U.S. Renews Syrian Sanctions

The United States has extended economic sanctions on Syria for one additional year, the White House announced yesterday (see GSN, May 12, 2004).

Export restrictions were imposed “to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, and undermining United States and international efforts with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq,” President George W. Bush said in a statement.

The sanctions must be extended because Syria’s “actions and policies … continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States, Bush said (White House release, May 5).

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