Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/778 of 28 May 2018 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2018/778

of 28 May 2018

amending 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 29 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 (1).

(2)

On 29 May 2017, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/917 (2) extending the restrictive measures set out in

Decision 2013/255/CFSP until 1 June 2018.

(3)

Based on a review of the restrictive measures, they should be further extended until 1 June 2019.

(4)

The entries for certain persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures as set out in Annex I to

Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated and amended.

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 34 of Decision 2013/255/CFSP is replaced by the following:

‘Article 34

This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2019. It shall be kept under constant review. It may be renewed, or amended

as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Union.

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2018.

For the Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI

(1) Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures against Syria (OJ L 147, 1.6.2013, p. 14).

(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/917 of 29 May 2017 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

(OJ L 139, 30.5.2017, p. 62).

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ANNEX

Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

I.

In Part A (‘Persons’), the following entries are amended as follows:

Name

Identifying information

‘7.

Amjad (

) Abbas

(

) (a.k.a. Al-Abbas)

8.

Rami (

(

Born: 10 July 1969;

) Makhlouf

Place of birth: Damascus;

)

passport no 000098044;

Issue number 002-030015187

Reasons

Date of listing

Head of Political Security in Banyas, involved

in violence against demonstrators in Baida.

9.5.2011

Leading businessman operating in Syria with

interests in the telecommunications, financial

services, transport and property sectors; he

has financial interest in and/or holds senior

and executive positions in Syriatel, the leading

mobile telephone operator in Syria, the in­

vestment funds Al Mashreq, Bena Properties

and Cham Holding.

9.5.2011

He furnishes financing and support to the

Syrian regime, through his business interests.

He is an influential member of the Makhlouf

family and closely connected to the Assad

family; cousin of President Bashar al-Assad.

9.

Abd Al-Fatah (

Qudsiyah (

13.

Munzir (

Born: 1953;

)

Place of birth: Hama;

)

) (a.k.a.

Mundhir, Monzer) Jamil

(

) Al-Assad (

)

Officer of the rank of Major General in the

Syrian Armed Forces in post after May 2011.

9.5.2011

diplomatic passport

no D0005788

Deputy Director of the National Security

Bureau of the Ba'ath Party. Former Head of

Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate.

Involved in violent repression of the civilian

population in Syria.

Date of birth: 1 March

1961;

Involved in violence against the civilian popu­

lation as part of the Shabiha militia.

9.5.2011

Member of the Makhlouf family; son of

Mohammed Makhlouf, brother of Hafez and

Rami and brother of Ihab Makhlouf; cousin of

President Bashar al-Assad.

23.5.2011

Place of birth: Kerdaha,

Latakia Province;

passports no 86449 and

No 842781

19.

Iyad (

Makhlouf (

) (a.k.a. Eyad)

Date of birth: 21 January

1973;

)

Place of birth: Damascus;

passport no N001820740

Member of the Syrian security and intelli­

gence services in post after May 2011.

An officer in the GID involved in violence

against the civilian population in Syria.

23.

Zoulhima (

) (a.k.a.

Zu al-Himma) Chaliche

(

) (a.k.a., Shalish,

Shaleesh) (a.k.a. Dhu

al-Himma Shalish)

Born: 1951 or 1946 or

1956;

Place of birth: Kerdaha

Officer of the Syrian security and intelligence

services in post after May 2011; Former Head

of Presidential Security.

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the

rank of Major General in post after May

2011.

Involved in violence against demonstrators.

Member of the Assad family: cousin of

President Bashar Al-Assad.

23.6.2011

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Name

26.

Major General Qasem

(

) Soleimani

Identifying information

Date of birth: 11 March

1957;

Place of birth: Qom, Iran

(

) (a.k.a. Qasim

(Islamic Republic of);

Soleimany; Qasim

passport no: 008827,

Soleimani; Qasem

issued in Iran.

Sulaimani; Qasim

Sulaimani; Qasim

Sulaymani; Qasem

Sulaymani; Kasim

Soleimani; Kasim

Sulaimani; Kasim

Sulaymani; Haj Qasem; Haji

Qassem; Sarder Soleimani)

27.

36.

37.

Hossein (

) Taeb

(

) (a.k.a. Taeb,

Hassan; a.k.a. Taeb, Hosein;

a.k.a. Taeb, Hossein; a.k.a.

Taeb, Hussayn; a.k.a.

Hojjatoleslam Hossein

Ta'eb)

Nizar (

) al-Asaad

(

Asaad)

) (a.k.a. Nizar

Major General Rafiq

(

) (a.k.a. Rafeeq)

Shahadah (

) (a.k.a.

Shahada, Shahade,

Shahadeh, Chahada,

Chahade, Chahadeh,

Chahada)

50.

53.

Tarif (

) Akhras

(

) (a.k.a. Al Akhras

(

))

Adib (

) Mayaleh

(

) (a.k.a. André

Mayard)

Born: 1963;

Place of birth: Tehran, Iran

Cousin of Bashar Al-Assad;

previously head of the

“Nizar Oilfield Supplies”

company

Date of birth: 1956;

Place of birth: Jablah,

Latakia Province

Date of birth: 2 June 1951;

Place of birth: Homs, Syria;

Syrian passport

nr. 0000092405

Born: 15 May 1955;

Place of birth: Bassir

29.5.2018

Reasons

Date of listing

Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Corps, IRGC - Qods, involved in providing

equipment and support to help the Syrian

regime suppress protests in Syria.

23.6.2011

Deputy Commander for Intelligence of Iranian

Revolutionary Guard Corps, involved in pro­

viding equipment and support to help the

Syrian regime suppress protests in Syria.

23.6.2011

Very close to key government officials.

23.8.2011

Financing Shabiha in the region of Latakia.

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the

rank of Major General in post after May

2011. Former Head of Syrian Military Intelli­

gence (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

Prominent businessman benefiting from and

supporting the regime. Founder of the Akhras

Group (commodities, trading, processing and

logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs

Chamber of Commerce. Close business rela­

tions with President Al-Assad's family. Mem­

ber of the Board of the Federation of Syrian

Chambers of Commerce. Provided logistical

support for the regime (buses and tank

loaders).

2.9.2011

Former Governor and Chairman of the Board

of Directors of the Central Bank of Syria.

15.5.2012

Adib Mayaleh controlled the Syrian banking

sector and managed the Syrian money supply

through the issue and withdrawal of bank

notes and control of the Foreign Exchange

rate value of the Syrian Pound. Through

his role at the Central Bank of Syria, Adib

Mayaleh provided economic and financial

support to the Syrian regime.

Former Minister of Economy and Foreign

Trade in power after May 2011.

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Name

68.

) Sabbagh

Date of birth: 24 August

1959;

) (a.k.a. Al Sabbagh

))

Place of birth: Damascus;

Bassam (

(

(

Identifying information

Address: Kasaa, Anwar al

Attar Street, al Midani

building, Damascus;

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Reasons

Date of listing

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. Pro­

vides financial support for the regime.

14.11.2011

Former commander of the 105th Brigade of

the Republican Guards. Current commander

general of the Republican Guards. Member of

the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major

General in post after May 2011. Military offi­

cial involved in the violence in Damascus.

1.12.2011

Officer of the rank of Major General in the

Syrian Armed Forces in post after May 2011.

Head of the Political Security Directorate of

the Syrian security services in post after May

2011. Responsible for violent repression

against the civilian population in Syria.

1.12.2011

Prime Minister and former Minister of Electri­

city. As Government Minister, shares responsi­

bility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population.

23.3.2012

Former Minister of Telecommunications and

Technology, in office until at least April 2014.

As former Government Minister, shares re­

sponsibility for the regime's violent repression

against the civilian population. Appointed in

July 2016 as the Head of Planning and Inter­

national Cooperation Agency (Government

agency).

27.2.2012

Former Minister of Justice. Associated with

the Syrian regime and its violent repression

against the civilian population. Former Head

of Military Court. Member of the High Judi­

cial Council.

23.9.2011

Syrian passport

no 004326765 issued

2 November 2008, valid

until November 2014.

79.

Major General Talal (

Makhluf (

Makhlouf)

)

) (a.k.a.

80.

Major General Nazih

(

) (a.k.a. Nazeeh)

Hassun (

) (a.k.a.

Hassoun)

109.

Imad (

) Mohammad

(

) (a.k.a. Mohamed,

Muhammad, Mohammed)

Deeb (

) Khamis

(

) (a.k.a. Imad

Mohammad Dib Khamees)

114.

Emad (

(

) Abdul-Ghani

) Sabouni

Date of birth: 1 August

1961;

Place of birth: near

Damascus

Born: 1964;

Place of birth: Damascus

(

) (a.k.a. Imad Abdul

Ghani Al Sabuni)

116.

Tayseer (

(

) Awwad (

) Qala

)

Born: 1943;

Place of birth: Damascus

132.

Brigadier General

Abdul-Salam (

)

Fajr (

) Mahmoud

(

)

Head of the Bab Tuma (Damascus) Branch of

the air force's intelligence service. Responsible

for the torture of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

147.

General Amer al-Achi

(a.k.a. Amer Ibrahim

al-Achi; a.k.a. Amis al Ashi;

a.k.a. Ammar Aachi; a.k.a.

Amer Ashi) (

)

Head of the intelligence branch of the air force

intelligence agency (2012-2016). Through his

role in the air force intelligence agency, Amer

al-Achi is implicated in the repression of the

Syrian opposition.

24.7.2012

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Name

Identifying information

153.

Waleed (

) (a.k.a. Walid)

Al Mo'allem (

) (a.k.a.

Al Moallem, Muallem

(

))

157.

Eng. Bassam (

(

)

) Hanna

Date of birth: 1954;

Place of birth: Aleppo

(Syria)

160.

Dr. Hazwan (

) Al

Wez (

) (a.k.a. Al Wazz)

169.

Dr. Adnan (

) Abdo

(

) (a.k.a. Abdou) Al

Sikhny (

) (a.k.a.

Al-Sikhni, Al-Sekhny,

Al-Sekhni)

Date of birth: 1961;

Place of birth: Aleppo

(Syria)

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Reasons

Date of listing

Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Af­

fairs and Expatriates. As Government Minister

shares responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

Former Minister of Water Resources in power

after May 2011. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

16.10.2012

Minister of Education. As Government Minis­

ter shares responsibility for the regime's vio­

lent repression against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

Former Minister of Industry. As a former

Government Minister shares responsibility for

the regime's violent repression against the

civilian population.

16.10.2012

171.

Dr Abdul-Salam (

Al Nayef (

)

)

Former Minister of Health in power after May

2011. As a former Government Minister,

shares responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

175.

Najm-eddin (

)

(a.k.a. Nejm-eddin,

Nejm-eddeen,

Najm-eddeen, Nejm-addin,

Nejm-addeen,

Najm-addeen, Najm-addin)

Khreit (

) (a.k.a.

Khrait)

Former State Minister. As a former Govern­

ment Minister shares responsibility for the

regime's violent repression against the civilian

population.

16.10.2012

176.

Abdullah (

) (a.k.a.

Abdallah) Khaleel (

)

(a.k.a. Khalil) Hussein

(

) a.k.a. Hussain)

Former State Minister in power after May

2011. As a former Government Minister,

shares responsibility for the regime's violent

repression against the civilian population.

16.10.2012

189.

Dr Malek (

) Ali (

(a.k.a. Malik Ali)

Former Higher Education Minister in power

after May 2011. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's

violent repression against the civilian popula­

tion.

24.6.2014

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the

rank of Major General in post after May

2011. Head of the Syrian Military Intelligence

(SMI), Branch 293 (Internal Affairs), since

April 2015. Responsible for repression and

violence against the civilian population

in Damascus/Damascus countryside. Former

Deputy Head of Political Security (2012), Of­

ficer of the Syrian Republican Guard and

Vice-Director of the Political Security Directo­

rate. Head of Military Police, Member of the

National Security Bureau.

29.5.2015

206.

)

Date of birth: 1956;

Place of birth: Tartous

(Syria)

Major General Muhamad

Born: 1960;

(

) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Place of birth: Jableh

Muhammad) Mahalla

(

) (a.k.a. Mahla,

Mualla, Maalla, Muhalla)

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Name

210.

Tahir (

(

Identifying information

Position: Major General

) Hamid

) Khalil (

)

(a.k.a. Tahir Hamid Khali;

Khalil Tahir Hamid)

251.

Mohammad (

Ziad (

) Ghriwati

(

) (a.k.a.

Mohammad Ziad

Ghraywati)

)

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Reasons

Date of listing

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 civil­

ian areas in Ghouta in 2013.

28.10.2016

Mohammad Ziad Ghriwati is an engineer at

the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research

Centre. He is involved in chemical weapons

proliferation and delivery. Mohammad Ziad

Ghriwati has been involved in the construc­

tion of barrel bombs which have been used

against the civilian population in Syria.

18.7.2017

He is associated with the Syrian Scientific

Studies and Research Centre, a listed entity.

253.

Khaled (

(

)

Dr Khaled Sawan is an engineer at the Syrian

Scientific Studies and Research Centre, which

is involved in chemical weapons proliferation

and delivery. He has been involved in the con­

struction of barrel bombs which have been

used against the civilian population in Syria.

) Sawan

18.7.2017

He has been associated with the Syrian

Scientific Studies and Research Centre, a listed

entity.

254.

Raymond (

) Rizq

(

) (a.k.a. Raymond

Rizk)

Raymond Rizq is an engineer at the Syrian

Scientific Studies and Research Centre,

involved in chemical weapons proliferation

and delivery. He has been involved in the con­

struction of barrel bombs which have been

used against the civilian population in Syria.

18.7.2017

He is associated with the Syrian Scientific

Studies and Research Centre, a listed entity.

261.

Maher Sulaiman (a.k.a.

; Mahir;

Suleiman)

Place of birth: Lattakia,

Syria;

Doctor; Director of the

Higher Institute for Applied

Sciences and Technology;

Address: Higher Institute

for Applied Sciences and

Technology (HIAST), P.O.

Box 31983, Damascus

Director of the Higher Institute for Applied

Sciences and Technology (HIAST), which

provides training and support as part of the

Syrian chemical weapons proliferation sector.

Due to his senior position at the HIAST,

which is an affiliate and subsidiary of the

Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC),

he is associated with the HIAST and SSRC,

both of which are designated entities.

II. In Part A (‘Persons’), the following names and corresponding entries are deleted:

21. Dawud Rajiha

39. Hassan Bin-Ali Al-Turkmani

19.3.2018’

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III. In Part A (‘Persons’), the entry numbers for the persons below are replaced as follows:

Name of person

Current entry number

New entry number

Houmam Jaza'iri

1

264

Mohamad Amer Mardini

2

265

Mohamad Ghazi Jalali

3

266

Kamal Cheikha

4

15

Hassan Nouri

5

17

Mohammad Walid Ghazal

6

74

Khalaf Souleymane

7

118

Nizar Wahbeh Yazaji

8

178

Hassan Safiyeh

9

202

Issam Khalil

10

267

Ghassan Ahmed

13

268

Abdelhamid Khamis

16

269

Reasons

Date of listing

Affiliated to and a subsidiary of the

Syrian Scientific Studies and Research

Centre (SSRC) which is already desig­

nated. It provides training and support

to the SSRC and is therefore respon­

sible for the violent repression of the

civilian population.

23.7.2014’

IV. In Part B (‘Entities’), entry no 60 is replaced by the following:

Name

‘60.

Higher Institute for

Applied Sciences and

Technology (HIAST)

(

) (a.k.a. Institut

Supérieur des Sciences

Appliquées et de

Technologie (ISSAT))

Identifying

information

P.O. Box 31983,

Barzeh

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