Council Implementing Decision 2011/515/CFSP of 23 August 2011 implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/515/CFSP

of 23 August 2011

implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in

particular Article 31(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2011/273/CFSP of 9 May

2011 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1), and in

particular Article 5(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision

2011/273/CFSP.

(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, additional

persons and entities should be included in the list of

persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set

out in the Annex to Decision 2011/273/CFSP,

(1) OJ L 121, 10.5.2011, p. 11.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Decision

shall be added to the list set out in the Annex to Decision

2011/273/CFSP.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 23 August 2011.

For the Council

The President

M. DOWGIELEWICZ

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ANNEX

Persons and entities referred to in Article 1

A. Persons

Name

Identifying information

(date of birth, place of

birth …)

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Hayel AL-ASSAD

Assistant to Maher Al-Assad, Head of the

military police unit of the army's 4th

Division, involved in repression.

23.8.2011

2.

Ali AL-SALIM

Director of the supplies office of the Syrian

Ministry of Defence, entry point for all arms

acquisitions by the Syrian army.

23.8.2011

3.

Nizar AL-ASSAAD

Very close to key government officials.

Financing Shabiha in the region of Latakia.

23.8.2011

4.

Brigadier-General Rafiq

SHAHADAH

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI)

Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus.

Directly involved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in Damascus.

Advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad for

strategic questions and military intelligence.

23.8.2011

5.

Brigadier-General JAMEA

JAMEA (Jami Jami)

Branch Chief for Syrian Military Intelligence

(SMI) in Dayr az-Zor.

Directly involved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in Dayr azZor and Alboukamal.

23.8.2011

6.

Hassan Bin-Ali

AL-TURKMANI

Deputy Vice Minister, former Minister for

Defence, Special Envoy of President Bashar

Al-Assad.

23.8.2011

7.

Muhammad Said

BUKHAYTAN

Assistant Regional Secretary of Baath Arab

Socialist Party since 2005, 2000-2005

Director for the national security of the

regional Baath party. Former Governor of

Hama (1998-2000).

Close associate of President Bashar Al-Assad

and Maher Al-Assad. Senior decision-maker

in the regime on repression of civilian

population.

23.8.2011

8.

Ali DOUBA

Responsible for killings in Hama in 1980,

has been called back to Damascus as special

advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad.

23.8.2011

9.

Brigadier-General Nawful

AL-HUSAYN

Idlib Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI)

Branch Chief. Directly involved in repression

and violence against the civilian population

in Idlib province.

23.8.2011

10.

Brigadier Husam SUKKAR

Presidential Adviser on Security Affairs.

Presidential Adviser for security agencies’

repression and violence against the civilian

population.

23.8.2011

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Name

Identifying information

(date of birth, place of

birth …)

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Reasons

Date of listing

11.

Brigadier-General

Muhammed ZAMRINI

Branch Chief for Syrian Military Intelligence

(SMI) in Homs.

Directly involved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in Homs.

23.8.2011

12.

Lieutenant-General Munir

ADANOV (ADNUF)

Deputy Chief of General Staff, Operations

and Training for Syrian Army.

Directly involved in repression and violence

against the civilian population in Syria.

23.8.2011

13.

Brigadier-General Ghassan

KHALIL

Head of General Intelligence Directorate’s

(GID) Information Branch. Directly involved

in repression and violence against the

civilian population in Syria.

23.8.2011

14.

Mohammed JABIR

Shabiha militia. Associate of Maher Al-Assad

for the Shabiha militia. Directly involved in

repression and violence against the civilian

population and co-ordination of Shabiha

militia groups.

23.8.2011

15.

Samir HASSAN

Close business associate of Maher Al-Assad.

Known for supporting economically the

Syrian regime.

23.8.2011

Reasons

Date of listing

POB Latakia

B. Entities

Name

Identifying information

1.

Political Security Directorate

Syrian government agency directly involved

in repression.

23.8.2011

2.

General Intelligence

Directorate

Syrian government agency directly involved

in repression.

23.8.2011

3.

Military Intelligence

Directorate

Syrian government agency directly involved

in repression.

23.8.2011

4.

Air Force Intelligence

Agency

Syrian government agency directly involved

in repression.

23.8.2011

5.

IRGC Qods Force (a. k. a.

Quds Force)

The Qods (or Quds) Force is a specialist arm

of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Corps (IRGC). The Qods Force is involved in

providing equipment and support to help

the Syria regime suppress protests in Syria.

IRGC Qods Force has provided technical

assistance, equipment and support to the

Syrian security services to repress civilian

protest movements.

23.8.2011

Teheran, Iran

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة 15 شخصًا وخمسة كيانات إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: هايل الأسد، علي الصالم، نزار الأسعد، رفيق شحادة، جامع جامع، محمد سعيد بخيتان، علي دوبا، حسام سكر، محمد جابر، سمير حسن.