The authorization comes after rebels toppled the Syrian government last month and is intended to allow humanitarian groups to operate more freely without running afoul of U.S. sanctions.
A destroyed neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, last month. The easing of restrictions will allow humanitarian groups to help provide basic services such as electricity, energy, water and sanitation.
With a recipient list stocked with old-guard icons and political backers, the president signaled support for the establishment his successor wants to tear down.
The president recognized five officers who responded to a 2023 school shooting at a private Christian school in Tennessee, and veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars.
In September, the F.B.I. said it had taken down a network of 200,000 consumer devices in the U.S. and abroad that had been compromised with malware and weaponized by Flax Typhoon, a Chinese hacking group.
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