Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2016/1897 of 27 October 2016 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2016/1897

of 27 October 2016

implementing Decision 2013/255/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 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (1) and

in particular Article 30(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)

On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(2)

In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, 10 persons should be added to the list of natural and legal

persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(3)

Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 27 October 2016.

For the Council

The President

M. LAJČÁK

(1) OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14.

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ANNEX

The following persons are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in Annex I to

Decision 2013/255/CFSP:

List of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Articles 27 and 28

A. Persons

‘207.

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Adib Salameh

Position: Major

General, Deputy

Director of Air Force

Intelligence

Directorate in

Damascus

Member of the Syrian security and intelli­

gence services in post after May 2011; Deputy

Director of Air Force Intelligence Directorate

in Damascus; previously Head of Air Force

Intelligence in Aleppo.

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(a.k.a. Adib Salamah;

Adib Salama; Adib

Salame; Mohammed

Adib Salameh; Adib

Nimr Salameh)

(

)

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the

rank of ‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher

in post after May 2011; holds the rank of

Major General.

Responsible for the violent repression against

the civilian population in Syria, through the

planning of and involvement in military

assaults in Aleppo and authority over the

arrest and detention of civilians.

208.

Adnan Aboud Hilweh

(a.k.a. Adnan Aboud

Helweh; Adnan

Aboud)

(

209.

Jawdat Salbi Mawas

(

(a.k.a. Tahir Hamid

Khali; Khalil Tahir

Hamid)

(

Position: Major

General

)

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Holds the rank of Major General, a senior

officer in the Syrian Artillery and Missile

Directorate of the Syrian Armed Forces, in

post after May 2011.

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As a senior ranking officer of the Syrian Artil­

lery and Missile Directorate, he is responsible

for violent repression against the civilian

population, including the use of missiles and

chemical weapons by Brigades under his com­

mand in highly populated civilian areas in

2013 in Ghouta.

)

Tahir Hamid Khalil

Holds the rank of Brigadier General of

155 Brigade and 157 Brigade in the Syrian

Army in post after May 2011.

As the Brigadier General of 155 and 157 Bri­

gade, he is responsible for the violent repres­

sion against the civilian population in Syria,

including through his responsibility for the

deployment and use of missile and chemical

weapons in civilian areas in 2013 and invol­

vement in the large scale detentions.

)

(a.k.a. Jawdat Salibi

Mawwas; Jawdat Salibi

Mawwaz)

210.

Position: Brigadier

General

Position: Major

General

Holds the ranks of Major General, Head of

the Syrian Artillery and Missiles Directorate

of the Syrian Armed Forces, in post after May

2011. As a senior ranking officer of the

Syrian Artillery and Missile Directorate, he is

responsible for the violent repression of the

civilian population, including the deployment

of missiles and chemical weapons by Brigades

under his command in highly populated

civilian areas in Ghouta in 2013.

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Name

211.

Hilal Hilal

(a.k.a. Hilal al-Hilal)

(

212.

)

Ammar Al-Sharif

(a.k.a Amar Al-Sharif;

Amar Al-Charif;

Ammar Sharif;

Ammar Charif;

Ammar al Shareef;

Ammar Sherif;

Ammar Medhat

Sherif)

(

213.

(a.k.a Mohammed

Bishr Al-Sabban; Bishr

Mazin Al-Sabban)

214.

)

Ahmad Sheik AbdulQader

(a.k.a Ahmad Sheikh

Abdul Qadir; Ahmad

al-Sheik Abdulquader)

(

215.

216.

)

Dr Ghassan Omar

Khalaf

(

)

Khayr al-Din al-Sayyed

(a.k.a Khayr al-Din

Abdul-Sattar alSayyed; Mohamed

Khair al-Sayyed;

Kheredden al-Sayyed;

Khairuddin as-Sayyed;

Khaireddin al-Sayyed;

Kheir Eddin al-Sayyed;

Kheir Eddib Asayed)

(

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth: 1966

Member of the regime-affiliated militias

known as ‘Kataeb al-Baath’ (The Baath Party

militia). Supports the regime through his role

in the recruitment and organisation of the

Baath Party militia.

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Leading Syrian businessman operating in

Syria, active in the banking, insurance, and

hospitality sectors. Founding partner of

Byblos Bank Syria, major shareholder in

Unlimited Hospitality Ltd, and board member

of the Solidarity Alliance Insurance Company

and the Al-Aqueelah Takaful Insurance

Company.

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Governor of Damascus, who is appointed by,

and associated with, Bashar al-Assad. Sup­

ports the regime and is responsible for the

violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion in Syria, including engaging in discrimi­

natory practices against Sunni communities

within the capital.

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Governor of Quneitra, associated with and

appointed by Bashar al-Assad. Previously

Governor of Latakia. Supports and benefits

from the regime, including by public support

for the Syrian Armed Forces and pro-regime

militia.

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Governor of Hama, who was appointed by,

and is associated with, Bashar al-Assad. He

also supports and benefits from the regime.

Ghassan Omar Khalaf is closely associated

with members of a regime-affiliated militia in

Hama known as the Hama Brigade.

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Governor of Idlib, associated with and

appointed by Bashar al-Assad. Benefits from

and supports the regime, including by

providing support for Syrian Armed Forces

and pro-regime militia. Associated with the

regime's Minister of Awqaf, Dr Mohammad

Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed, who is his brother.

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)

Bishr al-Sabban

(

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)

قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بإضافة عشرة أشخاص إلى عقوبات سورية بسبب مسؤوليتهم عن قصف المدنيين في حلب، منهم: عدنان عبود حلوة، جودت صليبي مواس، هلال الهلال.