Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1517 of 27 May 2024 implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

Official Journal

of the European Union

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2024/1517

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1517

of 27 May 2024

implementing Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation

in Syria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 of 18 January 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the

situation in Syria and repealing Regulation (EU) No 442/2011 (1), and in particular Article 32 thereof,

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

Whereas:

(1)

On 18 January 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of

the situation in Syria.

(2)

On the basis of a review of those measures, the entries for five deceased persons, as well as the entry for one

additional individual, should be deleted from the list of natural and legal persons, entities or bodies set out in

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012. Additionally, the entries for 96 natural persons and 1 entity in that list

should be updated and amended.

(3)

Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 May 2024.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(1)

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Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as follows:

(1) in Section A ‘(Persons)’:

(i) the following six entries are deleted:

23. Zoulhima CHALICHE;

41. Ali DOUBA;

145. Michel KASSOUHA;

227. Ahmad AL-HAMU;

289. Mahir Burhan Eddine AL-IMAM;

337. Mustafa AL-MASALMAH; and

(ii) the following 96 entries are replaced by the following:

Name

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

9.

Abd al-Fatah (

(

)

Diplomatic passport No 983;

Reasons

Date of listing

Presidential advisor for security affairs since January 2024. Former Vice

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

the National Security Bureau. Former Head of Syrian Intelligence Directorate

involved in violence against demonstrators.

9.5.2011

Officer of the rank of Major General in the Syrian Armed Forces in post after

May 2011.

9.5.2011

Gender: male

) QUDSIYAH Date of birth: 4.2.1953;

Place of birth: Hama, Syria;

Diplomatic passport No D0005788;

Gender: male

Deputy Director of the National Security Bureau of the Ba’ath Party. Former

Head of the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate. Involved in violent

repression of the civilian population in Syria.

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Identifying information

14.

Brigadier General Mohammed

BILAL

Identifying information

Date of birth: 25.5.1971;

Gender: male

(a.k.a. Lieutenant Colonel

Muhammad Bilal)

16.

20.

Faruq ( ) (a.k.a. Farouq,

Farouk) AL SHAR’ ( ) (a.k.a.

Al Char’, Al Shara’, Al Shara)

Date of birth: 1.1.1938;

Bassam ( ) AL HASSAN (

(a.k.a. Al Hasan)

) Date of birth: 6.3.1962;

Gender: male

Place of birth: Sheen, Homs, Syria;

Reasons

Date of listing

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

Former Vice-President of Syria; involved in violence against the civilian

population.

23.5.2011

Presidential Advisor for Strategic Affairs; head of the General Secretariat of the

National Defence. Involved in violence against the civilian population.

23.5.2011

Former head of the Department for Internal Security of the General Intelligence

Directorate; involved in violence against the civilian population.

1.8.2011

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Name

Rank: Major General;

Gender: male

31.

Major General Tawfiq ( ) (a.k. Date of birth: 5.1.1956;

a. Tawfik) YOUNES (

) (a.k.a.

Gender: male

Yunes)

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33.

Identifying information

Ayman JABIR

Date of birth: 17.1.1967;

(a.k.a. Aiman Jaber)

Place of birth: Latakia, Syria;

(‫)ﺃﻱﻡﻥ ﺝﺍﺏﺭ‬

Gender: male

Reasons

Date of listing

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

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.

27.1.2015

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

oil from Overseas Petroleum Trading to Syria.

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

his business interests. Provides direct support for and plays a leading role in

activities of regime-affiliated 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.

34.

Hayel ( ) AL-ASSAD ( )

Date of birth: 8.9.1968;

(a.k.a. Hael al-Asad (‫ ))ﻩﺍﻯﻝﺍﻝﺃﺱﺩ‬Gender: male

Major General Rafiq (

) (a.k. Date of birth: 5.1.1956;

a. Rafeeq) SHAHADAH ( ) (a.

Place of birth: Jablah, Latakia Province, Syria;

k.a. Shahada, Shahade,

Shahadeh, Chahada, Chahade, Gender: male

Chahadeh, Chahada)

23.8.2011

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after

May 2011. Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (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

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Assistant to Maher al-Assad; Head of the military police unit of the army’s 4th

Division, involved in repression.

46.

48.

Identifying information

Brigadier-General Ghassan ( )

KHALIL ( ) (a.k.a. Khaleel)

Date of birth: 3.5.1957;

Samir HASSAN

Date of birth: 10.8.1953;

(‫)ﺱﻡﻱﺭ ﺡﺱﻥ‬

Gender: male

Gender: male

Reasons

Date of listing

Head of General Intelligence Directorate’s Information Branch. Directly involved

in repression of and violence against the civilian population in Syria.

23.8.2011

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 Syria-Russia Business Council and plays a significant role in the economic

relations with the Russian Federation through the Syria-Russia Business Council.

27.9.2014

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Name

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.

49.

Fares (

) CHEHABI (

(a.k.a. Fares Shihabi; Fares

Chihabi)

)

Son of Ahmad Chehabi;

Date of birth: 7.9.1972;

Gender: male

President of the Aleppo Chamber of Industry; Chairman of the Federation of

Chambers of Industry since 16.12.2018. Vice-Chairman of Cham Holding.

Provides economic support to the Syrian regime. Member of Syrian Parliament

since 2016.

2.9.2011

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51.

Identifying information

Issam ( ) ANBOUBA (

)

President of Anbouba for Agricultural

Industries Co.;

Date of birth: 18.3.1952;

Reasons

Date of listing

Leading businessperson active in different sectors of the Syrian economy, such

as agriculture, real estate and banking. Financial relations with high-ranking

Syrian officials. Co-founder of Cham Holding.

2.9.2011

Former Vice President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of

Defence.

14.11.2011

Place of birth: Homs, Syria;

Gender: male

56.

Ali ( ) Abdullah ( ) (a.k.a.

Abdallah) AYYUB ( ) (a.k.a.

Ayyoub, Ayub, Ayoub, Ayob)

Date of birth: 28.4.1952;

Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;

Gender: male

58.

Date of birth: 9.12.1958;

General Ghassan (

( ) (a.k.a. Bilal)

Date of birth: 19.9.1966;

) BELAL

Gender: male

Gender: male

High-ranking officer. Close to Maher al-Assad and President Bashar al-Assad.

Former positions: Commander of the 40th Brigade (4th Division) between 2011

and 2014; deputy Commander of the 4th Division in 2015; Commander of the

2nd Corps in 2016. Involved in the crackdown on the civilian population across

Syria, including arbitrary arrests, mass killings and forced displacements of

civilian population.

14.11.2011

Head of the 4th Division security bureau, head of the 555th paratrooper

regiment. Adviser to Maher al-Assad and coordinator of security operations.

Responsible for the crackdown on the civilian population across Syria and

involved in several breaches of cessation of hostilities in the Ghouta.

14.11.2011

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Major General Aous ( ) (a.k.a.

Aws, Aus) “Ali” ASLAN ( )

Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011.

Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the

Syrian regime and responsible for repression of and violence against the civilian

population in Syria.

64.

66.

Mujahed ( ) ISMAIL (

a. Ismael)

Identifying information

) (a.k. Date of birth: 1.1.1977;

Major General Kifah ( )

MOULHEM ( ) (a.k.a.

Moulhim, Mulhem, Mulhim,

Milhem)

Gender: male

Date of birth: 28.11.1961;

Place of birth: Junaynat Ruslan, Tartous pro­

vince, Syria;

Gender: male

77.

Brigadier Khalil ( ) (a.k.a.

Khaleel) ZGHRAYBIH

(

,

) (a.k.a. Zghraybeh,

Zghraybe, Zghrayba,

Zghraybah, Zaghraybeh,

Zaghraybe, Zaghrayba,

Zaghraybah, Zeghraybeh,

Zeghraybe, Zeghrayba,

Zeghraybah, Zughraybeh,

Zughraybe, Zughrayba,

Zughraybah, Zighraybeh,

Zighraybe, Zighrayba,

Zighraybah)

Date of birth: 4.2.1955;

Reasons

Date of listing

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

Head of the National Security office since January 2024. Former Head of the

Military Intelligence Directorate appointed in March 2019. Former Head of the

Security Committee in the Southern region and former deputy head of the

Military Intelligence directorate, leading the regime’s operation in Homs and

Aleppo regions. Responsible for the crackdown on the civilian population in

Deir ez-Zor and the main individual responsible for the violent repression

committed by the Military Intelligence Directorate (Branch 248) throughout

2011 and 2012 as well as torture and severe violations on detainees.

14.11.2011

14th Division. Military official involved in the violence in Homs.

1.12.2011

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82.

87.

Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed) AL-SHAAR (

(a.k.a. al-Chaar, al-Sha’ar,

al-Cha’ar)

Major General Ramadan ( )

Mahmoud ( ) RAMADAN

(

)

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1.10.1950;

)

Reasons

Date of listing

Political Security Division. Military official involved in the violence in Homs.

1.12.2011

Ordered troops to shoot protestors in Baniyas and Deraa.

23.1.2012

Gender: male

Date of birth: 10.3.1962;

Position: Commander of the 35th Special

Forces Regiment;

Gender: male

Major General Naim ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 16.2.1954;

Naaeem, Naeem, Na’eem,

Position: Commander of the 3rd Division;

Naaim, Na’im) Jasem ( )

)

SULEIMAN (

Gender: male

Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Douma.

23.1.2012

91.

Major General Fo’ad ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 3.10.1955;

Fouad, Fu’ad) HAMOUDEH ( )

Position: Commander of the military opera­

(a.k.a. Hammoudeh,

tions in Idlib;

Hammoude, Hammouda,

Hammoudah)

Gender: male

Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Idlib at the beginning of September

2011.

23.1.2012

93.

Brigadier General Ghassan (

AFIF ( ) (a.k.a. Afeef)

Commander of military operations in Homs, Baniyas and Idlib.

23.1.2012

) Date of birth: 10.2.1958;

Position: Commander of the 45th Regiment;

Gender: male

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

99.

Major General Mohamed ( ) Date of birth: 13.1.1976;

(a.k.a. Mohammad, Muhammad,

Position: Commander of the 106th Brigade,

Mohammed) KHADDOR (

)

Presidential Guard;

(a.k.a. Khaddour, Khaddur,

Khadour, Khudour)

Gender: male

Gave orders to troops to beat protesters with sticks and then arrest them.

Responsible for repression of peaceful protestors in Douma.

23.1.2012

102.

Ahmed ( ) (a.k.a. Ahmad)

DIBE ( ) (a.k.a. Dib, Deeb)

As Head of the Deraa Regional Branch of the General Security Directorate,

responsible for arbitrary detention and torture of detainees in Deraa.

23.1.2012

Former Minister of Finance, in office until 9.2.2013. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the

civilian population.

1.12.2011

Former Minister of State, in office until at least 2014. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the

civilian population.

23.3.2012

Head of Deraa Regional Branch (General

Security Directorate);

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Date of birth: 15.11.1961;

Gender: male

108.

112.

Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Mohammed) AL-JLEILATI

(

)

Date of birth: 13.6.1945;

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

Hussein ( ) (a.k.a. Hussain)

Date of birth: 6.9.1957;

)

Mahmoud ( ) FARZAT (

Place of birth: Hama, Syria;

(a.k.a. Hussein Mahmud Farzat)

Gender: male

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113.

Identifying information

Mansour ( ) Fadlallah (

AZZAM ( )

) Date of birth: 15.3.1960;

Place of birth: Sweida Province, Syria;

(a.k.a. Mansur Fadl Allah Az­

zam)

126.

Bouthaina (

( )

Reasons

Date of listing

Minister for Presidency Affairs. As a Government Minister, shares responsibility

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

27.2.2012

Political and Media Advisor to the President since July 2008 and as such

associated with the violent crackdown on the civilian population.

26.6.2012

Gender: male

) SHAABAN

Date of birth: 1.4.1953;

Place of birth: Homs, Syria;

(a.k.a. Buthaina Shaaban)

Gender: female

Brigadier General Sha’afiq ( ) Date of birth: 5.7.1956;

(a.k.a. Shafiq, Shafik) MASA ( )

Place of birth: Al-Zara (Hama), Syria;

(a.k.a. Massa)

Gender: male

Head of Branch 215 (Damascus) of the army’s intelligence service. Responsible

for the torture of detained opponents. Involved in repressive actions against

civilians.

24.7.2012

130.

Brigadier General Muhammad

( ) (a.k.a. Mohammed)

KHALLOUF ( ) (a.k.a. Abou

Ezzat)

Date of birth: 2.11.1946;

Former (2009-2014) Head of Branch 235 a.k.a. “Palestine” (Damascus) of the

army’s intelligence service, which is at the centre of the army’s apparatus of

repression. Directly involved in repression of opponents. Responsible for the

torture of opponents in custody.

24.7.2012

Brigadier General Jawdat (

AL-AHMED ( ) (a.k.a.

al-Ahmad)

Date of birth: 8.2.1958;

Head of the Homs Branch of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service.

Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody as well as killings of

peaceful protesters.

24.7.2012

133.

)

Gender: male

Place of birth: Qardaha, Lattakia province,

Syria;

Gender: male

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134.

Colonel Qusay Ibrahim

MIHOUB

(‫)ﻕﺹﻱ ﺇﺏﺭﺍﻩﻱﻡ ﻡﻱﻩﻭﺏ‬

Identifying information

Date of birth: 15.4.1961;

Place of birth: Derghamo, Jableh, Lattakia,

Syria;

Gender: male

139.

Major General Hussam LUQA

Date of birth: 20.9.1960;

(a.k.a. Husam, Housam,

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Houssam; Louqa, Louca, Louka,

Gender: male

Luka)

(‫)ﺡﺱﺍﻡ ﻝﻭﻕﺍ‬

146.

General Ghassan Jaoudat

ISMAIL

Date of birth: 3.1.1959;

(a.k.a. Ismael)

Place of birth: Junaynat Ruslan — Darkoush,

Tartous region, Syria;

(‫)ﻍﺱﺍﻥ ﺝﻭﺩﺕ ﺍﺱﻡﺍﻉﻱﻝ‬

Gender: male

Reasons

Date of listing

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.

24.7.2012

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 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.

24.7.2012

Former Head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service. 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

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Reasons

Date of listing

148.

General Mohammed (

) (a.k. Date of birth: 8.10.1964;

a. Muhammad, Mohamed,

Gender: male

Mohammad) Ali ( ) NASR ( )

(a.k.a. Mohammed Ali Naser)

Close to Maher al-Assad, younger brother of President Bashar al-Assad. Most of

his career has been spent in the Republican Guard. In 2010 he joined the

internal branch (Branch 251) of the General Intelligence Directorate which is

responsible for combatting the political opposition. As one of its senior officers,

General Mohammed Ali Nasr is directly involved in the repression of opponents.

24.7.2012

151.

Samir (

) (a.k.a. Sameer)

JOUMAA ( ) (a.k.a. Jumaa,

Jum’a, Joum’a)

For almost 20 years he has been head of the office of Mohammad Nassif Kheir

Bek, one of the main security advisers of President Bashar al-Assad (and officially

deputy to the Vice President, Farouk al-Sharaa). Samir Joumaa’s closeness to

President Bashar al-Assad and Mohammed Nassif Kheir Bek means that he is

implicated in the policy of repression conducted by the Syrian regime against its

opponents.

24.7.2012

Date of birth: 8.3.1962;

Gender: male

(a.k.a. Abou Sami)

Dr. Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.

Date of birth: 23.12.1958;

Mohamed, Muhammad,

Place of birth: Tartous, Syria;

Mohammed) Abdul-Sattar

(

) (a.k.a. Abd al-Sattar) AL Gender: male

SAYED (

) (a.k.a. Al Sayyed)

Minister of Religious Endowments. As a Government Minister, shares

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

population.

16.10.2012

158.

Subhi ( ) Ahmad ( ) AL

ABDALLAH ( ) (a.k.a.

al-Abdullah)

Former Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the

civilian population.

16.10.2012

Date of birth: 17.8.1951;

Gender: male

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160.

Dr. Hazwan ( ) AL WEZ (

(a.k.a. Al Wazz)

Identifying information

) Date of birth: 7.3.1962;

Gender: male

Reasons

Former Minister of Education, appointed in July 2016.

Date of listing

16.10.2012

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

162.

Dr. Mahmoud ( ) Ibraheem Date of birth: 30.5.1953;

(

) (a.k.a. Ibrahim) SA’IID

Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;

(

) (a.k.a. Said, Sa'eed, Saeed)

Gender: male

Former Minister of Transport in power after May 2011. As a former

Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression of the civilian population.

16.10.2012

163.

Dr. Safwan (

Former Minister of Housing and Urban Development. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the

civilian population.

16.10.2012

Former Minister of Public Works. As a former Government Minister, shares

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

population.

16.10.2012

Former Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the

civilian population.

16.10.2012

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.

16.10.2012

) AL ASSAF (

) Date of birth: 13.3.1959;

Gender: male

164.

165.

172.

Yasser ( ) (a.k.a. Yaser) AL

SIBA’II ( ) (a.k.a. al-Sibai,

al-Siba’i, al Sibaei)

Date of birth: 26.3.1951;

Sa’iid ( ) (a.k.a. Sa’id, Sa’eed,

Saeed) MA’THI ( ) (a.k.a.

Mu’zi, Mu’dhi, Ma’dhi, Ma’zi,

Maazi) Hneidi ( )

Date of birth: 5.9.1954;

Ali HADAR (a.k.a. HAIDAR)

Date of birth: 21.7.1962;

Gender: male

Gender: male

Gender: male

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188.

Bishr Riyad YAZIGI

Identifying information

Date of birth: 13.11.1972;

Gender: male

190.

Hussein ARNOUS (a.k.a. Arnus) Date of birth: 1.1.1953;

(‫)ﺡﺱﻱﻥ ﻉﺭﻥﻭﺱ‬

Place of birth: Idleb, Syria;

Gender: male

193.

Suhayl (a.k.a. Sohail, Suhail,

Suheil) HASSAN (a.k.a. Hasan,

al-Hasan, al-Hassan) known as

“The Tiger” (a.k.a. al-Nimr)

Date of birth: 10.6.1970;

Reasons

Date of listing

Advisor to President Bashar al-Assad. Former Minister of Tourism. As a former

Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression of the civilian population.

24.6.2014

Prime Minister. Appointed in August 2020.

24.6.2014

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression of the civilian population.

Officer of the rank of Major-General in the Syrian Army after May 2011.

Commander of army division known as “Tiger Forces”. Since August 2019,

“Tiger Forces” has been renamed “Division 25 Special Mission Forces” and

placed under the army’s central command. Responsible for the violent

repression of the civilian population in Syria.

23.7.2014

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

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

Address: Hamsho Building 31 Baghdad Street,

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

Damascus, Syria;

and is associated with that entity.

Gender: male

He is 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.

7.3.2015

Place of birth: Jableh, Latakia Province, Syria;

Rank: Major-General;

Position: Commander of Qawat al-Nimr (Divi­

sion 25 Special Mission Forces, formerly

known as Tiger Forces);

Gender: male

Emad HAMSHO

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

Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho;

Hemasho, ‫)ﺡﻡﻱﺵﻭ‬

(‫)ﺡﻡﺵﻭ ﻉﻡﺍﺩ‬

Date of birth: 10.8. 1960;

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Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after

May 2011. Former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI), Branch 293

(Internal Affairs), since April 2015. Responsible for repression of and violence

against the civilian population in Damascus/Damascus Countryside. Former

Deputy Head of Political Security (2012), Officer of the Syrian Republican

Guard and Vice-Director of the Political Security Directorate. Former head of

Military Police, Member of the National Security Bureau.

29.5.2015

Position: Major General, Deputy Director of Air Member of the Syrian security and intelligence services in post after May 2011;

Force Intelligence Directorate in Damascus;

Deputy Director of the Air Force Intelligence Directorate in Damascus;

(a.k.a. Adib Salamah; Adib Sal­

previously Head of Air Force Intelligence in Aleppo.

ama; Adib Salame; Mohammed Date of birth: 26.11.1953;

Adib Salameh; Adib Nimr Sala­

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

Gender: male

meh)

higher in post after May 2011; holds the rank of Major General.

28.10.2016

206.

Major General Muhamad (

) Date of birth: 4.6.1959;

(a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad)

Place of birth: Jableh, Syria;

MAHALLA ( ) (a.k.a. Mahla,

Mualla, Maalla, Muhalla)

Gender: male

207.

Adib SALAMEH

(

209.

)

Responsible for the violent repression of 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.

Jawdat Salbi MAWAS

Position: Major General;

(a.k.a. Jawdat Salibi Mawwas;

Jawdat Salibi Mawwaz)

Date of birth: 4.6.1954;

(

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)

Gender: male

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.

28.10.2016

As a senior ranking officer of the Syrian Artillery and Missile Directorate, he is

responsible for violent repression of the civilian population, including the use of

missiles and chemical weapons by Brigades under his command in highly

populated civilian areas in Ghouta in 2013.

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Name

210.

Tahir (

) Hamid (

)

KHALIL ( ) (a.k.a. Tahir

Hamid Khali; Khalil Tahir

Hamid)

Identifying information

Position: Major General;

Date of birth: 3.7.1955;

Gender: male

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 civilian areas in Ghouta in 2013.

28.10.2016

211.

Hilal HILAL (a.k.a. Hilal al-Hilal) Date of birth: 30.6.1966;

(

)

Gender: male

Member of the regime-affiliated militias known as “Kataeb al-Baath” (the Baath

Party militia). Vice-Chairman of the Baath Party. Supports the Syrian regime

through his role in the recruitment and organisation of the Baath Party militia.

28.10.2016

213.

Bishr AL-SABBAN

Former Governor of Damascus, who was appointed by, and is associated with,

President Bashar al-Assad. Supports the Syrian regime and is responsible for the

violent repression of the civilian population in Syria, including engaging in

discriminatory practices against Sunni communities within the capital.

28.10.2016

Minister of Water Resources since December 2023. Former Minister of local

Administration and environment.

14.11.2016

Date of birth: 18.3.1966;

(a.k.a. Mohammed Bishr al-Sab­ Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

ban; Bishr Mazin al-Sabban)

Gender: male

218.

Date of birth: 1964;

(a.k.a. Makhluf)

Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;

(

Gender: male

)

Former Governor of Damascus Governorate.

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression of the civilian population.

Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

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Hussein MAKHLOUF

219.

Ali AL-ZAFIR

)

(

Identifying information

Date of birth: 15.5.1962;

Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;

Reasons

Date of listing

Former Minister of Communications and Technology. As a former Government

Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the

civilian population.

14.11.2016

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

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

population.

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

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Gender: male

221.

Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed,

Muhammad, Mohammad)

Ramez TOURJMAN (a.k.a.

Tourjuman)

(

223.

225.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Gender: male

)

Ali HAMOUD

Date of birth: 15.9.1964;

Former Transport Minister.

(a.k.a. Hammoud)

Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;

(

Gender: male

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

)

Maamoun (a.k.a. Ma’moun)

HAMDAN

(

230.

Date of birth: 19.4.1966;

)

Date of birth: 27.7.1958;

Former Finance Minister.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

Gender: male

Salwa ABDULLAH

Date of birth: 1953;

Former Minister of social affairs and labour.

(

Place of birth: Quneitra, Syria;

Former State Minister.

Gender: female

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

)

14.11.2016

14.11.2016

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234.

238.

Duraid DURGHAM

Badi’ MU’ALLA

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of birth: 27.12.1964;

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

Gender: male

Was responsible for providing economic and financial support to the Syrian

regime through his functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria,

which is also listed.

Date of birth: 5.4.1961;

Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior officer and Commander of 63rd

Brigade of the Syrian Arab Air Force, in post after May 2011.

Place of birth: Bistuwir, Jablah, Syria;

Date of listing

14.11.2016

21.3.2017

Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and, as Commander of

Rank: Brigadier General; Commander of Syrian

the 63rd Brigade during the period investigated by the Joint Investigative

Arab Air Force 63rd Brigade;

Mechanism, is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population

through the use of chemical weapons by the 63rd Brigade in Talmenes

Gender: male

(21.4.2014), Qmenas (16.3.2015) and Sarmin (16.3.2015).

240.

246.

Date of birth: 31.12.1977;

Malik HASAN

Rank: Major General;

(a.k.a. Malek Hassan)

Date of birth: 1.1.1959;

(

Gender: male

)

Economy and Foreign Trade Minister. Appointed in March 2017.

30.5.2017

Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and Commander of the 22nd

Division of the Syrian Air Force, in post after May 2011.

18.7.2017

Gender: male

As a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force and in the chain of command of the

22nd Division, he is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian

population in Syria, including the use of chemical weapons by aircraft operating

from airbases under the control of the 22nd Division, such as the attack on

Talmenas that the Joint Investigative Mechanism established by the United

Nations reported was conducted by Hama airfield-based regime helicopters.

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Mohammad Samer

Abdelrahman AL-KHALIL

268.

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

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

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

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

population. Responsible for firing scud missiles at various civilian sites

between January and March 2013.

21.10.2014

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with significant investments in the

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

Position: Co-owner of Zubaidi and Qalei LLC;

constructing the luxury tourist city Grand Town and to which the regime has

Director of Agar Investment Company; General

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

Manager of Al Zubaidi company and Al

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

Zubaidi & Al Taweet Contracting Company;

activities, in particular through this stake in the Grand Town development.

Director and Owner of Zubaidi Development

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

Company; 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. President

Date of birth: 10.4.1976;

of the Syrian-Algerian Business Council.

Gender: male

21.1.2019

Date of birth: 1.4.1957;

Minister of the Interior.

4.3.2019

Place of birth: Idleb, Syria;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression of the civilian population.

Ghassan Ahmed GHANNAM

Date of birth: 2.2.1957;

(a.k.a. Major General Ghassan

Ghannan, Brigadier General

Ghassan Ahmad Ghanem)

Rank: Major General;

Position: Commander of the 155th Missile

Brigade;

Gender: male

271.

Khaled AL-ZUBAIDI

(a.k.a. (Mohammed)

Khaled/Khalid (Bassam) (al-)

Zubaidi/Zubedi)

(‫)ﺥﺍﻝﺩ ﺍﻝﺯﺏﻱﺩﻱ‬

275.

Major General Mohammad

Khaled AL-RAHMOUN

Nationality: Syrian;

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276.

282.

Identifying information

Mohammad Rami Radwan

MARTINI

Date of listing

Date of birth: 31.8.1970;

Minister of Tourism.

Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;

Appointed in November 2018.

Gender: male

As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent

repression of the civilian population.

Anas TALAS

Date of birth: 25.3.1975;

21.1.2019

(a.k.a.

; Anas

Talous/Tals/Tuls/Tlass)

Nationality: Syrian;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and activities in

multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. Through his business activities and

investments, Anas Talas also benefits from and/or supports the Syrian regime. In

2018 the Talas Group, chaired by Anas Talas, entered into a SYP 23 billion joint

venture with Damascus Cham Holding for the construction of Marota City,

a regime-backed luxury residential and commercial development.

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with significant investments in 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 mil­

lion 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. Mazin Al-Tarazi is

a member of the Syrian-Iranian Business Council (SIBC) and served as an

intermediary for the Iranian regime to purchase real estate in Syria.

21.1.2019

Position: Chairperson of the Talas Group;

Gender: male

284.

Reasons

Mazin AL-TARAZI

(a.k.a.

al-Tarazi)

(‫)ﻡﺍﺯﻥ ﺍﻝﺕﺭﺯﻱ‬

Date of birth: 1.9.1962;

; Mazen

Nationality: Syrian;

Position: Businessperson;

Gender: male

4.3.2019

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287.

Identifying information

Hussam AL QATARJI

Date of birth: 1.1.1982;

(a.k.a. Hussam/Hossam Ah­

med/Mohammed/Muhammad

al-Katerji)

Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;

(‫)ﺡﺱﺍﻡ ﺍﻝﻕﻁﺭﺝﻱ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Reasons

Date of listing

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

21.1.2019

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Hussam Al Qatarji, with his family, has secured a license to create a new bank,

Position: CEO of Katerji Group (a.k.a. Al

Qatarji, Al Qatarji Company/Qatirji Company/ the National Islamic Bank. They have also acquired a new cement plant from the

government, through one of their companies, Nabd Contracting and

Khatirji Group/Katerji International Group);

Construction. They also expanded in the tourism sector creating Arman Hotel

Gender: male

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

ministry of tourism “Bere Aleppo Private JSC”. Hussam Al Qatarji and his family

also run a militia in Aleppo. In October 2021, Qaterji’s BS Company for Oil

Services signed a deal with the regime to supply gas stations with fuel in regime

held areas.

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290.

Waseem AL-KATTAN

(‫)ﻭﺱﻱﻡ ﺍﻝﻕﻁﺍﻥ‬

(a.k.a. Waseem, Wasseem,

Wassim, Wasim; Anouar;

al-Kattan, al-Katan, al-Qattan,

al-Qatan; ‫ ﻭﺱﻱﻡ‬,‫ﻭﺱﻱﻡ ﻕﻁﺍﻥ‬

‫)ﺃﻥﻭﺍﺭ ﺍﻝﻕﻁﺍﻥ‬

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of birth: 20.6.1976;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria benefitting from and supporting the

regime. Owner of multiple businesses and holding companies with interests and

Nationality: Syrian;

activities in various economic sectors such as real estate, the luxury hotel

industry and commercial centres. Waseem al-Kattan rose rapidly as a leading

Syrian National ID Number: 10090110187

businessperson by imposing taxes on goods smuggled into Eastern Ghouta

Position: President of Damascus Countryside

under siege, and is now involved in aggressive forms of clientelism to the benefit

(Rural) Province Chamber of Commerce;

of the regime. Waseem al-Kattan benefits financially from favoured access to

Relatives/business associates/entities or partner­ public tenders as well as to licences and contracts awarded by government

agencies as a result of his close ties to the regime.

s/links:

Date of listing

17.2.2020

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

Larosa Furniture/Furnishing; Jasmine Fields

Company Ltd.; Muruj Cham (Murooj al-Cham) Commerce. In November 2021, Al-Kattan was appointed secretary of the

Federation of Syrian chambers of commerce by the Syrian Government, despite

Investment and Tourism Group; Adam and

having lost elections. In 2022, Al-Kattan was appointed Chairman of the

Investment LLC; Universal Market Company

Syrian-Omani Business Council.

LLC; Treasurer of the Federation of Syrian

Chambers of Commerce;

Gender: male

292.

Saqr RUSTOM

Nationality: Syrian;

17.2.2020

Date of birth: 4.12.1947;

Gender: male

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Head of the local branch of the National Defence Force in Homs (a regime

militia — Shabiha). Responsible for its participation in the brutal repression of

(a.k.a. Saqr, Saqer; As’ad, Asaad, Position: Head of National Defence Force in

the civilian population in Syria. Through his militia, Saqr Rustom is responsible

Asad; al-Rustom, al-Rostom;

Homs;

for multiple war profiteering schemes and is therefore benefitting from and

‫ ﺹﻕﺭﺃﺱﻉﺩﺍﻝﺭﺱﺕﻡ‬,‫)ﺹﻕﺭﺭﺱﺕﻡ‬

supporting the Syrian regime. Associated with designated person Bassam

Relatives/business associates/entities or part­

ners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Hassan, his uncle, with whom he established the Damas Real Estate

Development and Investment LLC in order to invest in real estate projects.

Investment LLC;

294.

Identifying information

Khodr Ali TAHER

Date of birth: 15.5.1976;

(a.k.a. ‫)ﺥﺽﺭ ﻉﻝﻱ ﻁﺍﻩﺭ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Position: Director and owner of Ella Media

Services; founding partner of Castle Security

and Protection and of Jasmine Contracting

Company; Chairperson and founding partner

of the Syrian Hotel Management Company;

Manager and owner of Ematel;

Relatives/business associates/entities or part­

ners/links:

Reasons

Date of listing

Leading businessperson operating across multiple sectors of the Syrian

economy, including private security, mobile phone retail, hotel management,

advertising services, domestic money transfer, alcoholic and non-alcoholic

beverages.

17.2.2020

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Supports and benefits from the Syrian regime through cooperation in his

business activities and his involvement in smuggling and profiteering activities.

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

involvement in business dealings with the regime includes entering into a joint

venture with the Syrian Transport and Tourism Company, of which the Ministry

of Tourism owns a two-thirds stake.

Citadel for Protection; Guard and Security

Services (Castle Security and protection); Ema­

tel LLC (Ematel Communications); Syrian Hotel

Management Company; Jasmine Contracting

Company;

Gender: male

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295.

Identifying information

Adel Anwar AL-OLABI

Date of birth: 10.1.1976;

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

Adil Anwar al-Olabi)

Nationality: Syrian;

(‫)ﻉﺍﺩﻝ ﺃﻥﻭﺭ ﺍﻝﻉﻝﺏﻱ‬

Position: Chairman of Damascus Cham Hold­

ing Company (DCHC); Governor of Damascus;

Gender: male

298.

Reasons

Date of listing

Leading businessperson benefitting from and supporting the Syrian regime.

Chairperson 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.

Darem TABA’A

Date of birth: 7.4.1958;

Former Minister of Education. Appointed in August 2020.

(‫)ﺩﺍﺭﻡ ﻁﺏﺍﻉ‬

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

Gender: male

16.10.2020

Tammam RA’AD (a.k.a. Tamam, Date of birth: 1965;

Former Minister of Hydraulic/Water Resources.

Raad)

Place of birth: Al-Qusayr, Syria; or Homs, Syria; As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

(‫)ﺕﻡﺍﻡ ﺭﻉﺩ‬

Gender: male

16.10.2020

303.

Bassam TOU’MA (a.k.a. TU’MA) Date of birth: 1969;

Former Minister of oil and mineral resources.

6.11.2020

(‫)ﺏﺱﺍﻡ ﻁﻉﻡﺓ‬

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression against the civilian population.

Place of birth: Safita, Syria;

Gender: male

305.

Ziyad SABBAGH

Date of birth: 1960;

Former Minister of Industry.

(‫)ﺯﻱﺍﺩ ﺹﺏﺍﻍ‬

Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression against the civilian population.

Gender: male

6.11.2020

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308.

Mohamad (a.k.a. Mohammad)

Fayez BARCHA (a.k.a.

AL-BARSHA, AL-BARASHA)

(‫)ﻡﺡﻡﺩ ﻑﺍﻱﺯ ﺏﺭﺵﺓ‬

310.

Identifying information

Date of birth: 1955;

Former Minister of State.

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression against the civilian population.

Gender: male

Mohammad Samir HADDAD

Date of birth: 1956;

Former Minister of State.

(‫)ﻡﺡﻡﺩ ﺱﻡﻱﺭ ﺡﺩﺍﺩ‬

Place of birth: Tartous, Syria;

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression against the civilian population.

Gender: male

312.

Amr SALEM

Date of birth: January 1958;

Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.

(‫)ﻉﻡﺭﻭ ﺱﺍﻝﻡ‬

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s

violent repression of the civilian population.

Gender: male

318.

322.

329.

Reasons

Hala Tarif ALMAGHOUT

Date of birth: 30.6.1980;

‫ﻩﻝﺍ ﻁﺭﻱﻑ ﺍﻝﻡﺍﻍﻭﻁ‬

Gender: female

Sara Mohammed MAKHLOUF

Date of birth: 2.9.1980;

‫ﺱﺍﺭﻩ ﻡﺡﻡﺩ ﻡﺥﻝﻭﻑ‬

Gender: female

Mudar Rifaat AL-ASSAD

Date of birth: 12.2.1964;

a.k.a. “Rifa’at”

Place of birth: Syria;

‫ﻡﺽﺭ ﺭﻑﻉﺕ ﺍﻝﺃﺱﺩ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Date of listing

6.11.2020

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6.11.2020

15.11.2021

Widow of Mohammed Makhlouf. Member of the Makhlouf family.

21.2.2022

Daughter of Mohammed Makhlouf. Member of the Makhlouf family.

21.2.2022

Mudar Rifaat al-Assad is Bashar al-Assad’s cousin; he is therefore a member of

the Assad family.

24.4.2023

Gender: male

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Name

335.

Identifying information

Taher AL-KAYALI

Date of birth: 11.7.1960;

‫ﻁﺍﻩﺭ ﺍﻝﻙﻱﺍﻝﻱ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Gender: male

336.

Imad Abu ZUREIQ

Date of birth: 9.2.1979;

Emad Abu ZURAIQ

Place of birth: Nasib, Daraa (Syria);

Imad Abu ZREIK

Nationality: Syrian;

‫ﻉﻡﺍﺩ ﺃﺏﻭ ﺯﺭﻱﻕ‬

Suspected location: Daraa, Syria;

Gender: male

338.

Hassan Muhammad DAQQOU

Date of birth: 17.1.1978;

‫ﺡﺱﻥ ﻡﺡﻡﺩ ﺩﻕﻭ‬

Place of birth: Tfail, Lebanon;

Gender: male

Date of listing

Taher Al-Kayali is a Syrian businessperson who owns several companies

including Neptunus LLC.

24.4.2023

Through his companies, he is involved in the production and trafficking of

Captagon, especially in terms of transportation from the port of Latakia. The

Captagon trade has become a regime-led business model, enriching the inner

circle of the regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from and

supports the regime.

Imad Abu Zureiq is a leading member of a regime-affiliated militia in Southwest

Syria that reports directly to the Syrian regime’s Military Security branch.

24.4.2023

Currently his militia profits from the war economy, including the trafficking in

Captagon. The Captagon trade has become a regime-led business model,

enriching the inner circle of the regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore

benefits from and supports the regime.

Hassan Muhammad Daqqou has close ties with the Fourth Division of the Syrian

Army. Daqqou has established a wide drug trafficking network in Lebanon and

Syria and built Captagon manufacturing plants close to the Syrian-Lebanese

border. The Captagon trade has become a regime-led business model, enriching

the inner circle of the regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from

and supports the regime.

24.4.2023

OJ L, 28.5.2024

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1517/oj

Nationality: Syrian/Lebanese;

Reasons

339.

Identifying information

Reasons

Jihad BARAKAT

Date of birth: 4.3.1964;

Jihad Barakat is, through marriage, associated with the Assad family.

‫ﺝﻩﺍﺩ ﺏﺭﻙﺍﺕ‬

Place of birth: Qardahah/Syria;

He is also leader of a regime-affiliated militia and continues to hold different

military and intelligence functions for the regime.

Nationality: Syrian;

Date of listing

24.4.2023

OJ L, 28.5.2024

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1517/oj

Name

Gender: male

346.

Osama AL-MALIKI

Date of birth: 10.2.1963;

a.k.a. Usama

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

‫ﺃﺱﺍﻡﺓ ﺍﻝﻡﺍﻝﻙﻱ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Osama al-Maliki is majority owner of Al-Jabal Security and Protection LLC.

Al-Jabal Security and Protection LLC acts as a shell company to allow for the

continuation of activities of the Saraya al-Areen 313 militia, a regime-affiliated

militia. Osama al-Maliki therefore benefits from and supports the regime.

24.4.2023

Ahmad Ali Taher owns shares in Castle Security and Protection LLC, which

operates as a shell company for the Fourth Division of the Syrian Arab Army,

led by Maher al-Assad. He therefore benefits from and supports the regime.

24.4.2023

Address: Villa 98, Sharqiyyat, Jazira al-Khamisa,

Qura al-Assad, Damascus Coutryside, Syria;

Other identifying information: Father: Mo­

hammad al-Maliki — ‫ﻡﺡﻡﺩ ﺍﻝﻡﺍﻝﻙﻱ‬

Gender: male

348.

Ahmad Ali TAHER

Date of birth: 1.1.1982;

‫ﺍﺡﻡﺩ ﻉﻝﻱ ﻁﺍﻩﺭ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Address: Damascus, Mazze, Western Villas,

Saraya 36 Building, 3rd Floor;

Associated individuals: Brother: Khodr Taher;

Associated entities: Castle Security and Protec­

tion LLC;

Other identifying information: Father: Ali

Taher;

Gender: male

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Name

350.

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

Osama Ramadan owns shares in Castle Security and Protection LLC, which

operates as a shell company for the Fourth Division of the Syrian Arab Army,

led by the Maher al-Assad. He therefore benefits from and supports the regime.

24.4.2023

Ali Suleiman was the leader of the Sahab Regiment of a Syrian Arab Army

division known as “Tiger Forces”. He is a close associate of Suhayl Hassan. He

Place of birth: Al-Raml, Kherbet Maaza, Tartus,

has been involved in financing the regime, including through the smuggling of

Syria;

fuel. He also benefits from his association with the regime, such as from

opportunities in real estate development. He therefore benefits from and

Nationality: Syrian;

supports the regime.

Address: Tartus, Khirbit Maaza, 36th Estate,

Ghaya Estate Area;

24.4.2023

Osama RAMADAN

Date of birth: 19.12.1973;

a.k.a. Usama

Nationality: Syrian;

‫ﺃﺱﺍﻡﺓ ﺭﻡﺽﺍﻥ‬

Address: Damascus, Mazze, Western Villas,

Saraya 36 Building, 3rd Floor;

Business Associate: Ahmad Ali Taher;

Associated entities: Castle Security and Protec­

tion LLC;

Other identifying information: Father: Hassan

Ramadan;

Gender: male

351.

Ali Mhanna SULEIMAN

‫ﻉﻝﻱ ﻡﻩﻥﺍ ﺱﻝﻱﻡﺍﻥ‬

Date of birth: 2.3.1987;

Father’s Name: Mhanna;

Mother’s Name: Insaf;

Gender: male

OJ L, 28.5.2024

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1517/oj

National ID Number: 10040018920;

354.

Identifying information

Yasser Hussein Ibrahim

Date of birth: 9.4.1983;

a.k.a. Yassar Hussein Ibrahim

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

‫ﻱﺱﺍﺭ ﺡﺱﻱﻥ ﺇﺏﺭﺍﻩﻱﻡ‬

Nationality: Syrian;

Gender: male

Reasons

Date of listing

Yasser Ibrahim is an economic advisor to Bashar al-Assad and acts in the

economic council run by Asma al-Assad. Together with Ali Najib Ibrahim he

operates a number of shell companies, and acts as a front for business activities

of Bashar Al-Assad and Asma Al-Assad. Therefore, Yasser Ibrahim is benefitting

from and supporting the Syrian regime.

22.1.2024’;

Reasons

Date of listing

Al-Aqila is an insurance company in Syria. The company is owned and operated

by businesspersons associated with the Syrian regime, such as Aji Najib Ibrahim.

22.1.2024’.

OJ L, 28.5.2024

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1517/oj

Name

(2) in Section B ‘(Entities)’, entry 95 is replaced by the following:

Name

‘95.

Identifying information

Al-Aqila Company

Place of registration: Damascus, Syria;

(a.k.a. al-Akila/Al-Aqeela

Insurance Company)

Date of registration: 2007;

Principal place of business: Syria

Therefore, the Al-Aqila Company is supporting and benefitting from the Syrian

regime.

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لائحة تنفيذية من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية وتحديث بيانات عدد من الضباط المشمولين بها.