Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has expedited the processing of export licenses related to Turkish and Syrian relief efforts, including waivers for aissistance to “nongovernmental humanitarian organizations (NGOs) in-country, including in areas under the control of the Assad regime and non-state actors,” according to a statement.
Syria is subject to comprehensive export controls as part of a broad U.S. government sanctions program. All items, except for most food and medicine require a license for export and reexport to Syria. Examples of items now eligible for expedited licensing include heavy equipment, telecommunications hardware and software, portable generators and other power generation equipment, medical devices, water purification and sanitation equipment and shelter materials.
“Despite substantial and necessary export controls on the Assad Regime, the United States will work to support the legitimate humanitarian needs of Syria’s impacted communities,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez. As a member along with the United States of all four multilateral export control regimes and a NATO ally, most items needed to aid the Turkish people do not require an export license
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