Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/855 of 27 May 2021 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2021/855

of 27 May 2021

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 28 May 2020 the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/719 (2), extending the restrictive measures set out in

Decision 2013/255/CFSP until 1 June 2021.

(3)

On the basis of a review of Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the restrictive measures set out therein should be extended

until 1 June 2022.

(4)

The entries for 25 natural persons and three entities in the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out

in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP should be updated.

(5)

The entries for five deceased individuals should be deleted from the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies

set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

(1) Article 34 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 34

This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2022. 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.’;

(2) Annex I is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

(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) 2020/719 of 28 May 2020 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

(OJ L 168, 29.5.2020, p. 66).

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Done at Brussels, 27 May 2021.

For the Council

The President

P. SIZA VIEIRA

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ANNEX

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

(1) in Section A (Persons), the following entries are deleted:

115. General Ali Habib MAHMOUD;

153. Waleed AL MO’ALLEM;

180. Ahmad AL-QADRI;

274. Nader QALEI;

281. Mohammad Maen Zein Jazba AL-ABIDIN;

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Name

Date of listing

Gender: male

As a senior officer in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service, he supports the

Syrian regime and is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian

population. He is also associated with the listed Scientific Studies Research Centre

(SSRC).

21.10.2014

Ihab MAKHLOUF

Date of birth: 21.1.1973;

23.5.2011

(a.k.a. Ehab, Iehab)

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Leading businessman operating in Syria. He has business interests in several

Syrian companies and entities, including Ramak Construction Co and Syrian

International Private University for Science and Technology (SIUST).

(‫)ﺍﻳﻬﺎﺏ ﻣﺨﻠﻮﻑ‬

Passport no: N002848852;

Brigadier General Mohammed

BILAL

(a.k.a. Lieutenant Colonel

Muhammad Bilal)

22.

Gender: male

48.

Samir HASSAN

Gender: male

(‫)ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺴﻦ‬

He is an influential member of the Makhlouf family and closely connected to the

Assad family; cousin of President Bashar al-Assad. In 2020, Ehab Makhlouf took

over Rami Makhlouf’s business activities and the Syrian government granted him

the contracts to operate and manage the duty-free markets across the country.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in

multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. He holds interests in and/or has significant

influence in the Amir Group and Cham Holding, two conglomerates with

interests in the real estate, tourism, transport and finance sectors. President of the

Syrian-Russian business council.

27.9.2014

Samir Hassan supports the Syrian regime’s war effort with cash donations.

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Reasons

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‘14.

Identifying information

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(2) in Section A (Persons), the following entries replace the corresponding entries in the list:

Samir Hassan is associated with persons benefitting from or supporting the

regime. In particular, he is associated with Rami Makhlouf and Issam Anbouba,

who have been designated by the Council and benefit from the Syrian regime.

61.

George CHAOUI

Member of the 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

Gender: male

Military official involved in the violence in Homs. Currently serves in the 30th

Mobile Infantry Division of the Republican Guard.

1.12.2011

(‫)ﺟﻮﺭﺝ ﺷﺎﻭﻱ‬

78.

Ali BARAKAT

(a.k.a. Barakat Ali Barakat)

( ‫)ﻋﻠﻲ ﺑﺮﻛﺎﺕ; ﺑﺮﻛﺎﺕ ﻋﻠﻲ ﺑﺮﻛﺎﺕ‬

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Gender: male

Brigadier General Jamal YUNES

(a.k.a. Younes)

(‫)ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﻳﻮﻧﺲ‬

Position: Commander of the 555th Gave orders to troops to shoot at protestors in Mo’adamiyeh.

Regiment;

Head of the Military Security Committee in Hama in 2018.

23.1.2012

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96.

Gender: male

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114.

Emad Abdul-Ghani SABOUNI

Date of birth: 1964;

(a.k.a. Imad Abdul Ghani Al Sabuni) Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Adnan Hassan MAHMOUD

Date of birth: 1966;

(‫)ﻋﺪﻧﺎﻥ ﺣﺴﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ‬

Place of birth: Tartous, Syria;

27.2.2012

Former Syrian Ambassador to Iran until 2020. Former Minister of Information in

power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

23.9.2011

Gender: male

Brigadier General Abdul-Salam Fajr Date of birth: 1959

MAHMOUD

Gender: male

(‫)ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ ﻓﺠﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ‬

Head of the Security Committee of the Southern Region since December 2020.

Former Head of the Bab Tuma (Damascus) Branch of the Syrian Air Force

Intelligence Service. Former Head of the Mezze Airport Air Force intelligence

investigation branch. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody. Under

international arrest warrant for "complicity in acts of torture", "complicity in

crimes against humanity" and "complicity in war crimes".

24.7.2012

134.

Colonel Qusay Ibrahim MIHOUB

Date of birth: 1961;

24.7.2012

(‫) ﻗﺼﻲ ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﻣﻴﻬﻮﺏ‬

Place of birth: Derghamo, Jableh,

Lattakia, Syria;

High-ranking officer at the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service. Former Head of

the Deraa branch of the air force’s intelligence service (sent from Damascus to

Deraa at the start of demonstrations there). Responsible for the torture of

opponents in custody as well as the violent repression of peaceful protests in the

southern region.

Head of Branch 285 (Damascus) of the General Intelligence Directorate (replaced

Brigadier General Hussam Fendi at the end of 2011). Responsible for the torture

of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

Gender: male

137.

Brigadier General Ibrahim MA’ALA Gender: male

(a.k.a. Maala, Maale, Ma’la)

( ‫ﻣﻌﻠﻰ;ﻣﻌﻼ )ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ‬

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132.

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117.

(‫)ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﺻﺎﺑﻮﻧﻲ‬

Former Minister of Telecommunications and Technology, in office until at

least April 2014. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the

Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. Appointed

in July 2016 as the Head of Planning and International Cooperation Agency

(PICC). The PICC is a government agency, affiliated to the Prime Ministry and

produces, in particular, the five-year plans that provide the broad guidelines for

the Government’s economic and development policies.

Major General Hussam LUQA

Date of birth: 1964;

24.7.2012

(a.k.a. Husam, Housam, Houssam;

Louqa, Louca, Louka, Luka)

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Deputy assistant to the Head of the Political Security Division. Former site

manager of the Latakia branch of the Political Security Directorate. Responsible

for the torture of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

Date of birth: 1957;

Former head of the foreign branch of General Intelligence (Branch 279). As such,

responsible for General Intelligence arrangements in Syrian embassies.

24.7.2012

Head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service since 2019. Former deputy

director of the Air Force Intelligence Service and previously in charge of the

missions branch of the Air Force Intelligence Service which, in cooperation with

the special operations branch, manages the elite troops of the Air Force

Intelligence Service, who play an important role in the repression conducted by

the Syrian regime. As such, Ghassan Jaoudat Ismail is one of the top military

leaders directly implementing the violent repression of opponents conducted by

the Syrian regime as well as practices of disappearance of civilians.

24.7.2012

Gender: male

(‫)ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﻟﻮﻗﺎ‬

140.

Brigadier General Taha TAHA

(‫)ﻃﻪ ﻃﻪ‬

144.

Gender: male

(‫)ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺠﺮﻭﺷﺔ‬

146.

General Ghassan Jaoudat ISMAIL

Date of birth: 1960;

(a.k.a. Ismael)

Place of birth: Junaynat Ruslan –

Darkoush, Tartous region, Syria;

(‫)ﻏﺴﺎﻥ ﺟﻮﺩﺕ ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ‬

Gender: male

Major General Amer AL-ACHI

Gender: male

(a.k.a. Amer Ibrahim al-Achi; Amis al

Ashi; Ammar Aachi; Amer Ashi)

(‫)ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﺍﻟﻌﺸﻲ‬

Former Governor of the Sweida Governorate, appointed by President Bashar

al-Assad in July 2016. Former Head of the intelligence branch of the Syrian Air

Force Intelligence Service (2012-2016). Through his role in the Air Force

Intelligence Service, Amer al-Achi is implicated in the repression of the Syrian

opposition.

24.7.2012

156.

Hala Mohammad

Date of birth: 1964;

16.10.2012

(a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed) AL NASSER

Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;

Former Minister of Tourism. As a former Government Minister, shares

responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

(‫)ﻫﺎﻟﻪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺻﺮ‬

Gender: female

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Major General Ahmed

AL-JARROUCHEH (a.k.a. Ahmad;

al-Jarousha, al-Jarousheh,

al-Jaroucha, al-Jarouchah,

al-Jaroucheh)

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Former Head of the Security Committee of the Southern Region from 2018 to

2020. Former Head of the General Security Directorate. Major General.

From April 2012 to 2.12.2018, was head of the Homs branch of the Political

Security Directorate (succeeded Brigadier General Nasr al-Ali). Since 3.12.2018,

head of the Political Security Directorate. Responsible for the torture of

opponents in custody.

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139.

Ali HADAR (a.k.a. HAIDAR)

Date of birth: 1962;

Gender: male

16.10.2012

Occupies a senior management position in Hamsho Trading. As a result of his

senior position in Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which

has been designated by the Council, he provides support to the Syrian regime. He

is also associated with a designated entity, Hamsho International. He is also vicepresident of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel alongside designated regime

businessmen such as Ayman Jaber. He is also an associate of President Bashar

al-Assad.

7.3.2015

Administrative Development Minister. Appointed in March 2017.

30.5.2017

Former Minister of Higher Education in power after May 2011

(appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility

for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

21.10.2014

EN

Head of the National Reconciliation Agency and former State Minister for

National Reconciliation Affairs. Chair of the Intifada wing of the Syrian Social

Nationalist Party. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the

Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.

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172.

204.

Emad HAMSHO

(a.k.a. Imad Hmisho; Hamchu;

Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho;

Hemasho, ‫)ﺣﻤﻴﺸﻮ‬

Address: Hamsho Building 31

Baghdad Street, Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

(‫)ﺣﻤﺸﻮ ﻋﻤﺎﺩ‬

Salam Mohammad AL-SAFFAF

Date of birth: 1979;

Gender: female

265.

268.

Mohamad Amer MARDINI

Date of birth: 1959;

(a.k.a. Mohammad Amer Mardini,

Mohamed Amer MARDINI,

Mohamad Amer AL-MARDINI,

Mohamed Amer AL-MARDINI,

Mohammad Amer AL-MARDINI)

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Ghassan Ahmed GHANNAM

Rank: Major General;

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Colonel and the equivalent or

higher in post after May 2011. Major General and Commander of the 155th

Position: Commander of the 155th

Missile Brigade. Associated with Maher al-Assad through his role in the 155th

Missile Brigade;

Missile Brigade. As Commander of the 155th Missile Brigade, he is supporting the

Syrian regime and he is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian

Gender: male

population. Responsible for firing scud missiles at various civilian sites

between January and March 2013.

21.10.2014

Date of birth: 20 May 1973;

21.1.2019

(a.k.a. Major General Ghassan

Ghannan, Brigadier General

Ghassan Ahmad Ghanem)

285.

Samer FOZ

(‫)ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ‬

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and activities in

multiple sectors of Syria’s economy, including a regime-backed joint venture

Place of birth: Homs, Syria / Latakia,

involved in the development of Marota City, a luxury residential and commercial

Syria;

development. Samer Foz provides financial and other support to the Syrian

regime, including funding the Military Security Shield Forces in Syria and

Nationalities: Syrian, Turkish;

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(a.k.a. Samir Foz/Fawz; Samer

Zuhair Foz; Samer Foz bin Zuhair)

Gender: male

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Turkish passport number:

brokering grain deals. He also benefits financially from access to commercial

U 09471711 (place of issue: Turkey; opportunities through the wheat trade and reconstruction projects as a result of

expiry date: 21.7.2024);

his links to the regime.

EN

Syrian national number:

06010274705

Address: Platinum Tower, office

No 2405, Jumeirah Lake Towers,

Dubai, UAE

Position: CEO of Aman Group;

Gender: male

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Other information: Executive

President of Aman Group.

Subsidiaries: Foz for Trading,

Al-Mohaimen for Transportation &

Contracting. Aman Group is the

private sector partner in joint

venture Aman Damascus JSC with

Damascus Cham Holding, in which

Foz is an individual shareholder.

Emmar Industries is a joint venture

between Aman Group and the

Hamisho Group, in which Foz has

the majority stake and is the

Chairman.

291.

Amer FOZ

(a.k.a. Amer Zuhair Fawz)

(‫)ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ‬

Date of birth: 11.3.1976;

Nationality: Syrian; Saint Kitts and

Nevis;

National no: 06010274747;

Passport no: 002-14-L169340

UAE resident card:

784-1976-7135283-5

Leading businessperson with personal and family business interests and activities

in multiple sectors of the Syrian economy. He benefits financially from access to

commercial opportunities and supports the Syrian regime. Between 2012

and 2019, he was General Manager of ASM International Trading LLC.

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He is also associated with his brother Samer Foz, who has been designated by the

Council since January 2019 as a leading businessperson operating in Syria and for

supporting or benefiting from the regime. Together with his brother, he

implements a number of commercial projects, notably in the Adra al-Ummaliyya

area (Damascus suburbs). These projects include a factory that manufactures

cables and cable accessories as well as a project to produce electricity using solar

power. They also engaged in various activities with ISIL (Da’esh) on behalf of the

Assad regime, including the provision of weapons and ammunitions in exchange

for wheat and oil.

17.2.2020

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Position: Founder of District 6

Company; Founding partner of Easy

life Company;

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Relatives/business associates/entities

or partners/links: Samer Foz; Vice

Chairman of Asas Steel Company;

Aman Holding;

Gender: male

295.

Date of birth: 1976;

(a.k.a. Adel Anouar el-Oulabi, Adil

Anwar al-Olabi)

Nationality: Syrian;

(‫)ﻋﺎﺩﻝ ﺃﻧﻮﺭ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﺒﻲ‬

Position: Chairman of Damascus

Cham Holding Company (DCHC);

Governor of Damascus;

Gender: male

Leading businessperson benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime.

Chairman of Damascus Cham Holding Company (DCHC), the investment arm of

the Governorate of Damascus managing the properties of the Governorate of

Damascus and implementing the Marota City project.

17.2.2020’;

Adel Anwar al-Olabi is also the Governor of Damascus, appointed by President

Bashar al-Assad in November 2018. As Governor of Damascus and Chair of

DCHC, he is responsible for efforts to implement regime policies of developing

expropriated land in Damascus (including Decree No 66 and Law No 10), most

notably through the Marota City project.

(3) in Section B (Entities), the following entries replace the corresponding entries in the list:

Name

Identifying information

‘1.

Bena Properties

Cham Holding Building, Daraa

Highway, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Rif

Dimashq, Syria, P.O.Box 9525

77.

Al Qatarji Company

Type of entity: private company;

Reasons

Date of listing

Controlled by Rami Makhlouf. Syria’s largest real estate company and the real

estate and investment arm of Cham Holding; provides funding to the Syrian

regime.

23.6.2011

17.2.2020

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Prominent company operating across multiple sectors of the Syrian economy. By

facilitating fuel, arms and ammunition trade between the regime and various

(a.k.a. Qatarji International Group; Business sector: import/export;

actors including ISIL (Da’esh) under the pretext of importing and exporting food

Al-Sham and Al-Darwish Company; trucking; supply of oil and

items, supporting militias fighting alongside the regime and taking advantage of

Qatirji/Khatirji/Katarji/Katerji

commodities;

its ties with the regime to expand its commercial activity, Al Qatarji Company –

Group)

whose board is headed by designated person Hussam al-Qatirji, a member of the

Name of Director/Management:

(‫ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﻗﺎﻃﺮﺟﻲ‬/‫)ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ‬

Hussam al-Qatirji, CEO (designated Syrian People’s Assembly – supports and benefits from the Syrian regime.

by the Council);

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Adel Anwar AL-OLABI

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Ultimate beneficial owner: Hussam

al-Qatirji (designated by the

Council);

Registered address: Mazzah,

Damascus, Syria;

78.

Relatives/business associates/entities

or partners/links: Rami Makhlouf

(designated by the Council); Samer

Foz (designated by the Council);

Mazen Tarazi (designated by the

Council); Talas Group, owned by

businessman Anas Talas (designated

by the Council);Khaled al-Zubaidi

(designated by the Council); Nader

Qalei (designated by the Council)

17.2.2020’.

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Damascus Cham Holding Company Type of entity: public-owned

Damascus Cham Holding Company was established by the regime as the

company under private law;

investment arm of the Governorate of Damascus in order to manage the

(a.k.a. Damascus Cham Private Joint

properties of the Governorate of Damascus and implement the Marota City

Stock Company)

Business sector: real estate

project, a luxurious real estate project based on expropriated land under Decree

development;

No 66 and Law No 10 in particular.

(‫)ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺑﻀﺔ ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻡ ﺩﻣﺸﻖ‬

Name of Director/Management:

By managing the implementation of Marota City, Damascus Cham Holding

Adel Anwar al-Olabi, Chairman of

(whose Chairman is the Governor of Damascus) supports and benefits from the

the Board of Directors and Governor

Syrian regime and provides benefits to businesspeople with close ties to the

of Damascus (designated by the

regime who have struck lucrative deals with this entity through public-private

Council);

partnerships.

Ultimate beneficial owner:

Governorate of Damascus;

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Relatives/business associates/entities

or partners/links: Arvada/Arfada

Petroleum Company JSC

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