Council Implementing Decision 2011/736/CFSP of 14 November 2011 implementing Decision 2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

15.11.2011

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/736/CFSP

of 14 November 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,

Whereas:

(5)

Decision

2011/273/CFSP

accordingly,

should

be

amended

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1)

On 9 May 2011, the Council adopted Decision

2011/273/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against

Syria (1).

The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added

to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/273/CFSP.

(2)

On 23 October 2011, the European Council stated that

the EU would impose further measures against the Syrian

regime as long as the repression of the civilian popu­

lation continued.

Article 2

(3)

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

Council considers it necessary to impose additional

restrictive measures.

(4)

Additional persons should be included in the list of

persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as

set out in Annex I to Decision 2011/273/CFSP.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2011.

For the Council

The President

C. ASHTON

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ANNEX

Persons referred to in Article 1

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

1.

Major General Jumah

Al-Ahmad

Commander Special Forces. Responsible

for the use of violence against

protestors across Syria.

14.11.2011

2.

Colonel Lu’ai al-Ali

Head of Syrian Military Intelligence,

Dera’a Branch. Responsible for the

violence against protesters in Dera’a.

14.11.2011

3.

Lt. General Ali

Abdullah Ayyub

Deputy Chief of General Staff

(Personnel and Manpower). Responsible

for the use of violence against

protestors across Syria.

14.11.2011

4.

Lt. General Jasim

al-Furayj

Chief of General staff. Responsible for

the use of violence against protestors

across Syria.

14.11.2011

5.

General Aous (Aws)

ASLAN

Head of Batallion in the Republican

Guard. Close to Maher al-ASSAD and

President al-ASSAD. Involved in the

crackdown on the civilian population

across Syria.

14.11.2011

6.

General Ghassan

BELAL

General in command of the 4th

Division reserve bureau. Adviser to

Maher al-ASSAD and coordinator of

security operations. Responsible for

the crackdown on the civilian popu­

lation across Syria.

14.11.2011

7.

Abdullah BERRI

Head of Berri family militia. In charge

of pro-government militia involved in

the crackdown on the cilivian popu­

lation in Aleppo.

14.11.2011

8.

George CHAOUI

Member of Syrian electronic army.

Involved in the violent crackdown and

call for violence against the civilian

population across Syria.

14.11.2011

9.

Major General Zuhair

Hamad

Deputy Head of General Intelligence

Directorate. Responsible for the use of

violence across Syria and intimidation

and torture of protestors.

14.11.2011

10.

Amar ISMAEL

Civilian - Head of Syrian electronic

army (territorial army intelligence

service). Involved in the violent

crackdown and call for violence

against the civilian population across

Syria.

14.11.2011

11.

Mujahed ISMAIL

Member of Syrian electronic army.

Involved in the violent crackdown and

call for violence against the civilian

population across Syria.

14.11.2011

Born in 1958

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Identifying information

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Reasons

Date of listing

12.

Saqr KHAYR BEK

Deputy Minister for the Interior.

Responsible for the use of violence

against the civilian population in Syria.

14.11.2011

13.

Major General Nazih

Deputy Director of General Intelligence

Directorate. Responsible for the use of

violence across Syria and intimidation

and torture of protestors.

14.11.2011

14.

Kifah MOULHEM

Batallion Commander in the 4th

Division.

Responsible

for

the

crackdown on the civilian population

in Deir el-Zor.

14.11.2011

15.

Major General Wajih

Mahmud

Commander 18th Armoured Division.

Responsible for the violence against

protestors in Homs.

14.11.2011

16.

Bassam SABBAGH

Head of Sabbagh & Associates law firm

(Damascus). Member of the Paris Bar.

Legal and financial adviser and

manages affairs of Rami Makhlouf and

Khaldoun Makhlouf. Involved with

Bashar al-Assad in funding a real

estate project in Latakia. Provides

financial support for the regime.

14.11.2011

17.

Lt. General Tala

Mustafa Tlass

Deputy Chief of General Staff (Logistics

and supplies). Responsible for the use of

violence against protestors across Syria.

14.11.2011

18.

Major General Fu’ad

Tawil

Deputy head Syrian Air Force Intel­

ligence. Responsible for the use of

violence across Syria and intimidation

and torture of protestors.

14.11.2011

Born on 24 August 1959

in Damascus. Address:

Kasaa, Anwar al Attar

Street, al Midani building,

Damascus. Syrian passport

no 004326765 issued

2 November 2008, valid

until November 2014.

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة 18 شخصًا إلى عقوبات سورية، منهم: جمعة الأحمد، لؤي العلي، علي عبد الله أيوب، جاسم الفريج، أوس أصلان، غسان بلال، عبد الله بري، جورج شاوي، عمار إسماعيل، صقر خير بك، كفاح ملحم.