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title: "Dataset Removal: Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks"
url: "https://www.opensanctions.org/changelog/21/"
id: "21"
date_created: "2025-05-30T12:22:08.277Z"
date_effective: "2025-06-09"
breaking: false
categories: ["Datasets"]
---

# Dataset Removal: Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks

We're planning to remove the [Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks (`sy_obsalytics_opensyr`)](https://www.opensanctions.org/datasets/sy_obsalytics_opensyr/) from the regular updates of the `default` collection on June 9th, 2025. The dataset, created by research group [Obsalytics](https://obsalytics.org/) is a one-off import of a small subset of the [live database](https://www.opensyr.com/en), and the export into OpenSanctions was last updated in February 2023. 

Given the increasing rate of change in the sanctions landscape surrounding Syria - with the EU and US both revoking parts of their existing regimes - we've decided to avoid the presence of outdated information on our website by removing this dataset. We recommend interested parties use the available search function for the [OpenSyr database](https://www.opensyr.com/en) for additional research.