Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in Syria

This Executive Order (EO 14142) updates the U.S. sanctions framework related to the Syria situation by amending the earlier EO 13894 (Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria). The changes remove a specific reference to Turkey’s military actions in northeast Syria and broaden the basis for sanctions. In practical terms, the order expands who can be sanctioned by the United States: persons who materially assist, sponsor, provide financial/material/technological support for, or do business for or on behalf of blocked persons can now be targeted, and it also targets those owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, blocked persons. The order also strips out a previously included subsection (8(f)). It reiterates that the president’s powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and related laws remain in force, and that the order must be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable law and available appropriations. It does not create any automatic rights or claims against the United States.