, as well as money transfers for personal and non-profit purposes.
51% : One of the initial measures is the introduction of exceptions to Washington's financial sanctions through General License No. 24, issued by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on January 6.
50% : In 2005, Syria was added to the "Iran Nonproliferation Act," later renamed the "Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act."
47% : Alongside these blocking sanctions against Syrian officials and associated entities, US investments in Syria were also prohibited, as were the export or re-export of services to Syria, and any deals involving oil and petroleum products of Syrian origin (Executive Order 13582).
40% : The EU, UK, Canada, and other Western countries have imposed their own sanctions against Syria.

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