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#541 Request to Update Export Control Policy after US Sanctions has been lifted on Syria
Closed: moved to Fedora Forge by jflory7. Opened by devzaid.

Closed: moved to Fedora Forge
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On August 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS) announced the easing of export controls on Syria. The Final Rule entered into effect on September 2, 2025, introducing the new SPP License Exception which allows exports of EAR99 items without a license. ( Source )

Additionally, the U.S. Treasury (OFAC) removed the Syria Sanctions Regulations effective August 26, 2025. ( Source )

Please update Fedora’s Export Control Policy accordingly and allow access to *.fedoraproject.org domains and pagure.io as well from Syria without requiring VPN, I think it's the time.

I contacted legal on Sept 10th asking for a review of the export control situation. Still waiting to hear back

Metadata Update from @jflory7:
- Issue assigned to jspaleta
- Issue tagged with: policies

IMPORTANT: This issue moved from Pagure to Forgejo

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Metadata Update from @jflory7:
- Issue close_status updated to: moved to Fedora Forge
- Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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