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How to use: For current law and list status, always check
GAC — Syria sanctions
and
SOR/2011-114.
Maintainer source of truth: docs/CONTENT_CHANGELOG.md in the project repository.
Summary: U.S. State Sponsor of Terrorism rescission (24 Aug 2026) as foreign overlay; Canada Dec 2025 State Immunity / HTS delisting with Canada.ca primary; WB FS IDA AML/FIU capacity cross-link without claiming FATF grey-list exit. Schedule 1 as-announced Feb 2026 counts unchanged.
Summary: Economic-access research hub framing; removed sanctions KPI strip from first viewport; Research you can use cards; Start here leads with Sectors; legal baseline below fold.
Sources: Existing GAC announcement links in legal baseline.
Summary: Promoted US$100M Financial Sector Modernization grant (Board 6 Aug / PR 7 Aug 2026) from pipeline to confirmed. Not SWIFT reconnect; not Canadian bank clearance. Railway remains pipeline.
Summary: Board-approved IDA grants table (electricity $146M; PFM $20M; water $150M; health $75M). $216bn remains a cost frame. Financial-sector ~$100M held pending WB primary.
Sources: World Bank press releases; WB Syria country page; Finances One.
Summary: Dedicated briefs for contribution ranks #3, #5, and #7; banking cross-link to compliance tooling; no SWIFT-reconnect claim; agri chemicals diligence; WASH via World Bank infrastructure demand class.
Summary: Ranked research on where Canadians may contribute (method + top 7 + dropped claims); power-first energy cites (World Bank / StatCan); telecom SOR monitoring-data repeal; construction demand via WB residential/non-res splits. Agri, WASH, and compliance tooling briefs still forthcoming.
Sources: World Bank; StatCan; FAO GIEWS; GAC / SOR/2026-23; Cassels and Reuters as labelled secondary.
Pages:FAQ (new); sitewide nav/footer; Home “Start here”; FAQ accordion styles; CI smoke checks.
Summary: Twenty-five questions on SEMA easing, Schedule 1 / delistings, trade and services, investment caveats, banking friction (lawful ≠ bankable), cross-border analysis, NGO vs commercial, and compliance — with primary GoC citations; not legal clearance.
Sources: GAC Syria; SOR/2011-114; Canada Gazette SOR/2026-23; February 2026 GAC news release and backgrounder; GAC sanctions guidance.
— Tools/Support economic sector field + public changelog
Pages: Tools, Support, site script, this changelog, About, References.
Summary: Harmonized audience Segment values; added required Economic sector field aligned to Investor Guide sectors (banking, energy, telecom, real estate, humanitarian, cross-cutting); Tools results link to related sector briefs; Support intake includes sector; published this change log.
Sources: GAC / SOR unchanged as legal baseline; secondary Investor Guides remain paraphrase-only.
Summary: Canadian-first sector briefs; paraphrase + attribution for State-funded Doing Business in Syria Investor Guides; no guide PDFs on the public site.