At KABOBfest [1], Jillian discusses the US lifting of “two bits of its sanctions on Syria.” “The lifting of the IT ban seems, to me, to be low-hanging fruit, the simplest way to please (or appease) the public while getting rid of a relatively useless rule that wasn’t doing much good anyway, given the ease and proliferation of people downloading software while out of the country, or sharing it with one another on USB keys and CDs,” she notes.
Syria: Bits of US-imposed Sanctions Lifted
· Written by Amira Al Hussaini
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, North America, Syria, U.S.A., International Relations, Technology