Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/849 of 30 May 2022 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/849

of 30 May 2022

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 27 May 2021, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2021/855 (2), extending the restrictive measures set out in

Decision 2013/255/CFSP until 1 June 2022.

(3)

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

until 1 June 2023.

(4)

The entries for 18 natural persons and 13 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 and amended.

(5)

The entries for two deceased individuals should be deleted from the list set out in Annex I to Decision

2013/255/CFSP.

(6)

The entry for one individual should be deleted from the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP following

a judgement of the General Court on 16 March 2022.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:

(1) the title is replaced by the following:

‘Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria’;

(2) Article 34 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 34

This Decision shall apply until 1 June 2023. 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.’;

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

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

(OJ L 188, 28.5.2021, p. 90).

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Article 2

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, 30 May 2022.

For the Council

The President

C. COLONNA

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ANNEX

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

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

40.

Muhammad Bukhaytan;

262. Salam Tohme;

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

Name

‘3.

Ali MAMLUK

Date of birth: 19.2.1946;

(a.k.a. Ali Mamlouk; Ali

Al-Mamlouk; Abu Ayham )

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

(‫)ﻋﻠﻲ ﺍﻟﻤﻤﻠﻮﻙ; ﺃﺑﻮ ﺃﻳﻬﻢ; ﻋﻠﻲ ﻣﻤﻠﻮﻙ‬

4.

28.

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic for Security Affairs. Former

9.5.2011

Director of the National Security Bureau. Former Head of Syrian Intelligence

Directorate involved in violence against demonstrators.

Diplomatic passport No 983;

Gender: male

Atif NAJIB

Place of birth: Jablah, Syria;

(a.k.a. Atef; Atej Najeeb)

Rank: Brigadier General;

(‫)ﻋﺎﻃﻒ ﻧﺠﻴﺐ‬

Gender: male

Khalid (a.k.a. Khaled) QADDUR (a.k. Gender: male

a. Qadour, Qaddour, Kaddour)

(‫)ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﻗﺪﻭﺭ‬

Former Head of the Political Security Directorate in Dara’a. Involved in

violence against demonstrators. Member of the Assad family; cousin of

President Bashar al-Assad.

9.5.2011

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293. Abdelkader Sabra;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in 27.1.2015

the telecommunications, oil, plastic and tabacco industry sectors and close

business relations with Maher al-Assad. He is linked to smuggling activities.

He benefits from and provides support to the Syrian regime, through his

business activities.

Associate of Maher al-Assad, including through his business activities.

33.

Place of birth: Latakia, Syria;

(a.k.a. Aiman Jaber)

Gender: male

(‫)ﺃﻳﻤﻦ ﺟﺎﺑﺮ‬

Leading businessman operating in Syria, involved in the steel, media,

27.1.2015

consumable goods and oil sectors, including in trading those goods. He has

financial interests and/or holds senior executive positions in a number of

companies and entities in Syria, in particular Al Jazira (a.k.a. Al Jazerra, El

Jazireh), Dunia TV and Sama Satellite Channel.

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Ayman JABIR

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Through his company Al Jazira, Ayman Jabir has facilitated the importation

of oil from Overseas Petroleum Trading to Syria.

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Name

Ayman Jabir benefits from and provides support to the Syrian regime,

through his business interests.

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Provides direct support for and plays a leading role in activities of regimeaffiliated militias known as Shabiha and/or Suqur as-Sahraa. He is an

honorary president of “Wafa lil-Watan” (loyalty to homeland), which is an

association providing aid to families of Syrian soldiers and militias.

Associate of Rami Makhlouf through his business activities, and an associate

of Maher al-Assad through his role in regime-affiliated militias.

48.

Samir HASSAN

Gender: male

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

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.

114.

Emad Abdul-Ghani SABOUNI

Date of birth: 1964;

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

(‫)ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﺻﺎﺑﻮﻧﻲ‬

Gender: male

Former Minister of Telecommunications and Technology, in office until at 27.2.2012

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

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

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.

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(‫)ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺴﻦ‬

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in 27.9.2014

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 Syria-Russia Business Council and plays a

significant role in the economic relations with the Russian Federation

through the Syria-Russia Business Council.

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139.

Identifying information

Major General Hussam LUQA

Date of birth: 1964;

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

Louqa, Louca, Louka, Luka)

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

(‫)ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﻟﻮﻗﺎ‬

George HASWANI

(a.k.a. Heswani; Hasawani; Al

Hasawani)

Address: Damascus Province,

Yabroud, Al Jalaa St, Syria;

Former Head of the Security Committee of the Southern Region from 2018 24.7.2012

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

From April 2012 to 2 December 2018, was head of the Homs branch of the

Political Security Directorate (succeeded Brigadier General Nasr al-Ali).

Since 3 December 2018, head of the Political Security Directorate. Director

of the General Intelligence Department since 2019. Responsible for the

torture of opponents in custody.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in 7.3.2015

the engineering, construction and oil and gas sectors. He holds interests in

and/or has significant influence in a number of companies and entities in

Syria, in particular HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, a major

engineering and construction company.

Gender: male

204.

Emad HAMSHO

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

Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho;

Hemasho, ‫)ﺣﻤﻴﺸﻮ‬

(‫)ﺣﻤﺸﻮ ﻋﻤﺎﺩ‬

Address: Hamsho Building 31

Baghdad Street, Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Occupies a senior management position in Hamsho Trading. As a result of 7.3.2015

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 vice-president of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel alongside

designated regime businessmen such as Ayman Jabir. Hamsho’s assets

include Syrian Metal Industries, a steel plant outside Damascus, which

Hamsho has supplied with scrap metal looted by pro-government militias

over the course of the war. He is also an associate of President Bashar

al-Assad.

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Other information: Hesco

Engineering and Construction

Company Ltd is registered at the

same London address as British firm,

Savero Ltd.;

Date of listing

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245.

Identifying information

Muhammad Yousef HASOURI

Rank: Brigadier General;

(a.k.a. Mohammad Yousef Hasouri;

Mohammed Yousef Hasouri)

Gender: male

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ ﺣﺎﺻﻮﺭﻱ‬

Date of birth: 1954;

(a.k.a. Jaez Sawada al-Hammoud

al-Mousa; Jayez al-Hammoud

al-Moussa)

Place of birth: Hama, Syria;

Rank: Major General;

(‫)ﺟﺎﻳﺰ ﺭﻳﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﻤﻮﺳﻰ‬

Gender: male

Khaled AL-ZUBAIDI

Nationality: Syrian;

(a.k.a. (Mohammed) Khaled/Khalid

(Bassam) (al-) Zubaidi/Zubedi)

(‫)ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﺍﻟﺰﺑﻴﺪﻱ‬

Brigadier General Muhammad Hasouri is a senior officer of the Syrian Air 18.7.2017

Force, in post after May 2011. He held the position as Chief of Staff of Air

Force Brigade 50 and Deputy Commander of the Shayrat Airbase. Brigadier

General Muhammad Hasouri operates in the chemical weapons proliferation

sector and was involved in the chemical massacre in “Khan Sheikhoun” of

4 April 2017. As a senior military officer he is responsible for the violent

repression of the civilian population in Syria.

Former Governor of Hasaka, appointed by President Bashar al-Assad; he is

associated with President Bashar al-Assad.

18.7.2017

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and former Chief of Staff of

the Syrian Air Force.

As a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force, he is responsible for the violent

repression of the civilian population in Syria, including the use of chemical

weapons attacks by the Syrian regime during his tenure as Chief of Staff of

the Syrian Air Force, as identified in the report of the Joint Investigative

Mechanism established by the United Nations.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with significant investments in 21.1.2019

the construction industry, including a 50 % stake in Zubaidi and Qalei LLC,

Position: Co-owner of Zubaidi and

which is constructing the luxury tourist city Grand Town and to which the

Qalei LLC; Director of Agar

regime has granted a 45-year agreement in return for 19-21 % of its revenue.

Investment Company; General

Khaled al-Zubaidi benefits from and/or supports the Syrian regime through

Manager of Al Zubaidi company and

his business activities, in particular through this stake in the Grand Town

Al Zubaidi & Al Taweet Contracting

development.

Company; Director and Owner of

Zubaidi Development Company;

Khaled Zubaidi signed a (350 000 USD worth) sponsorship with a Syrian

co-owner of Enjaz Investment

football club “Wihda FC” through one of his companies “Hijaz Company”.

Company;

Member of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Tourism since 2019.

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271.

Jayyiz Rayyan AL-MUSA

Date of listing

EN

247.

Reasons

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Name

Gender: male

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283.

Identifying information

Mohammed Nazer JAMAL EDDIN

(a.k.a. Nazir Ahmad, Mohammed

Jamal Eddine ; Jamal Aldiyn)

(‫)ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻧﺎﺫﺭ ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ‬

Reasons

Date of listing

Date of birth: 2.1.1962;

Gender: male

284.

Mazin AL-TARAZI

(a.k.a.

al-Tarazi)

Date of birth: September 1962;

; Mazen

(‫)ﻣﺎﺯﻥ ﺍﻟﺘﺮﺯﻱ‬

285.

Samer FOZ

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

Zuhair Foz; Samer Foz bin Zuhair)

(‫)ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Position: Businessperson;

Gender: male

Date of birth: 20 May 1973;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with significant investments in 21.1.2019

the construction and aviation sectors. Through his investments and

activities, Mazin al-Tarazi benefits from and/or supports the Syrian regime.

In particular, Mazin al-Tarazi has concluded a deal with Damascus Cham

Holding for a USD 320 million investment in the construction of Marota

City, a regime-backed luxury residential and commercial development. He

has also been granted a licence for a private airline in Syria. In September

2019, he created “al-Dana Group Investments LLC”, a 25 million SYP

company involved in export-import and investing in tourism facilities and

commercial complexes.

21.1.2019

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and activities in

multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. Samer Foz provides financial and other

Place of birth: Homs, Syria / Latakia,

support to the Syrian regime, including funding the Military Security Shield

Syria;

Forces in Syria and brokering grain deals. He also benefits financially from

access to commercial opportunities through the wheat trade and

Nationalities: Syrian, Turkish;

reconstruction projects as a result of his links to the regime.

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Position: Co-founder and majority

shareholder of Apex Development

and Projects LLC and founder of

A’ayan Company for Projects and

Equipment;

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Leading businessperson operating in Syria with significant investments in 21.1.2019

the construction industry, including a controlling 90 % stake in Apex

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Development and Projects LLC, which has entered into a USD 34,8 million

joint venture for the construction of Marota City, a regime-backed luxury

Nationality: Syrian;

residential and commercial development. Through his participation in

Passport number: N 011612445,

the Marota City development, Mohammed Nazer Jamal Eddin benefits from

issue no. 002-17-L022286 (place of and/or supports the Syrian regime. In May 2019, Jamal Eddin created

issue: Syrian Arab Republic);

“Trillium Private JSC”, a 15 million SYP company involved in the trade of

ID Number: 010-30208342 (place building materials and electrical products.

of issue: Syrian Arab Republic);

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Turkish Passport number:

Samer Foz opened a sugar refining factory (“Samer Foz Factory”) in 2021 in

U 09471711 (place of issue Turkey; support of the Syrian regime’s objective to increase sugar production across

expiry date 21.7.2024);

the country.

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Syrian national number:

06010274705;

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Name

Address: Platinum Tower, office

No 2405, Jumeirah Lake Towers,

Dubai, UAE;

Gender: male

287.

Hussam AL QATARJI

Date of birth: 1982;

(a.k.a. Hussam/Hossam Ahmed/

Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;

Mohammed/Muhammad al-Katerji)

Nationality: Syrian;

(‫)ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺮﺟﻲ‬

Position: CEO of Katerji Group (a.k.a. Hussam Al Qatarji, with his family, has secured a license to create a new

bank, the National Islamic Bank. They have also acquired a new cement plant

Al Qatarji, Al Qatarji

Company/Qatirji Company/ Khatirji from the government, through one of their companies, Nabd Contracting

Group/Katerji International Group); and Construction. They also expanded in the tourism sector creating Arman

Hotel and Tourist Management LLC. They also entered into a joint venture

Gender: male

with the ministry of tourism “Bere Aleppo Private JSC”. Hussam Al Qatarji

and his family also run a militia in Aleppo. In Oct. 2021, Qaterji’s BS

Company for Oil Services signed a deal with the regime to supply gas

stations with fuel in regime held areas.

290.

Waseem AL-KATTAN

Date of birth: 4.3.1976;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria benefiting from and supporting 17.2.2020

the regime. Owner of multiple businesses and holding companies with

(‫)ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺎﻥ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

interests and activities in various economic sectors such as real estate, the

luxury hotel industry and commercial centres. Waseem al-Kattan rose

(a.k.a. Waseem, Wasseem, Wassim, Position: President of Damascus

rapidly as a leading businessman by imposing taxes on goods smuggled into

Wasim; Anouar; al-Kattan, al-Katan, Countryside (Rural) Province

Eastern Ghouta under siege, and is now involved in aggressive forms of

al-Qattan, al-Qatan;

Chamber of Commerce;

clientelism to the benefit of the regime. Waseem al-Kattan benefits

‫ ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻮﺍﺭ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺎﻥ‬,‫)ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﻗﻄﺎﻥ‬

Relatives/business associates/entities financially from favoured access to public tenders as well as to licences and

or partners/links:

contracts awarded by government agencies as a result of his close ties to the

regime.

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Leading businessperson operating in Syria, who is also a Member of the

21.1.2019

Syrian Parliament. Al Qatarji supports and benefits from the Syrian regime

through enabling, and profiting from, trade deals with the regime in relation

to oil and wheat.

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

EN

Larosa Furniture/Furnishing;

In 2020, Al-Kattan was elected member of the Damascus Chamber of

Jasmine Fields Company Ltd.; Muruj Commerce. In November 2021, Al-Kattan was appointed secretary of the

Cham (Murooj al-Cham) Investment Federation of Syrian chambers of commerce by the Syrian Government,

and Tourism Group; Adam and

despite having lost elections.

Investment LLC; Universal Market

Company LLC; Treasurer of the

Federation of Syrian Chambers of

Commerce;

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Name

Gender: male

294.

Khodr Ali TAHER

(a.k.a. ‫)ﺧﻀﺮ ﻋﻠﻲ ﻃﺎﻫﺮ‬

Date of birth: 1976;

Relatives/business associates/entities

or partners/links:

Citadel for Protection; Guard and

Security Services (Castle Security

and protection); Ematel LLC (Ematel

Communications); Syrian Hotel

Management Company; Jasmine

Contracting Company;

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Leading businessperson operating across multiple sectors of the Syrian

17.2.2020’

economy, including private security, mobile phone retail, hotel

Nationality: Syrian;

management, advertising services, domestic money transfer, alcoholic and

Position: Director and owner of Ella non-alcoholic beverages.

Media Services; founding partner of

Supports and benefits from the Syrian regime through cooperation in his

Castle Security and Protection and of

business activities and his involvement in smuggling and profiteering

Jasmine Contracting Company;

activities. Khodr Ali Taher owns a number of companies and has co-founded

Chairman and founding partner of

others. His involvement in business dealings with the regime includes

the Syrian Hotel Management

entering into a joint venture with the Syrian Transport and Tourism

Company; Manager and owner of

Company, of which the Ministry of Tourism owns a two-thirds stake.

Ematel;

Gender: male

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Name

Identifying information

Bena Properties

2.

Al Mashreq Investment Fund (AMIF) P.O. Box 108, Damascus, Syria;

18.

Cham Holding Building, Daraa Highway, Ashrafiyat

Sahnaya Rif Dimashq, Syria, P.O. Box 9525

Held 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.

Date of listing

23.6.2011

Held by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the Syrian 23.6.2011

regime.

(a.k.a. Sunduq Al Mashrek Al

Istithmari)

Tel: +963 112110059 / 963 112110043;

Syriatel

Syriatel Mobile Telecom Building, Amman Road, Daraa Provides financial support to the Syrian regime: through 23.9.2011

Highway, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area, Damascus, Syria, P. its licensing contract it pays 50 % or more of its profits to

O. Box 2900;

the Government.

Fax: +963 933333149

Fax: +963 11 23 73 97 19;

Email: [email protected];

Website: http://syriatel.sy/

Mechanical Construction Factory

(MCF)

P.O. Box 35202, Industrial Zone, Al-Qadam Road,

Damascus, Syria

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive

equipment by the CERS.

1.12.2011

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive

equipment by the CERS.

1.12.2011

Tel :+963 011 5810719 ; +963 11 4474579 ; +963 11

5810718 ; +963 11 5810719;

Email:[email protected] and [email protected]

25.

Syronics – Syrian Arab Co. for

Electronic Industries

Kaboon Street, PO Box 5966, Damascus, Syria;

Tel: +963 11 5111352;

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Tel: +963 11 61 26 270;

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

Fax: +963 11 5110117

Email: [email protected]

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26.

Handasieh – Organization for

Engineering Industries

Identifying information

P.O. Box 5966, Abou Bakr Al-Seddeq St., Damascus,

Syria

Reasons

Date of listing

Front company for the acquisition of sensitive

equipment by the CERS.

1.12.2011

Subsidiary of the Commercial Bank of Syria already

listed. Provides financial support to the Syrian regime.

23.1.2012

Provides financial support to the Syrian regime.

27.2.2012

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Name

and

P.O. Box 2849, Al-Moutanabi Street, Damascus, Syria

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and

P.O. Box 21120, Baramkeh, Damascus, Syria;

Tel: + 96311 2121824; +963 11 2121825; +963 11

2131307;

Email: [email protected]

34.

Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank

Hamra Branch : Hamra Street, Darwish and Fakhro

Building, P.O. Box 113-5127/11-8701, Beirut, Lebanon

Mar Elias Branch: Mar Elias Street, Fakhani Building, P.O.

Box 145 796, Beirut, Lebanon

Tel:+961 1741666;

Fax: +961 1738214;

Website: www.slcb.com.lb

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Central Bank of Syria

Sabah Bahrat Square, Damascus, Syria

Postal address: Altjreda al Maghrebeh Square, Damascus,

Syria, P.O. Box: 2254

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Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank Building, 6th Floor,

Makdessi Street, Hamra, P.O. Box 11-8701, Beirut,

Lebanon;

Tel : +961011 - 9985

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.cb.gov.sy/

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The Baniyas Refinery Company

(a.k.a. Banias; Banyas)

The Homs Refinery Company

(a.k.a Hims, General Company for

Homs Refinery)

Reasons

Date of listing

Banias Refinery Building, 26 Latkia Main Road, Tartous, Subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and 23.7.2014

P.O. Box 26, Syria;

Distribution of Petroleum Products (GCRDPP), a section

of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. As

352, Tripoli Street, PO Box 352, Homs

such it provides financial support to the Syrian regime.

General Company for Homs Refinery Building, 352

Tripoli Street, Homs, P.O. Box 352, Syria

Tel: 963-3125-16401

Subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and 23.7.2014

Distribution of Petroleum Products (GCRDPP), a section

of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. As

such it provides financial support to the Syrian regime.

EN

57.

Identifying information

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Name

Fax: 963-3124-70101

Email : [email protected]

67.

Hamsho Building, 31 Baghdad Street, Damascus, Syria

(a.k.a. Hamsho Group; Hmisho

Trading Group; Hmisho Economic

Group)

Hamsho group, Damascus countryside – northern roadring, Hamsho for trading and constructions;

As such, Hamsho Trading is associated with a designated

entity, Hamsho International.

Email: [email protected];

Supports the Syrian regime through its subsidiaries,

Tel: 00963 (11) 3227530

including Syria Steel. Through its subsidiaries it is

associated with groups such as the pro-regime Shabiha

militias.

Al Qatarji Company

Type of entity: private company;

Subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been

designated by the Council.

7.3.2015

Prominent company operating across multiple sectors of 17.2.2020

the Syrian economy. By facilitating fuel, arms and

(a.k.a. Qatarji International Group; Business sector: import/export; trucking; supply of oil

ammunition trade between the regime and various

Al-Sham and Al-Darwish Company; and commodities;

actors including ISIL (Da’esh) under the pretext of

Qatirji/Khatirji/Katarji/Katerji

Name of Director/Management: Hussam Al Qatarji, CEO importing and exporting food items, supporting militias

Group)

fighting alongside the regime and taking advantage of its

(designated by the Council);

ties with the regime to expand its commercial activity, Al

(‫ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﻗﺎﻃﺮﺟﻲ‬/‫)ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ‬

Ultimate beneficial owner: Hussam Al Qatarji

Qatarji Company – whose board is headed by designated

(designated by the Council);

person Hussam Al Qatarji, a member of the Syrian

People’s Assembly – supports and benefits from the

Registered address: Mazzah, Damascus, Syria;

Syrian regime.

Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links:

Arvada/Arfada Petroleum Company JSC

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Identifying information

Damascus Cham Holding Company Type of entity: public-owned company under private

law;

(a.k.a. Damascus Cham Private Joint

Stock Company

Business sector: real estate development;

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Date of listing

Damascus Cham Holding Company was established by 17.2.2020’

the regime as the investment arm of the Governorate of

Damascus in order to manage the properties of the

Governorate of Damascus and implement the Marota

City project, a luxurious real estate project based on

expropriated land under Decree No 66 and Law No 10 in

particular.

By managing the implementation of Marota City,

Damascus Cham Holding (whose Chairman is the

Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Governor of Damascus) supports and benefits from the

Rami Makhlouf (designated by the Council); Samer Foz Syrian regime and provides benefits to businesspeople

(designated by the Council); Mazen Tarazi (designated by with close ties to the regime who have struck lucrative

the Council); Talas Group, owned by businessman Anas deals with this entity through public-private

Talas (designated by the Council); Khaled al-Zubaidi

partnerships.

(designated by the Council).

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Name of Director/Management: Adel Anwar al-Olabi,

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Governor of

Damascus (designated by the Council);

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Ultimate beneficial owner: Governorate of Damascus;

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