Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2025/1095 of 27 May 2025 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria
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2025/1095
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2025/1095
of 27 May 2025
implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in
Syria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP of 31 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation
in Syria (1), and in particular Article 30(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1)
On 31 May 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
(2)
On the basis of a review of Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the entries for 22 entities should be deleted from the list of
natural and legal persons, entities or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to that Decision, as well
as the entries in Annexes II and III. Additionally, the entries for 302 natural persons and 50 entities set out in
Annex I to that Decision should be updated and amended.
(3)
Decision 2013/255/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended in accordance with 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.
Done at Brussels, 27 May 2025.
For the Council
The President
A. SZŁAPKA
(1)
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ANNEX
Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP is amended as follows:
(i) in Section ‘A. Persons’, the following 302 entries are replaced by the following:
Name
‘1.
Bashar (
) AL-ASSAD (
Identifying information
)
Date of birth: 11.9.1965;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Reasons
Date of listing
Former President of the Republic; person authorising and supervising the
crackdown on demonstrators.
23.5.2011
Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Colonel and the equivalent or
higher in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime; Major General
of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army’s 4th
Armoured Division under the former al-Assad regime. Member of the Assad
family; brother of former President Bashar al-Assad.
9.5.2011
Presidential advisor for security affairs since January 2024 under the former
al-Assad regime. 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
Former Head of the Political Security Directorate in Dara’a under the former
al-Assad regime. Involved in violence against demonstrators. Member of the
Assad family; cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad.
9.5.2011
Diplomatic passport No D1903;
Gender: male
2.
Maher ( ) (a.k.a. Mahir)
AL-ASSAD ( )
Date of birth: 8.12.1967;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Diplomatic passport No 4138;
Position: Major General of the 42nd Brigade
and former Brigadier Commander of the
Army’s 4th Armoured Division
Gender: male
3.
Gender: male
4.
Atif NAJIB (a.k.a. Atef; Atej
Najeeb)
()ﻋﺎﻃﻒ ﻧﺠﻴﺐ
Place of birth: Jablah, Syria;
Rank: Brigadier General;
Gender: male
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Ali MAMLUK (a.k.a. Ali
Date of birth: 19.2.1946;
Mamlouk; Ali al-Mamlouk; Abu
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Ayham)
()ﻋﻠﻲ ﺍﻟﻤﻤﻠﻮﻙ; ﺃﺑﻮ ﺃﻳﻬﻢ; ﻋﻠﻲ ﻣﻤﻠﻮﻙ
Diplomatic passport No 983;
5.
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Colonel and Head of Unit in General Intelligence Directorate, Damascus
Branch in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime. Member of the
Makhlouf family; cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad.
9.5.2011
Muhammad ( ) Dib ( )
Date of birth: 20.5.1951;
Director of the National Security Bureau since July 2019 under the former
ZAYTUN ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Assad regime. Former Head of the General Security Directorate; involved in
Mohammed Dib Zeitoun; a.k.a. Place of birth: Jubba, Damascus province, Syria; violence against demonstrators.
Mohamed Dib Zeitun)
Diplomatic passport No D000001300;
9.5.2011
Hafiz ( ) MAKHLOUF (
(a.k.a. Hafez Makhlouf)
Identifying information
)
Date of birth: 2.4.1971;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
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Diplomatic passport No 014637352;
Gender: male
6.
Gender: male
7.
Amjad ( ) ABBAS ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Abbas)
Gender: male
Former head of Political Security in Banyas under the former al-Assad regime,
involved in violence against demonstrators in Baida. Promoted to the rank of
Colonel in 2018.
9.5.2011
8.
Rami (
Date of birth: 10.7.1969;
Leading businessman operating in Syria with interests in the financial services,
transport and property sectors. He has financial interests in and/or holds senior
and executive positions in the investment funds Al Mashreq, Bena Properties and
Cham Holding.
9.5.2011
) MAKHLOUF (
)
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Passport No 000098044;
Issue No 002-03-0015187;
Gender: male
9.
Abd al-Fatah (
(
)
) QUDSIYAH Date of birth: 4.2.1953;
Place of birth: Hama, Syria;
Diplomatic passport No D0005788;
Gender: male
He furnishes financing and support to the former al-Assad regime, through his
business interests.
He is an influential member of the Makhlouf family and closely connected to the
Assad family; cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad.
Officer of the rank of Major General in the Syrian Armed Forces in post after May
2011 under the former al-Assad regime.
9.5.2011
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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10.
Jamil ( ) (a.k.a. Jameel)
HASSAN ( ) (a.k.a. al-Hassan)
Identifying information
Date of birth: 7.7.1953;
Place of birth: Qusayr, Homs province, Syria;
Former Head of Syrian Air Force Intelligence;
Reasons
Date of listing
Officer of the rank of Major-General in the Syrian Air Force in post after May
2011 under the former al-Assad regime. Former head of the Syrian Air Force
Intelligence in post after May 2011 and until July 2019. Responsible for violent
repression of the civilian population in Syria.
9.5.2011
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Name
Gender: male
11.
Mohammad Mouti’
Date of birth: 1968;
MOUAYYAD (a.k.a. Mohammad
Place of birth: Ariha (Idlib), Syria;
Muti’a Moayyad)
Gender: male
Former Minister of State in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014) under
the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population.
21.10.2014
12.
Ghazwan Rifaat Kheir BEK
(a.k.a. Ghazqan Kheir Bek)
Former Minister of Transport in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014)
under the former al-Assad regime. He was previously General Director of the Port
of Tartus. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
21.10.2014
Munzir (
) (a.k.a. Mundhir,
Date of birth: 1.3.1961;
Involved in violence against the civilian population as part of the Shabiha militia
Monzer) Jamil ( ) AL-ASSAD
under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Kerdaha, Latakia Province, Syria;
(
)
Passports No 86449 and No 842781;
9.5.2011
Date of birth: 10.3.1961;
Place of birth: Al-Shamiyah, Latakia, Syria;
ID Number: 06010037444;
Gender: male
13.
Gender: male
Brigadier General Mohammed Date of birth: 25.5.1971;
BILAL (a.k.a. Lieutenant Colonel
Gender: male
Muhammad Bilal)
As a senior officer in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service under the former
al-Assad regime, he supports the former al-Assad 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
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15.
Kamal CHEIKHA (a.k.a. Kamal
al-Sheikha)
Identifying information
Date of birth: 1961;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
16.
17.
Faruq (
) (a.k.a. Farouq,
Farouk) AL SHAR’ (
) (a.k.a.
Al Char’, Al Shara’, Al Shara)
Date of birth: 1.1.1938;
Hassan NOURI (a.k.a. Hassan
al-Nouri)
Date of birth: 9.2.1960;
Gender: male
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
18.
Mohammed ( ) HAMCHO (
) Date of birth: 20.5.1966;
Passport No 002954347;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of Water Resources in power after May 2011 (appointed
27.8.2014) under the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister,
shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the
civilian population.
21.10.2014
Former Vice President of Syria under the former al-Assad regime; involved in
violence against the civilian population.
23.5.2011
Former Minister of Administrative Development in power after May 2011
(appointed 27.8.2014) under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, he shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
21.10.2014
Leading businessman operating in Syria, with interests in the engineering and
construction, media, hospitality and health sector. He has financial interests in
and/or holds senior and executive positions within a number of companies in
Syria, in particular Hamsho International, Hamsho Communication, Mhg
International, Jupiter for Investment and Tourism project and Syria Metal
Industries.
27.1.2015
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He plays an important role in the business community in Syria as general
secretary of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce (appointed by the then
Minister for economy Khodr Orfali in December 2014), chairman of the
China-Syria Bilateral Business Councils (since March 2014) and chairman of the
Syrian Metal and Steel Council (since December 2015).
He has close business relationships with key figures of the former al-Assad
regime, including Maher al-Assad.
He benefits from and provides support to the former al-Assad regime through his
business interests, and is associated with persons benefiting from and providing
support to that regime.
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19.
Iyad ( ) (a.k.a. Eyad)
MAKHLOUF ( )
Identifying information
Date of birth: 21.1.1973;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Passport No N001820740;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Member of the Makhlouf family; son of Mohammed Makhlouf, brother of Hafez
Makhlouf and Rami Makhlouf and brother of Ihab Makhlouf; cousin of former
President Bashar al-Assad.
23.5.2011
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Name
Member of the Syrian security and intelligence services in post after May 2011
under the former al-Assad regime.
As an officer in the General Intelligence Directorate, involved in violence against
the civilian population in Syria.
20.
Bassam (
) AL HASSAN (
(a.k.a. Al Hasan)
) Date of birth: 6.3.1962;
Place of birth: Sheen, Homs, Syria;
Presidential Advisor for Strategic Affairs under the former al-Assad regime; head
of the General Secretariat of the National Defence. Involved in violence against
the civilian population.
23.5.2011
Leading businessman operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime. He
has business interests in several Syrian companies and entities, including Ramak
Construction Co and Syrian International Private University for Science and
Technology (SIUST).
23.5.2011
Rank: Major General;
Gender: male
22.
Ihab MAKHLOUF (a.k.a. Ehab,
Iehab)
()ﺍﻳﻬﺎﺏ ﻣﺨﻠﻮﻑ
Date of birth: 21.1.1973;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Passport no: N002848852;
Gender: male
Riyad ( ) CHALICHE (
)
(a.k.a. Shalish, Shaleesh) (a.k.a.
Riyad Shalish)
Function: chairman of Riyad Isa Development Former Director of Military Housing Establishment; provides funding to the
Corporation;
former al-Assad regime; first cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad.
23.6.2011
Gender: male
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He is an influential member of the Makhlouf family and closely connected to the
Assad family; cousin of former 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.
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
25.
Brigadier Commander
Date of birth: 1.9.1957;
Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.
Place of birth: Yazd, Iran;
Mohamed, Muhammad,
Mohammed) Ali ( ) JAFARI
Gender: male
(
) (a.k.a. Jaafari, Ja’fari, Aziz;
a.k.a. Jafari, Ali; a.k.a. Jafari,
Mohammad Ali; a.k.a. Ja’fari,
Mohammad Ali; a.k.a.
Jafari-Naja-fabadi, Mohammad
Ali)
Head of “Baqiayt Allah”, cultural organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps. General Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps until
21.4.2019, involved in providing equipment and support to help the former
al-Assad regime suppress protests in Syria.
23.6.2011
27.
Hossein (
) TAEB (
) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 1963;
Taeb, Hassan; a.k.a. Taeb,
Place of birth: Tehran, Iran;
Hosein; a.k.a. Taeb, Hossein;
a.k.a. Taeb, Hussayn; a.k.a.
Gender: male
Hojjatoleslam Hossein Ta’eb)
Director of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Service. Former
Deputy Commander for Intelligence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
involved in providing equipment and support to help the former al-Assad regime
suppress protests in Syria.
23.6.2011
28.
Khalid (a.k.a. Khaled) QADDUR Gender: male
(a.k.a. Qadour, Qaddour,
Kaddour)
()ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﻗﺪﻭﺭ
Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in the
telecommunications, oil, plastic and tobacco industry sectors and close business
relations with Maher al-Assad. He is linked to smuggling activities.
27.1.2015
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He benefits from and provides support to the former al-Assad regime, through his
business activities.
Associate of Maher al-Assad, including through his business activities.
29.
Ra’if ( ) AL-QUWATLY ( )
(a.k.a. Ri’af al-Quwatli a.k.a.
Raeef al-Kouatly)
Date of birth: 3.2.1967;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Business associate of Maher al-Assad and responsible for managing some of his
business interests; provides funding to the former al-Assad regime.
23.6.2011
Gender: male
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
30.
Mohammad (a.k.a. Muhammad, Date of birth: before 1964
Mohamed, Mohammed,
Gender: male
Muhamad) al-MUFLEH (a.k.a.
al-Muflih)
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in the town of Hama under the former
al-Assad regime; involved in the crackdown on demonstrators.
1.8.2011
31.
Major General Tawfiq (
)
(a.k.a. Tawfik) YOUNES (
)
(a.k.a. Yunes)
Date of birth: 5.1.1956;
Former head of the Department for Internal Security of the General Intelligence
Directorate under the former al-Assad regime; involved in violence against the
civilian population.
1.8.2011
Ayman JABIR (a.k.a. Aiman
Jaber)
()ﺃﻳﻤﻦ ﺟﺎﺑﺮ
Date of birth: 17.1.1967;
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
33.
Gender: male
Place of birth: Latakia, Syria;
Gender: male
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Name
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 former al-Assad 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.
Hayel ( ) AL-ASSAD ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 8.9.1968;
Hael al-Asad
Gender: male
())ﻫﺎﯨﻼﻷﺳﺪ
Assistant to Maher al-Assad; Head of the military police unit of the army’s 4th
Division under the former al-Assad regime, involved in repression.
23.8.2011
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Identifying information
) (a.k.a. Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Director of the supplies office of the Syrian Ministry of Defence under the former
al-Assad regime, entry point for all arms acquisitions by the Syrian army during
the former al-Assad regime.
23.8.2011
35.
Ali ( ) AL-SALIM (
al-Saleem)
37.
Major General Rafiq ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 5.1.1956;
Rafeeq) SHAHADAH ( ) (a.k.a.
Place of birth: Jablah, Latakia Province, Syria;
Shahada, Shahade, Shahadeh,
Chahada, Chahade, Chahadeh, Gender: male
Chahada)
Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after
May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime. Former Head of Syrian Military
Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus. Directly involved in
repression of and violence against the civilian population in Damascus. Advisor
to former President Bashar al-Assad for strategic questions and military
intelligence.
23.8.2011
42.
Brigadier-General Nawful ( )
(a.k.a. Nawfal, Nofal, Nawfel)
AL-HUSAYN (
) (a.k.a.
al-Hussain, al-Hussein)
Gender: male
Idlib Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch Chief under the former al-Assad
regime. Directly involved in repression of and violence against the civilian
population in Idlib province.
23.8.2011
43.
Brigadier Husam (
( )
Gender: male
Presidential Adviser on Security Affairs under the former al-Assad regime.
Presidential Adviser for security agencies’ repression of and violence against the
civilian population in Syria.
23.8.2011
44.
Brigadier-General Muhammed
Gender: male
( ) (a.k.a. Muhamad) ZAMRINI
(
) (a.k.a. Zamreni)
Branch Chief for Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) in Homs under the former
al-Assad regime. Directly involved in repression of and violence against the
civilian population in Homs.
23.8.2011
45.
Munir ( ) (a.k.a. Mounir,
Mouneer, Monir, Moneer,
Muneer) ADANOV ( ) (a.k.a.
Adnuf, Adanof)
Officer of the rank of Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief of General Staff,
Operations and Training for the Syrian Army in post after May 2011 under the
former al-Assad regime. In his position as Deputy Chief of General Staff he was
directly involved in repression of and violence against the civilian population in
Syria.
23.8.2011
) SUKKAR
Date of birth: 1951;
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
Passport No 0000092405;
Position: Deputy Chief of General Staff,
Operations and Training, Syrian Army during
the former al-Assad regime;
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Rank: Lieutenant-General, Syrian Arab Army;
Gender: male
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46.
47.
48.
Identifying information
Brigadier-General Ghassan ( )
KHALIL ( ) (a.k.a. Khaleel)
Date of birth: 3.5.1957;
Mohammed ( ) (a.k.a.
Mohammad, Muhammad,
Mohamed) JABIR ( ) (a.k.a.
Jaber)
Place of birth: Latakia, Syria;
Samir HASSAN
()ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺴﻦ
Date of birth: 10.8.1953;
Gender: male
Gender: male
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Head of General Intelligence Directorate’s Information Branch under the former
al-Assad regime. Directly involved in repression of and violence against the
civilian population in Syria.
23.8.2011
Shabiha militia under the former al-Assad regime. Associate of Maher al-Assad for
the Shabiha militia. Directly involved in repression of and violence against the
civilian population, and in coordination of Shabiha militia groups.
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 former al-Assad regime with cash donations.
Samir Hassan is associated with persons benefitting from or supporting the
former al-Assad regime. In particular, he is associated with Rami Makhlouf and
Issam Anbouba, who have been designated by the Council and benefit from the
former al-Assad regime.
49.
Fares ( ) CHEHABI (
)
(a.k.a. Fares Shihabi; Fares
Chihabi)
Son of Ahmad Chehabi;
Date of birth: 7.9.1972;
2.9.2011
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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 former al-Assad regime. Member of Syrian
Parliament since 2016.
50.
Tarif ( ) AKHRAS (
Akhras (
))
Identifying information
) (a.k.a. Al Date of birth: 2.6.1951;
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
Syrian passport No 0000092405;
Gender: male
51.
Issam ( ) ANBOUBA (
)
President of Anbouba for Agricultural
Industries Co.;
Date of birth: 18.3.1952;
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
Gender: male
53.
Adib ( ) MAYALEH (
André Mayard)
) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 15.5.1955;
Place of birth: Bassir, Syria;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime.
He is the founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and
logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close
business relations with former President Bashar al-Assad’s family. Former member
of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. Provided
logistical support for the former al-Assad regime (buses and tank loaders). He is
therefore benefiting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime.
2.9.2011
Leading businessperson active in different sectors of the Syrian economy, such as
agriculture, real estate, oil and banking. He continues profiting from his business
empire that he was able to establish due to his close relations to the former
al-Assad regime, via his offshore companies in Lebanon. He has financial relations
with high-ranking Syrian officials and the Syrian business elite related to the
former al-Assad regime. Co-founder of Cham Holding and shareholder in that
company.
2.9.2011
Former Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of
Syria.
15.5.2012
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Adib Mayaleh controlled the Syrian banking sector and managed the Syrian
money supply through the issue and withdrawal of bank notes and control of the
foreign exchange rate value of the Syrian Pound. Through his role at the Central
Bank of Syria, Adib Mayaleh provided economic and financial support to the
former al-Assad regime.
Former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade in power after May 2011 under
the former al-Assad regime.
54.
Major General Jumah ( )
AL-AHMAD ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Ahmed)
Gender: male
Commander Special Forces under the former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the
use of violence against protestors across Syria.
14.11.2011
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
55.
Colonel Lu’ai ( ) (a.k.a. Louay, Place of birth: Jablah, Latakia Province, Syria;
Loai) AL-ALI ( )
Gender: male
Head of Syrian Military Intelligence, Dara’a Branch, under the former al-Assad
regime. Responsible for violence against protesters in Dara’a.
14.11.2011
56.
Ali ( ) Abdullah ( ) (a.k.a.
Abdallah) AYYUB ( ) (a.k.a.
Ayyoub, Ayub, Ayoub, Ayob)
Former Vice President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of Defence
under the former al-Assad regime.
14.11.2011
Date of birth: 28.4.1952;
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
57.
58.
59.
Date of birth: 1.1.1950;
Major General Aous ( ) (a.k.a.
Aws, Aus) “Ali” ASLAN (
)
Date of birth: 9.12.1958;
General Ghassan (
(
) (a.k.a. Bilal)
Date of birth: 19.9.1966;
Abdullah (
BERRI ( )
) BELAL
Place of birth: Hama, Syria;
Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011 under
the former al-Assad regime. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed
Forces. Person supporting the former al-Assad regime and responsible for
repression of and violence against the civilian population in Syria.
Former Minister of Defence under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population in Syria.
14.11.2011
High-ranking officer under the former al-Assad regime. Close to Maher al-Assad
and former 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
under the former al-Assad regime. 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
Head of the Berri family militia under the former al-Assad regime. In charge of
pro-government militia involved in the crackdown on the civilian population in
Aleppo.
14.11.2011
Gender: male
Gender: male
Gender: male
) (a.k.a. Abdallah) Gender: male
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Fahd ( ) (a.k.a. Fahid, Fahed)
Jasim ( ) (a.k.a. Jasem, Jassim,
Jassem) AL-FURAYJ ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Freij)
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
61.
George CHAOUI
()ﺟﻮﺭﺝ ﺷﺎﻭﻱ
Gender: male
Member of the Syrian electronic army (territorial army intelligence service) under
the former al-Assad regime. Involved in the violent crackdown and call for
violence against the civilian population across Syria.
14.11.2011
62.
Zuhair ( ) (a.k.a. Zouheir,
Zuheir, Zouhair) HAMAD ( )
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Officer of the rank of Major General in the Syrian Armed Forces in post after May
2011 under the former al-Assad regime. Deputy Head of General Intelligence
Directorate. Responsible for repression, human rights abuses and violence against
the civilian population in Syria.
14.11.2011
Civilian - Head of Syrian electronic army (territorial army intelligence service)
under the former al-Assad regime. Involved in the violent crackdown and call for
violence against the civilian population across Syria.
14.11.2011
Member of the Syrian electronic army (territorial army intelligence service) under
the former al-Assad regime. Involved in the violent crackdown and call for
violence against the civilian population across Syria.
14.11.2011
Deputy Director of General Intelligence Directorate under the former al-Assad
regime. Responsible for the use of violence across Syria and intimidation and
torture of protestors.
14.11.2011
Rank: Major General;
Position: Deputy Head of General Intelligence
Directorate (a.k.a. General Security Directorate)
since July 2012;
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Gender: male
63.
Amar ( ) (a.k.a. Ammar)
ISMAEL (
) (a.k.a. Ismail)
Date of birth on or around 3.4.1973;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
64.
65.
Mujahed ( ) ISMAIL (
(a.k.a. Ismael)
Major General Nazih (
)
Date of birth: 1.1.1977;
Gender: male
)
Gender: male
EN
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66.
Major General Kifah (
)
MOULHEM ( ) (a.k.a.
Moulhim, Mulhem, Mulhim,
Milhem)
Identifying information
Date of birth: 28.11.1961;
Place of birth: Junaynat Ruslan, Tartus
province, Syria;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Head of the National Security office since January 2024 under the former
al-Assad regime. 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
Major General Wajih ( ) (a.k.a. Gender: male
Wajeeh) MAHMUD ( )
Commander 18th Armoured Division under the former al-Assad regime.
Responsible for the violence against protestors in Homs.
14.11.2011
69.
Lt. General Talal ( ) Mustafa
(
) TLASS ( )
Deputy Chief of General Staff (Logistics and supplies) under the former al-Assad
regime. Responsible for the use of violence against protestors across Syria.
14.11.2011
70.
Major General Fu’ad ( ) TAWIL Gender: male
( )
Deputy head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence under the former al-Assad
regime. Responsible for the use of violence across Syria and intimidation and
torture of protestors.
14.11.2011
71.
Bushra ( ) AL-ASSAD ( )
Date of birth: 24.10.1960;
(a.k.a. Bushra Shawkat, Bouchra
Gender: female
Al Assad)
Member of the Assad family; sister of former President Bashar al-Assad. Given the
close personal relationship and intrinsic financial relationship to former President
Bashar al-Assad, she benefits from and is associated with the former al-Assad
regime.
23.3.2012
72.
Asma ( ) AL-ASSAD ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 11.8.1975;
Asma Fawaz Al Akhras)
Place of birth: London, UK;
Member of the Assad family and closely connected to key regime figures; wife of
former President Bashar al-Assad. Given the close personal relationship and
intrinsic financial relationship to former President Bashar al-Assad, she benefits
from and is associated with the former al-Assad regime.
23.3.2012
Gender: male
Passport No 707512830, expires 22.9.2020;
Maiden name: Al Akhras;
Gender: female
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Name
73.
Identifying information
Manal ( ) AL-ASSAD ( )
(a.k.a. Manal Al Ahmad)
Reasons
Date of listing
Wife of Maher al-Assad, and as such benefits from and is closely associated with
the former al-Assad regime.
23.3.2012
Former Minister of Housing and Urban Development (appointed 27.8.2014). As
a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
21.10.2014
Gender: male
Deputy Chief of Staff under the former al-Assad regime. Military official involved
in the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
Date of birth: 4.2.1955;
14th Division. Military official under the former al-Assad regime involved in the
violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
Date of birth: 2.2.1970;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
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Passport No (Syrian) 0000000914;
Maiden name: Al Jadaan;
Gender: female
74.
Mohammad Walid GHAZAL
Date of birth: 1.11.1951;
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Syrian National ID Number: 02020332623;
Gender: male
76.
Major General Ibrahim (
AL-HASSAN ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Hasan)
77.
) (a.k.a.
Brigadier Khalil (
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)
)
Gender: male
EN
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Ali BARAKAT (a.k.a. Barakat Ali Gender: male
Barakat)
(
)
Military official under the former al-Assad regime involved in the violence in
Homs. Part of the 30th Mobile Infantry Division of the Republican Guard.
1.12.2011
79.
Major General Talal ( )
MAKHLUF ( ) (a.k.a.
Makhlouf)
Gender: male
Former commander of the 105th Brigade of the Republican Guards under the
former al-Assad regime. Former Commander General of the Republican Guards.
Current Commander of the 2nd Corps. Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of
the rank of Major General in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad
regime. Military official involved in the violence in Damascus.
1.12.2011
80.
Major General Nazih ( ) (a.k.a. Gender: male
Nazeeh) HASSUN ( ) (a.k.a.
Hassoun)
Officer of the rank of Major General in the Syrian Armed Forces in post after May
2011 under the former al-Assad regime. Head of the Political Security Directorate
of the Syrian security services in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad
regime. Responsible for violent repression of the civilian population in Syria.
1.12.2011
81.
Captain Maan ( ) (a.k.a. Ma’an) Gender: male
JDIID ( ) (a.k.a. Jdid, Jedid,
Jedeed, Jadeed, Jdeed)
Presidential Guard. Military official under the former al-Assad regime involved in
the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
82.
) (a.k.a.
Mohammad (
Mohamed, Muhammad,
Mohammed) AL-SHAAR (
(a.k.a. al-Chaar, al-Sha’ar,
al-Cha’ar)
Political Security Division. Military official under the former al-Assad regime
involved in the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
Political Security Division. Military official under the former al-Assad regime
involved in the violence in Homs.
1.12.2011
83.
Khald ( ) (a.k.a. Khaled)
AL-TAWEEL (
) (a.k.a.
al-Tawil)
Date of birth: 1.10.1950;
) Gender: male
Gender: male
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Name
) FAYAD (
Identifying information
) (a.k.a. Gender: male
Reasons
84.
Ghiath (
Fayyad)
85.
Brigadier General Jawdat (
Ibrahim (
) SAFI (
)
86.
Major General Muhammad ( ) Position: Commander of the 4th Division;
(a.k.a. Mohammad, Muhammad,
Gender: male
Mohammed) Ali ( )
DURGHAM
Ordered troops to shoot at protestors in and around Damascus, including
Mo’adamiyeh, Duma, Abasiyeh, Duma, under the former al-Assad regime.
23.1.2012
87.
Major General Ramadan (
)
Mahmoud ( ) RAMADAN
(
)
Ordered troops to shoot protestors in Baniyas and Deraa, under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.1.2012
)
Political Security Division. Military official under the former al-Assad regime
involved in the violence in Homs.
Date of listing
Position: Commander of the 154th Regiment; Ordered troops to shoot at protestors in and around Damascus, including
Mo’adamiyeh, Duma, Abasiyeh, Duma, under the former al-Assad regime.
Gender: male
Date of birth: 10.3.1962;
Position: Commander of the 35th Special
Forces Regiment;
1.12.2011
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23.1.2012
Gender: male
89.
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 Duma, under the former al-Assad
regime.
23.1.2012
90.
Brigadier General Jihad ( )
Mohamed ( ) (a.k.a.
Mohammad, Muhammad,
Mohammed) SULTAN (
)
Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Duma, under the former al-Assad
regime.
23.1.2012
Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Idlib at the beginning of September
2011, under the former al-Assad regime.
23.1.2012
91.
Position: Commander of the 65th Brigade;
Gender: male
Major General Fo’ad ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 3.10.1955;
Fouad, Fu’ad) HAMOUDEH ( )
Position: Commander of the military
(a.k.a. Hammoudeh,
operations
in Idlib;
Hammoude, Hammouda,
Hammoudah)
Gender: male
EN
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
92.
Major General Bader ( ) AQEL Position: Special Forces Commander;
( )
Gender: male
Gave soldiers orders to pick up the bodies and hand them over to the mukhabarat
and responsible for the violence in Bukamal under the former al-Assad regime.
23.1.2012
93.
Brigadier General Ghassan (
AFIF (
) (a.k.a. Afeef)
Commander of military operations in Homs, Baniyas and Idlib under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.1.2012
) Date of birth: 10.2.1958;
Position: Commander of the 45th Regiment;
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Name
Gender: male
Brigadier General Mohamed ( ) Position: Commander of the 45th Regiment;
(a.k.a. Mohammad, Muhammad,
Gender: male
Mohammed) MAARUF ( )
(a.k.a. Maarouf, Ma’ruf)
Commander of military operations in Homs under the former al-Assad regime.
Gave orders to shoot protestors in Homs.
23.1.2012
95.
Brigadier General Yousef (
)
ISMAIL (
) (a.k.a. Ismael)
Gave orders to troops to shoot at houses and people on roofs during a funeral in
Talbiseh for protesters killed the previous day under the former al-Assad regime.
23.1.2012
96.
Brigadier General Jamal YUNES Position: Commander of the 555th Regiment; Gave orders to troops to shoot at protestors in Mo’adamiyeh under the former
(a.k.a. Younes)
al-Assad regime.
Gender: male
()ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﻳﻮﻧﺲ
Head of the Military Security Committee in Hama in 2018.
23.1.2012
98.
Brigadier General Ali ( )
DAWWA
Gender: male
Gave orders to troops to shoot protestors in Al-Herak under the former al-Assad
regime.
23.1.2012
99.
Major General Mohamed ( ) Date of birth: 13.1.1976;
(a.k.a. Mohammad, Muhammad,
Mohammed) KHADDOR (
) Position: Commander of the 106th Brigade,
Presidential Guard;
(a.k.a. Khaddour, Khaddur,
Khadour, Khudour)
Gender: male
Gave orders to troops to beat protesters with sticks and then arrest them under
the former al-Assad regime. Responsible for repression of peaceful protestors in
Duma.
23.1.2012
Position: Commander of the 134th Brigade;
Gender: male
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Position: Head of Suwayda Regional Branch
(Department of Military Intelligence);
As Head of the Suwayda Regional Branch of the Department for Military
Intelligence under the former al-Assad regime, responsible for arbitrary detention
and torture of detainees in Suwayda.
23.1.2012
As Head of the Deraa Regional Branch of the General Security Directorate under
the former al-Assad regime, responsible for arbitrary detention and torture of
detainees in Deraa.
23.1.2012
Makhmoud ( ) (a.k.a.
Mahmoud) AL-KHATTIB (
(a.k.a. al-Khatib, al-Khateeb)
Position: Head of Investigative Branch (Political As Head of the Investigative Branch of the Political Security Directorate under the
) Security Directorate);
former al-Assad regime, responsible for detention and torture of detainees.
23.1.2012
104.
Mohamed ( ) (a.k.a.
Mohammad, Muhammad,
Mohammed) Heikmat ( )
(a.k.a. Hikmat, Hekmat)
IBRAHIM (
)
Position: Major General. Head of the police of Head of the police of Al-Hassaka under the former al-Assad regime. Major
Al-Hassaka;
General. As former Head of the Operations Branch of the Political Security
Directorate, was responsible for detention and torture of detainees.
Gender: male
23.1.2012
105.
Nasser ( ) (a.k.a. Naser)
AL-ALI ( ) (a.k.a. Brigadier
General Nasr al-Ali)
Position: Head of the Political Security
Directorate;
Head of the Political Security Directorate since July 2019 under the former
al-Assad regime. Responsible for detention and torture of detainees.
23.1.2012
Dr. Wael (
HALQI (
Date of birth: 1964;
Former Prime Minister, in office until 3.7.2016, and former Minister of Health
under the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population. Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Qasyoun Private University.
27.2.2012
101.
Wafiq ( ) (a.k.a. Wafeeq)
NASSER ( )
Gender: male
102.
Ahmed ( ) (a.k.a. Ahmad) DIBE Head of Deraa Regional Branch (General
( ) (a.k.a. Dib, Deeb)
Security Directorate);
Date of birth: 15.11.1961;
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103.
106.
) Nader ( ) AL–
) (a.k.a. al-Halki)
Gender: male
Gender: male
Place of birth: Dara’a Province, Syria;
Gender: male
EN
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107.
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of the Interior under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population. Vice Chair of the National
Progressive Front of Syria.
1.12.2011
Former Minister of Finance, in office until 9.2.2013 under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
1.12.2011
Imad ( ) Mohammad ( )
Date of birth: 1.8.1961;
(a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad,
Mohammed) Deeb ( ) KHAMIS Place of birth: near Damascus, Syria;
( ) (a.k.a. Imad Mohammad Gender: male
Dib Khamees)
Former Prime Minister and Former Minister of Electricity under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.3.2012
Omar ( ) Ibrahim (
GHALAWANJI (
)
Former Vice Prime Minister for Services Affairs under the former al-Assad regime,
former Minister of Local Administration, in office until 3.7.2016. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
23.3.2012
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime, in office until at least
21.1.2014. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population. Chair of the
Amana wing of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party.
23.3.2012
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime, in office until at least
2014. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
23.3.2012
Mohammad Ibrahim
AL-SHA’AR
Date of birth: 1.10.1956;
Place of birth: Al-Haffah, Latakia, Syria;
Gender: male
108.
109.
110.
Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.
Mohamed, Muhammad,
Mohammed) AL-JLEILATI
(
)
Date of birth: 13.6.1945;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
)
Date of birth: 1954;
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
Gender: male
111.
Joseph (
) SUWAID (
)
Date of birth: 1958;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Hussein ( ) (a.k.a. Hussain)
Date of birth: 6.9.1957;
Mahmoud ( ) FARZAT ( )
(a.k.a. Hussein Mahmud Farzat) Place of birth: Hama, Syria;
Gender: male
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
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112.
EN
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Reasons
Date of listing
113.
Mansour (
) Fadlallah (
) Date of birth: 15.3.1960;
AZZAM ( ) (a.k.a. Mansur Fadl
Place of birth: Sweida Province, Syria;
Allah Azzam)
Gender: male
Minister for Presidency Affairs under the former al-Assad regime. As
a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
27.2.2012
114.
Emad Abdul-Ghani SABOUNI
(a.k.a. Imad Abdul Ghani Al
Sabuni)
()ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﻐﻨﻲ ﺻﺎﺑﻮﻧﻲ
Date of birth: 1964;
Former Minister of Telecommunications and Technology under the former
al-Assad regime, in office until at least April 2014. As a former Government
Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad 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.
27.2.2012
Tayseer (
) Qala ( )
AWWAD ( )
Date of birth: 1943;
Former Minister of Justice under the former al-Assad regime. Associated with the
former al-Assad regime and its violent repression of the civilian population.
Former Head of Military Court. Member of the High Judicial Council.
23.9.2011
Former Syrian Ambassador to Iran until 2020. Former Minister of Information in
power after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
23.9.2011
116.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
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117.
Adnan Hassan MAHMOUD
()ﻋﺪﻧﺎﻥ ﺣﺴﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ
Date of birth: 1966;
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
Gender: male
118.
Khalaf Souleymane ABDALLAH Date of birth: 1960;
(a.k.a. Khalaf Sleiman
Place of birth: Deir ez-Zor, Syria;
al-Abdullah)
Gender: male
Former Minister of Labour in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014) under
the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population.
21.10.2014
119.
Sufian (
Former Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources under the former al-Assad regime.
Associated with the former al-Assad regime and its violent repression of the
civilian population.
27.2.2012
) ALLAW (
)
Date of birth: 8.2.1944;
Place of birth: al-Bukamal, Deir Ezzor, Syria;
Gender: male
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
120.
Dr Adnan (
) SLAKHO (
) Date of birth: 7.9.1955;
Former Minister of Industry under the former al-Assad regime. Former Minister of
Education and current business development consultant in the Ministry of Local
Place of birth: Al-Malihah, Rif Dimashq, Syria; Administration. Associated with the former al-Assad regime and its violent
repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
27.2.2012
121.
Dr Saleh (
( )
) AL-RASHED
Date of birth: 1.8.1964;
Former Minister of Education under the former al-Assad regime and current Head
of the International Relations Department at the Faculty of International Relations
and Diplomacy at Al-Sham Private University. Associated with the former
al-Assad regime and its violent repression of the civilian population.
27.2.2012
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime. Associated with the
former al-Assad regime and its violent repression of the civilian population.
23.3.2012
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime. Associated with the
former al-Assad regime and its violent repression of the civilian population.
23.3.2012
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime. Associated with the
former al-Assad regime and its violent repression of the civilian population.
23.3.2012
Political and Media Advisor to the former President since July 2008 and as such
associated with the violent crackdown on the civilian population under the
former al-Assad regime.
26.6.2012
Head of Branch 215 (Damascus) of the army’s intelligence service under the
former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of detained opponents.
Involved in repressive actions against the civilian population.
24.7.2012
Place of birth: Aleppo Province, Syria;
Gender: male
123.
Ghiath ( ) JERAATLI (
)
(a.k.a. Jer’atli, Jir’atli, Jiraatli)
Date of birth: 1950;
Place of birth: Salamiya, Syria;
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Gender: male
124.
Yousef (
) Suleiman (
AL-AHMAD ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Ahmed)
)
Date of birth: 1956;
Place of birth: Hasaka, Syria;
Gender: male
125.
Hassan (
,
) AL-SARI (
)
Date of birth: 1953;
Place of birth: Hama, Syria;
Gender: male
) SHAABAN
Bouthaina (
(
) (a.k.a. Buthaina Shaaban)
Date of birth: 1.4.1953;
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
Gender: female
127.
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
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
128.
Brigadier General Burhan ( ) Gender: male
QADOUR ( ) (a.k.a. Qaddour,
Qaddur)
Former Head of Branch 291 (Damascus) of the army’s intelligence service under
the former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
129.
Brigadier General Salah (
HAMAD ( )
Gender: male
Deputy Head of Branch 291 of the army’s intelligence service under the former
al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
130.
Brigadier General Muhammad
( ) (a.k.a. Mohammed)
KHALLOUF ( ) (a.k.a. Abou
Ezzat)
Date of birth: 2.11.1946;
24.7.2012
Gender: male
Former (2009-2014) Head of Branch 235 a.k.a. “Palestine” (Damascus) of the
army’s intelligence service under the former al-Assad regime, 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.
) (a.k.a. Gender: male
) (a.k.a.
Deputy Head of Latakia Branch of the army’s intelligence service under the former
al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture and murder of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
Head of the Security Committee of the Southern Region under the former
al-Assad regime 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
Head of the Homs Branch of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service under the
former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody as
well as killings of peaceful protesters.
24.7.2012
)
131.
Major General Riad (
Riyad) AL-AHMED (
al-Ahmad)
132.
Brigadier General Abdul-Salam
Fajr MAHMOUD
()ﻋﺒﺪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ ﻓﺠﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ
Date of birth: 1959
Brigadier General Jawdat (
AL-AHMED ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Ahmad)
Date of birth: 8.2.1958;
133.
)
Gender: male
Place of birth: Qardaha, Lattakia province,
Syria;
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134.
Identifying information
Colonel Qusay Ibrahim
MIHOUB
()ﻗﺼﻲ ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﻣﻴﻬﻮﺏ
Date of birth: 15.4.1961;
Place of birth: Derghamo, Jableh, Lattakia,
Syria;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
High-ranking officer at the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service under the former
al-Assad regime. 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
135.
Brigadier General Suhail ( )
(a.k.a. Suheil) AL-ABDULLAH
(
) (a.k.a. al-Abdallah)
Gender: male
Head of the Latakia Branch of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service under the
former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
136.
Brigadier General Khudr (
KHUDR ( )
)
Gender: male
Head of the Latakia branch of the General Intelligence Directorate under the
former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
137.
Brigadier General Ibrahim
MA’ALA (a.k.a. Maala, Maale,
Ma’la)
Gender: male
Head of Branch 285 (Damascus) of the General Intelligence Directorate (replaced
Brigadier General Hussam Fendi at the end of 2011) under the former al-Assad
regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
Gender: male
Head of Branch 318 (Homs) of the General Intelligence Directorate under the
former al-Assad regime. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
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Name
( ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﻣﻌﻠﻰ,)ﻣﻌﻼ ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ
Brigadier General Firas (
AL-HAMED ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Hamid)
139.
Major General Hussam LUQA Date of birth: 20.9.1960;
(a.k.a. Husam, Housam,
Houssam; Louqa, Louca, Louka, Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Luka)
Gender: male
()ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﻟﻮﻗﺎ
Former Head of the Security Committee of the Southern Region from 2018 to
2020 under the former al-Assad regime. 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
140.
Brigadier General Taha TAHA
()ﻃﻪ ﻃﻪ
Deputy assistant to the Head of the Political Security Division under the former
al-Assad regime. Former site manager of the Latakia branch of the Political
Security Directorate. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.
24.7.2012
)
Gender: male
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Police officer under the former al-Assad regime at Idlib central prison; has taken
part directly in acts of torture of opponents held in Idlib central prison.
24.7.2012
Gender: male
Police officer under the former al-Assad regime at Idlib central prison; has taken
part directly in acts of torture of opponents held in Idlib central prison.
24.7.2012
Gender: male
Police officer under the former al-Assad regime at Idlib central prison; has taken
part directly in acts of torture of opponents held in Idlib central prison.
24.7.2012
Former head of the foreign branch of General Intelligence (Branch 279) under the
former al-Assad regime. As such, responsible for General Intelligence
arrangements in Syrian embassies.
24.7.2012
Former Head of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence Service under the former
al-Assad regime. 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 former al-Assad regime. As such, Ghassan Jaoudat
Ismail is one of the top military leaders directly implementing the violent
repression of opponents conducted by the former al-Assad regime as well as
practices of disappearance of civilians.
24.7.2012
Former Governor of the Sweida Governorate under the former al-Assad regime,
appointed by former 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
141.
Bassel (
( )
142.
Ahmad ( ) (a.k.a. Ahmed)
KAFAN ( )
143.
Bassam (
144.
Major General Ahmed
AL-JARROUCHEH (a.k.a.
Ahmad; al-Jarousha,
al-Jarousheh, al-Jaroucha,
al-Jarouchah, al-Jaroucheh)
()ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺠﺮﻭﺷﺔ
Date of birth: 1957;
General Ghassan Jaoudat
ISMAIL (a.k.a. Ismael)
()ﻏﺴﺎﻥ ﺟﻮﺩﺕ ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ
Date of birth: 3.1.1959;
146.
) (a.k.a. Basel) BILAL Gender: male
) AL-MISRI (
)
Gender: male
Place of birth: Junaynat Ruslan – Darkoush,
Tartus region, Syria;
Gender: male
147.
Major General Amer AL-ACHI
(a.k.a. Amer Ibrahim al-Achi;
Amis al Ashi; Ammar Aachi;
Amer Ashi)
()ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ ﺍﻟﻌﺸﻲ
Gender: male
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Reasons
Date of listing
148.
General Mohammed (
)
Date of birth: 8.10.1964;
(a.k.a. Muhammad, Mohamed,
Mohammad) Ali ( ) NASR ( ) Gender: male
(a.k.a. Mohammed Ali Naser)
Close to Maher al-Assad, younger brother of former 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
under the former al-Assad regime.
24.7.2012
149.
General Issam (
( )
Air Force Chief of Staff since 2010 under the former al-Assad regime. Commands
air operations against opponents.
24.7.2012
150.
Ezzedine (
) ISMAEL (
(a.k.a. Ismail)
Retired general, longstanding member of the managerial staff of the Air Force
Intelligence Service, of which he became the head in the early 2000s. Was
appointed political and security adviser to the former President in 2006. As
political and security adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, Ezzedine Ismael
is implicated in the political repression conducted by the former al-Assad regime
against the opposition.
24.7.2012
For almost 20 years he has been head of the office of Mohammad Nassif Kheir
Bek, one of the main security advisers of former President Bashar al-Assad (and
officially deputy to the Vice President, Farouk al-Sharaa). Samir Joumaa’s
closeness to former President Bashar al-Assad and Mohammed Nassif Kheir Bek
means that he is implicated in the policy of repression conducted by the former
al-Assad regime against its opponents.
24.7.2012
Former Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, former Minister of Domestic
Trade and Consumer Protection under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
) HALLAQ
Gender: male
) Date of birth: middle of the 1940s (probably
1947);
Place of birth: Bastir, Jableh region, Syria;
Gender: male
151.
152.
Date of birth: 8.3.1962;
Dr. Qadri ( ) (a.k.a. Kadri)
JAMIL ( ) (a.k.a. Jameel)
Date of birth: 1952;
Gender: male
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
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) (a.k.a. Sameer)
JOUMAA ( ) (a.k.a. Jumaa,
Jum’a, Joum’a) (a.k.a. Abou
Sami)
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
155.
Dr. Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.
Date of birth: 23.12.1958;
Mohamed, Muhammad,
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
Mohammed) Abdul-Sattar
(
) (a.k.a. Abd al-Sattar) AL Gender: male
SAYED (
) (a.k.a. Al Sayyed)
Minister of Religious Endowments under the former al-Assad regime. As
a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
156.
Hala Mohammad (a.k.a.
Mohamed, Muhammad,
Mohammed) AL NASSER
()ﻫﺎﻟﻪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺻﺮ
Date of birth: 1964;
Former Minister of Tourism under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
Bassam (
Date of birth: 1954;
Former Minister of Water Resources in power after May 2011 under the former
al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the
former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
Former Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
Former Minister of Higher Education under the former al-Assad regime. As
a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
Former Minister of Education under the former al-Assad regime, appointed in July
2016.
16.10.2012
157.
) HANNA ( )
Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;
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Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Gender: male
158.
159.
160.
Subhi ( ) Ahmad ( )
AL ABDALLAH ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Abdullah)
Date of birth: 17.8.1951;
Dr. Mohammad ( ) (a.k.a.
Muhammad, Mohamed,
Mohammed) Yahiya ( ) (a.k.a.
Yehya, Yahya, Yihya, Yihia,
Yahia) MOALLA ( ) (a.k.a.
Mu’la, Ma’la, Muala, Maala,
Mala)
Date of birth: 1951;
Gender: male
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
Dr. Hazwan (
) AL WEZ ( ) Date of birth: 7.3.1962;
(a.k.a. Al Wazz)
Gender: male
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
162.
Dr. Mahmoud (
) Ibraheem Date of birth: 30.5.1953;
(
) (a.k.a. Ibrahim) SA’IID
(
) (a.k.a. Said, Sa’eed, Saeed) Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Transport in power after May 2011 under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
163.
Dr. Safwan (
Former Minister of Housing and Urban Development under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
) AL ASSAF (
) Date of birth: 13.3.1959;
Gender: male
164.
Yasser ( ) (a.k.a. Yaser)
Date of birth: 26.3.1951;
AL SIBA’II (
) (a.k.a. al-Sibai,
Gender: male
al-Siba’i, al Sibaei)
Former Minister of Public Works under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
165.
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;
Former Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources under the former al-Assad regime.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
Dr. Lubana (
) (a.k.a.
Lubanah) MUSHAWEH (
)
(a.k.a. Mshaweh, Mshawweh,
Mushawweh)
Date of birth: 1955;
Former Minister of Culture in power after May 2011 under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
Dr Jassem Mohammad
ZAKARIA (a.k.a. Mohamed,
Muhammad, Mohammed,
Jasem)
Date of birth: 1968
Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs under the former al-Assad regime.
16.10.2012
Gender: male
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
166.
167.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: female
Dr. Adnan ( ) Abdo ( ) (a.k.a. Date of birth: 1961;
Abdou) AL SIKHNY ( ) (a.k.a.
al-Sikhni, al-Sekhny, al-Sekhni) Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Industry under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
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Gender: male
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
170.
Najm ( ) (a.k.a. Nejm) Hamad Gender: male
( ) AL AHMAD (
) (a.k.a.
al-Ahmed)
Former Minister of Justice in power after May 2011 under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
171.
Dr. Abdul-Salam (
AL NAYEF ( )
Former Minister of Health in power after May 2011 under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad 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 under the former al-Assad regime. Chair of the
Intifada wing of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. As a former Government
Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression
of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
)
Date of birth: 1959
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
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172.
Ali HADAR (a.k.a. HAIDAR)
Date of birth: 21.7.1962;
Gender: male
173.
Dr. Nazeera (
) (a.k.a. Nazira, Date of birth: 1962;
Nadheera, Nadhira) Farah ( )
SARKEES (
) (a.k.a. Sarkis) Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Gender: female
Former State Minister for Environmental Affairs under the former al-Assad
regime, in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population.
16.10.2012
175.
Najm-eddin (
) (a.k.a.
Nejm-eddin, Nejm-eddeen,
Najm-eddeen, Nejm-addin,
Nejm-addeen, Najm-addeen,
Najm-addin) KHREIT ( )
(a.k.a. Khrait)
Gender: male
Former State Minister under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
176.
Abdullah ( ) (a.k.a. Abdallah)
Khaleel ( ) (a.k.a. Khalil)
HUSSEIN ( ) a.k.a. Hussain)
Gender: male
Former State Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after May 2011.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
EN
29/82
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
177.
Jamal ( ) Sha’ban (
)
(a.k.a. Shaaban) SHAHEEN
(
)
Gender: male
Former State Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after May 2011.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
16.10.2012
178.
Nizar Wahbeh YAZAJI (a.k.a.
Nizar Wehbe Yazigi)
()ﻧﺰﺍﺭ ﻭﻫﺒﻪ ﻳﺎﺯﺟﻲ
Date of birth: 1961;
Former Minister of Health under the former al-Assad regime.
21.10.2014
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
179.
Razan (
) OTHMAN (
)
Wife of Rami Makhlouf, daughter of Waleed
(alias Walid) Othman;
Date of birth: 31.1.1977;
Place of birth: Governorate of Latakia, Syria;
Razan Othman has close personal and financial relations with Rami Makhlouf,
cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad and principal financer of the regime,
who has been designated by the Council. As such, associated with the former
al-Assad regime, and benefiting from it, notably through investments in the real
estate sector.
16.10.2012
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Name
ID No: 06090034007
Gender: female
181.
Suleiman AL ABBAS
Gender: male
Former Oil and Mineral Resources Minister under the former al-Assad regime in
power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility
for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
182.
Kamal Eddin TU’MA
Date of birth: 1959;
Former Industry Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after May
2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Former Social Affairs Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after
May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Former Minister for Labour under the former al-Assad regime in power after May
2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Gender: male
184.
Kinda AL-SHAMMAT (a.k.a.
Shmat)
Date of birth: 1973;
Hassan HIJAZI
Date of birth: 1964;
Gender: female
Gender: male
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185.
186.
187.
Identifying information
Ismael ISMAEL (a.k.a. Ismail
Ismail; or Isma’Il Isma’il)
Date of birth: 1955;
Dr. Khodr ORFALI (a.k.a.
Khud/Khudr; Urfali/Orphaly)
Date of birth: 1956;
Samir Izzat Qadi AMIN
Date of birth: 1966;
Gender: male
Gender: male
Gender: male
188.
Bishr Riyad YAZIGI
Date of birth: 13.11.1972;
Gender: male
189.
Dr. Malek ( ) ALI (
Malik Ali)
) (a.k.a.
Date of birth: 1956;
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Finance Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after May
2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Former Economy and Foreign Trade Minister under the former al-Assad regime in
power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility
for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Former Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Minister under the former
al-Assad regime in power after May 2011. As a former Government Minister,
shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the
civilian population.
24.6.2014
Advisor to former President Bashar al-Assad. Former Minister of Tourism under
the former al-Assad regime. As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population.
24.6.2014
Former Higher Education Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power
after May 2011. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the
former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Prime Minister under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August 2020.
24.6.2014
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190.
Hussein ARNOUS (a.k.a. Arnus) Date of birth: 1.1.1953;
()ﺣﺴﻴﻦ ﻋﺮﻧﻮﺱ
Place of birth: Idleb, Syria;
Gender: male
191.
Dr. Hassib Elias SHAMMAS
(a.k.a. Hasib)
Date of birth: 1957;
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Former State Minister under the former al-Assad regime in power after May 2011.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
Gender: male
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192.
Identifying information
Hashim Anwar AL-AQQAD
Date of birth: 8.8.1961;
(a.k.a. Hashem Aqqad, Hashem
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Akkad, Hashim Akkad)
Syrian National ID Number: 01020018085;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
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 Anwar Akkad Sons Group (AASG) and its subsidiary United Oil.
AASG is a conglomerate with interests in sectors such as oil, gas, chemicals,
insurance, industrial machinery, real estate, tourism, exhibitions, contracting,
insurance and medical equipment. He is also a co-founder of a leading security
firm (ProGuard). ProGuard is involved in al-Assad’s effort to collaborate with
President Putin by recruiting soldiers for Russia’s war of aggression against
Ukraine.
23.7.2014
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Name
Hashim Anwar al-Aqqad also worked as a member of the Syrian Parliament as
recently as 2012.
Hashim Anwar al-Aqqad could not have remained successful without assistance
from the former al-Assad regime. Given the extent of his business and political
ties to the former al-Assad regime, he provides support to and benefits from the
former al-Assad regime.
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;
Place of birth: Jableh, Latakia Province, Syria;
Rank: Major-General;
Position: Commander of Qawat al-Nimr
(Division 25 Special Mission Forces, formerly
known as Tiger Forces);
23.7.2014
Director-General of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC),
responsible for providing support to the Syrian army during the al-Assad regime
for the acquisition of equipment used for the surveillance and repression of
demonstrators. Also responsible for the development and production of
non-conventional weapons, including chemical weapons, and the missiles to
deliver them.
23.7.2014
Gender: male
194.
Amr ARMANAZI (a.k.a. Amr
Date of birth: 7.2.1944;
Muhammad Najib al-Armanazi,
Gender: male
Amr Najib Armanazi, Amrou
al-Armanazy)
Responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population; supports the
former al-Assad regime.
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Officer of the rank of Major-General in the Syrian Army under the former
al-Assad regime 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.
199.
Bayan BITAR (a.k.a. Dr. Bayan
al-Bitar)
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Managing Director of the Organisation for Technological Industries (OTI), and the
Syrian Company for Information Technology (SCIT), which are both subsidiaries
of the Syrian Ministry of Defence, which has been designated by the Council. OTI
assists in the production of chemical weapons for the former al-Assad regime. As
Managing Director of OTI and the SCIT, Bayan Bitar provides support to the
former al-Assad regime. Due to his role in the production of chemical weapons,
he also shares responsibility for the violent repression of the Syrian population. In
view of his senior position in these entities, he is also associated with the
designated entities OTI and SCIT.
7.3.2015
Manager of the branch of the designated Syrian Scientific Studies and Research
Centre (SSRC/CERS) near Jumraya/Jmraiya. He has been involved in the
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
proliferation of chemical weapons and the organisation of chemical weapons
Address: CERS, Centre d’Etude et de Recherche attacks, including in Ghouta in August 2013. He therefore shares responsibility
Scientifique (a.k.a. SSRC, Scientific Studies and for the violent repression of the Syrian population. As manager of the SSRC/CERS
branch near Jumraya/Jmraiya, Ghassan Abbas provides support to the former
Research Centre; Centre de Recherche de
al-Assad regime. As a result of his senior position in the SSRC, he is also
Kaboun Barzeh Street, P.O. Box 4470,
associated with the designated entity SSRC.
Damascus, Syria)
7.3.2015
Date of birth: 8.3.1947;
Address: P.O. Box 11037, Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
200.
Brigadier General Ghassan
ABBAS
Date of birth: 10.3.1960;
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202.
Hassan SAFIYEH (a.k.a. Hassan
Safiye)
Date of birth: 1949;
Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former
al-Assad regime in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
21.10.2014
Address: Damascus Province, Yabroud, Al Jalaa Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime,
St, Syria;
with interests and/or activities in the engineering, construction and oil and gas
sectors. He holds interests in and/or has significant influence in a number of
Other information: Hesco Engineering and
companies and entities in Syria, in particular HESCO Engineering and
Construction Company Ltd is registered at the Construction Company, a major engineering and construction company.
same London address as British firm, Savero
Ltd.;
7.3.2015
Place of birth: Latakia, Syria;
Gender: male
203.
George HASWANI (a.k.a.
Heswani; Hasawani; Al
Hasawani)
Gender: male
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204.
Emad HAMSHO (a.k.a. Imad
Hmisho; Hamchu; Hamcho;
Hamisho; Hmeisho; Hemasho,
)ﺣﻤﻴﺸﻮ
()ﺣﻤﺸﻮ ﻋﻤﺎﺩ
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of birth: 10.8. 1960;
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 former al-Assad
Damascus, Syria;
regime and is associated with that entity.
Gender: male
He is vice president of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel alongside designated
Date of listing
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al-Assad regime -linked 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 former President Bashar al-Assad.
206.
207.
Major General Muhamad ( )
(a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad)
MAHALLA ( ) (a.k.a. Mahla,
Mualla, Maalla, Muhalla)
Date of birth: 4.6.1959;
Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Major General under the former
al-Assad regime 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
Adib SALAMEH (a.k.a. Adib
Salamah; Adib Salama; Adib
Salame; Mohammed Adib
Salameh; Adib Nimr Salameh)
(
)
Position: Major General, Deputy Director of Air Member of the Syrian security and intelligence services under the former al-Assad
Force Intelligence Directorate in Damascus;
regime in post after May 2011; Deputy Director of the Air Force Intelligence
Directorate in Damascus; previously Head of Air Force Intelligence in Aleppo.
Date of birth: 26.11.1953;
Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Colonel and the equivalent or
Gender: male
higher in post after May 2011; holds the rank of Major General.
28.10.2016
Place of birth: Jableh, Syria;
Gender: male
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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.
208.
209.
Identifying information
Adnan Aboud HILWEH (a.k.a.
Adnan Aboud Helweh; Adnan
Aboud) (
)
Position: Brigadier General;
Jawdat Salbi MAWAS (a.k.a.
Jawdat Salibi Mawwas; Jawdat
Salibi Mawwaz) (
)
Position: Major General;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Holds the rank of Brigadier General of 155 Brigade and 157 Brigade in the Syrian
Army under the former al-Assad regime in post after May 2011.
28.10.2016
As the Brigadier General of 155 Brigade and 157 Brigade, he is responsible for the
violent repression of the civilian population in Syria, including through his
responsibility for the deployment and use of missile and chemical weapons in
civilian areas in 2013 and involvement in large scale detentions.
Date of birth: 4.6.1954;
Gender: male
Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer in the Syrian Artillery and
Missile Directorate of the Syrian Armed Forces under the former al-Assad regime,
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.
210.
Tahir ( ) Hamid (
) KHALIL Position: Major General;
( ) (a.k.a. Tahir Hamid Khali;
Date of birth: 3.7.1955;
Khalil Tahir Hamid)
Gender: male
Holds the ranks of Major General, Head of the Syrian Artillery and Missiles
Directorate of the Syrian Armed Forces under the former al-Assad regime, 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 former al-Assad
regime through his role in the recruitment and organisation of the Baath Party
militia.
28.10.2016
213.
Bishr AL-SABBAN (a.k.a.
Mohammed Bishr al-Sabban;
Bishr Mazin al-Sabban)
Former Governor of Damascus, who was appointed by, and is associated with,
former President Bashar al-Assad. Supports the former al-Assad 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
Date of birth: 18.3.1966;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
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Reasons
Date of listing
214.
Ahmad Sheik ABDUL-QADER
(a.k.a. Ahmad Sheikh Abdul
Qadir; Ahmad al-Sheik
Abdulquader) (
)
Gender: male
Former Governor of Quneitra, associated with and appointed by former President
Bashar al-Assad. Previously Governor of Latakia. Supports and benefits from the
former al-Assad regime, including by public support for the Syrian Armed Forces
and pro-regime militia.
28.10.2016
215.
Dr. Ghassan Omar KHALAF
(
)
Gender: male
Former Governor of Hama, who was appointed by, and is associated with, former
President Bashar al-Assad. He also supports and benefits from the former al-Assad
regime. Ghassan Omar Khalaf is closely associated with members of
a regime-affiliated militia in Hama known as the Hama Brigade.
28.10.2016
216.
Khayr al-Din AL-SAYYED (a.k.a. Gender: male
Khayr al-Din Abdul-Sattar
al-Sayyed; Mohamed Khair
al-Sayyed; Kheredden al-Sayyed;
Khairuddin al-Sayyed;
Khaireddin al-Sayyed; Kheir
Eddin al-Sayyed; Kheir Eddib
Asayed) (
)
Former Governor of Idlib, associated with and appointed by former President
Bashar al-Assad. Benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime,
including by providing support for Syrian Armed Forces and pro-regime militia.
Associated with the former al-Assad regime’s Minister of Awqaf, Dr. Mohammad
Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed, who is his brother.
28.10.2016
217.
Atef NADDAF (
Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former
al-Assad regime.
14.11.2016
)
Date of birth: 1956;
Place of birth: Damascus countryside, Syria;
Gender: male
218.
Date of birth: 1964;
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Minister of Water Resources under the former al-Assad regime since December
2023. Former Minister of local Administration and environment.
14.11.2016
Former Governor of Damascus Governorate.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.
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Hussein MAKHLOUF (a.k.a.
Makhluf) (
)
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219.
Identifying information
Ali AL-ZAFIR (
)
Date of birth: 15.5.1962;
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of Communications and Technology under the former al-Assad
regime. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former
al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
Former Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources under the former al-Assad
regime.
14.11.2016
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Gender: male
220.
Ali GHANEM (
)
Date of birth: 1963;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
221.
222.
223.
Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed,
Muhammad, Mohammad)
Ramez TOURJMAN (a.k.a.
Tourjuman) (
)
Date of birth: 19.4.1966;
Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed,
Muhammad, Mohammad)
AL-AHMED (a.k.a. al-Ahmad)
(
)
Ali HAMOUD (a.k.a.
Hammoud) (
)
Date of birth: 15.9.1964;
Former Transport Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Former Minister of Information under the former al-Assad regime. As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
Date of birth: 1961;
Former Culture Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
14.11.2016
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Gender: male
Gender: male
224.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Mohammed Zuhair (a.k.a. Zahir) Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
)
KHARBOUTLI (
Gender: male
Former Electricity Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
14.11.2016
14.11.2016
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
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225.
Maamoun (a.k.a. Ma’moun)
HAMDAN (
)
Identifying information
Date of birth: 27.7.1958;
Former Finance Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
226.
228.
Nabil AL-HASAN (a.k.a.
al-Hassan) (
)
Abdullah AL-GHARBI (a.k.a.
al-Qirbi) (
)
Reasons
Date of birth: 1963;
Former Minister of Water Resources under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Appointed in July 2016.
Gender: male
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1962;
Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former
al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Date of listing
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14.11.2016
14.11.2016
14.11.2016
Appointed in July 2016.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
229.
230.
Date of birth: 1956;
Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August 2021.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Salwa ABDULLAH (
) Date of birth: 1953;
Rafe’a Abu SA’AD (a.k.a. Saad)
(
)
Former Minister of social affairs and labour under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Quneitra, Syria;
Former State Minister.
Gender: female
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1954;
Former State Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
14.11.2016
14.11.2016
14.11.2016
Place of birth: Habran village, Sweida province, As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
Syria;
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
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Abdullah ABDULLAH
(
)
232.
233.
Wafiqa HOSNI (
Identifying information
)
Rima AL-QADIRI (a.k.a.
al-Kadiri) (
)
Date of birth: 1952;
State Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Appointed in July 2016.
Gender: female
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1963;
Minister for Social Affairs under the former al-Assad regime (since August 2015).
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: female
234.
Duraid DURGHAM
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 former
al-Assad regime through his functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of
Syria, which is also listed.
235.
Ahmad BALLUL (a.k.a. Ahmad
Muhammad Ballul; Ahmed
Balol) (
)
236.
Saji’ DARWISH (a.k.a. Saji Jamil Date of birth: 11.1.1957;
Darwish; Sajee Darwish; Sjaa
Rank: Major General, Syrian Arab Air Force;
Darwis) (
)
Gender: male
Date of birth: 10.10.1954;
Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and Commander of the Syrian
Arab Air and Air Defence Forces under the former al-Assad regime, in post after
Rank: Major General; Commander of the Syrian May 2011.
Arab Air Force and Air Defence Forces;
Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and, as a senior ranking
Gender: male
officer of the Syrian Arab Air Force, is responsible for the violent repression of
the civilian population, including the use of chemical weapons attacks by the
former al-Assad regime identified in the report of the Joint Investigative
Mechanism.
Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and former Commander of the
22nd Division of the Syrian Arab Air Force under the former al-Assad regime, in
post after May 2011.
Date of listing
14.11.2016
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14.11.2016
14.11.2016
21.3.2017
21.3.2017
Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and is responsible for the
violent repression of the civilian population. As a senior ranking officer of the
Syrian Arab Air Force and Commander of the 22nd Division until April 2017 he
holds responsibility for the use of chemical weapons by aircraft operating from
airbases under the control of the 22nd Division, including the attack on Talmenes
that the Joint Investigative Mechanism reported was conducted by Hama
airfield-based regime helicopters.
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237.
Identifying information
Muhammed IBRAHIM (
)
Date of birth: 5.8.1964;
Reasons
Date of listing
Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior officer and Deputy Commander of
the Syrian Arab Air Force 63rd Brigade under the former al-Assad regime, in post
after May 2011.
21.3.2017
Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior officer and Commander of 63rd
Brigade of the Syrian Arab Air Force under the former al-Assad regime, in post
after May 2011.
21.3.2017
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Rank: Brigadier General; Deputy Commander
of Syrian Arab Air Force 63rd Brigade at Hama
airfield;
Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and, as a senior ranking
officer of the Syrian Arab Air Force during the period investigated by the Joint
Gender: male
Investigative Mechanism and as Deputy Commander of the 63rd Brigade from
March to December 2015, is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian
population through the use of chemical weapons by the 63rd Brigade in Talmenes
(21.4.2014), Qmenas (16.3.2015) and Sarmin (16.3.2015).
238.
Badi’ MU’ALLA (
)
Date of birth: 5.4.1961;
Place of birth: Bistuwir, Jablah, Syria;
Rank: Brigadier General; Commander of Syrian Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and, as Commander of the
Arab Air Force 63rd Brigade;
63rd Brigade during the period investigated by the Joint Investigative Mechanism,
Gender: male
239.
241.
Hisham Mohammad Mamdouh Date of birth: 1958;
AL-SHA’AR
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
()ﻫﺸﺎﻡ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﻤﺪﻭﺡ ﺍﻟﺸﻌﺎﺭ
Gender: male
Former Justice Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
Mohammad Samer
Abdelrahman AL-KHALIL
Date of birth: 31.12.1977;
Economy and Foreign Trade Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
Appointed in March 2017.
30.5.2017
Salam Mohammad AL-SAFFAF
Date of birth: 1979;
Administrative Development Minister under the former al-Assad regime.
Appointed in March 2017.
30.5.2017
Gender: male
Gender: female
30.5.2017
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
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is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population through the use
of chemical weapons by the 63rd Brigade in Talmenes (21.4.2014), Qmenas
(16.3.2015) and Sarmin (16.3.2015).
242.
Samir DABUL (a.k.a. Samir
Daaboul)
Identifying information
Date of birth: 4.9.1965;
Rank: Brigadier General;
Gender: male
243.
Ali WANUS (a.k.a. Ali
Wannous) (
)
Date of birth: 5.2.1964;
Rank: Major General;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Holds the rank of Brigadier General under the former al-Assad regime, in post
after May 2011.
18.7.2017
As a senior military officer, he is responsible for the violent repression of the
civilian population and involved in the storage and deployment of chemical
weapons. He is also associated with the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research
Centre, a listed entity.
Holds the rank of Major General under the former al-Assad regime, in post after
May 2011.
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As a senior military officer, he is responsible for the violent repression of the
civilian population and involved in the storage and deployment of chemical
weapons.
He is also associated with the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre,
a listed entity.
244.
Yasin Ahmad DAHI (a.k.a. Yasin Date of birth: 1960;
Dahi; Yasin Dhahi) (
)
Rank: Brigadier General;
Gender: male
245.
Muhammad Yousef HASOURI
(a.k.a. Mohammad Yousef
Hasouri; Mohammed Yousef
Hasouri)
()ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ ﺣﺎﺻﻮﺭﻱ
Rank: Brigadier General;
Gender: male
Holds the rank of Brigadier General in the Syrian Armed Forces under the former
al-Assad regime, in post after May 2011. Senior officer within the Military
Intelligence Directorate of the Syrian Armed Forces. Former head of Military
Intelligence Branch 235 in Damascus and Military Intelligence in Homs. As
a senior military officer, he is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian
population.
18.7.2017
Brigadier General Muhammad Hasouri is a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force
under the former al-Assad regime, 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.
18.7.2017
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246.
Malik HASAN (a.k.a. Malek
Hassan) (
)
Identifying information
Rank: Major General;
Date of birth: 1.1.1959;
Gender: male
247.
248.
Mayzar ‘Abdu SAWAN (a.k.a.
Meezar Sawan) (
)
Mohamed Mazen Ali YOUSEF
)
(
Date of birth: 1954;
Rank: Major General;
Date of listing
Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and Commander of the 22nd
Division of the Syrian Air Force under the former al-Assad regime, in post after
May 2011.
18.7.2017
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.
Former Governor of Hasaka, appointed by former President Bashar al-Assad; he is
associated with former President Bashar al-Assad.
Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and former Chief of Staff of the
Syrian Air Force under the former al-Assad regime.
As a senior officer of the Syrian Air Force under the former al-Assad regime, he is
responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population in Syria, including
the use of chemical weapons attacks by the former al-Assad 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.
Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and Commander of the 20th
Division of the Syrian Air Force under the former al-Assad regime, in post after
May 2011.
Gender: male
As a senior officer in the Syrian air force he is responsible for the violent
repression of the civilian population including attacks against civilian areas by
aircraft operating from airbases under the control of the 20th Division.
Date of birth: 17.5.1969;
Former Minister of Industry under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in
January 2018.
Place of birth: Damascus Countryside, Syria;
Gender: male
18.7.2017
18.7.2017
26.2.2018
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
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Jayyiz Rayyan AL-MUSA (a.k.a. Date of birth: 1954;
Jaez Sawada al-Hammoud
Place of birth: Hama, Syria;
al-Mousa; Jayez al-Hammoud
al-Moussa)
Rank: Major General;
()ﺟﺎﻳﺰ ﺭﻳﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﻤﻮﺳﻰ
Gender: male
Reasons
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Name
259.
Identifying information
Imad Abdullah SARA
(
)
Date of birth: 1968;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
260.
Yusuf AJEEB (a.k.a.
Yousef; Ajib)
;
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of Information under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in
January 2018.
26.2.2018
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Position: Brigadier General; Doctor; Head of
Holds the rank of Brigadier General, a senior officer in the Syrian Armed Forces
Security Office, Scientific Studies and Research under the former al-Assad regime, in post after May 2011. Since 2012, he has
Centre (SSRC);
been Head of Security for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC),
which is involved in the chemical weapons proliferation sector. As a result of his
Address: Scientific Studies and Research Centre senior position as Head of Security for SSRC, he is associated with the designated
(SSRC), Barzeh Street, P.O. Box 4470,
entity SSRC.
Damascus, Syria;
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19.3.2018
Gender: male
264.
Houmam JAZA’IRI (a.k.a.
Humam al-Jazaeri, Hammam
al-Jazairi)
Date of birth: 1977;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade under the former al-Assad
regime, in power after May 2011, then member of the board of Syriatel (until May
2019) which is designated by the Council. As a former Government Minister,
shares responsibility for the violent repression of the Syrian people.
21.10.2014
265.
Mohamad Amer MARDINI
Date of birth: 1959;
(a.k.a. Mohammad Amer
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Mardini, Mohamed Amer
MARDINI, Mohamad Amer
Gender: male
AL-MARDINI, Mohamed Amer
AL-MARDINI, Mohammad
Amer AL-MARDINI)
Former Minister of Higher Education under former the al-Assad regime, in power
after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population.
21.10.2014
266.
Mohamad Ghazi JALALI (a.k.a.
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali)
Former Minister of Communications and Technology under the former al-Assad
regime, in power after May 2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former
Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
21.10.2014
Date of birth: 1969;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
EN
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267.
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of Culture under the former al-Assad regime, in power after May
2011 (appointed 27.8.2014). As a former Government Minister, shares
responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian
population.
21.10.2014
21.10.2014
Gender: male
Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Colonel and the equivalent or
higher under the former al-Assad regime 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 former al-Assad 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.
Abdelhamid Khamis
Gender: male
ABDULLAH (a.k.a. Abdulhamid
Khamis Abdullah; Hamid
Khamis; Abdelhamid Khamis
Ahmad Adballa)
Chairman of Overseas Petroleum Trading Company (OPT) which has been listed
by the Council for benefiting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime. He
coordinated shipments of oil to the former al-Assad regime with listed Syrian
state oil company Sytrol. Therefore, he is benefitting from and providing support
to the former al-Assad regime.
21.10.2014
Issam KHALIL
Identifying information
Date of birth: 1965;
Place of birth: Banias, Tartus Governorate,
Syria;
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Gender: male
268.
269.
Ghassan Ahmed GHANNAM
(a.k.a. Major General Ghassan
Ghannan, Brigadier General
Ghassan Ahmad Ghanem)
Date of birth: 2.2.1957;
Rank: Major General;
Position: Commander of the 155th Missile
Brigade;
In view of his position as the most senior person in the entity, he is responsible
for its activities.
271.
Nationality: Syrian;
Leading businessperson operating in Syria under the former al-Assad regime, with
significant investments in the construction industry, including a 50 % stake in
Position: Co-owner of Zubaidi and Qalei LLC; Zubaidi and Qalei LLC, which is constructing the luxury tourist city Grand Town
Director of Agar Investment Company; General and to which the former al-Assad regime has granted a 45-year agreement in
Manager of Al Zubaidi company and Al
return for 19-21 % of its revenue. Khaled al-Zubaidi benefits from and/or
Zubaidi & Al Taweet Contracting Company;
supports the former al-Assad regime through his business activities, in particular
Director and Owner of Zubaidi Development through this stake in the Grand Town development.
Company; co-owner of Enjaz Investment
Khaled al-Zubaidi signed a (350 000 USD worth) sponsorship with a Syrian
Company;
football club “Wihda FC” through one of his companies “Hijaz Company”.
Date of birth: 10.4.1976;
Member of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Tourism since 2019. President
of the Syrian-Algerian Business Council.
Gender: male
21.1.2019
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Khaled AL-ZUBAIDI (a.k.a.
(Mohammed) Khaled/Khalid
(Bassam) (al-) Zubaidi/Zubedi)
()ﺧﺎﻟﺪ ﺍﻟﺰﺑﻴﺪﻱ
275.
276.
277.
Major General Mohammad
Khaled AL-RAHMOUN
Mohammad Rami Radwan
MARTINI
Imad Muwaffaq AL-AZAB
()ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﻣﻮﻓﻖ ﺍﻟﻌﺰﺏ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 1.4.1957;
Minister of the Interior under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Idleb, Syria;
Appointed in November 2018.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 31.8.1970;
Minister of Tourism under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Appointed in November 2018.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1970;
Former Minister of Education under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus Countryside, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
278.
279.
Bassam Bashir IBRAHIM
Suhail Mohammad
ABDULLATIF
Reasons
Date of birth: 1960;
Minister of Higher Education under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Hama, Syria;
Appointed in November 2018.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1961;
Minister of Public Works and Housing under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Appointed in November 2018.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of listing
4.3.2019
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4.3.2019
4.3.2019
4.3.2019
4.3.2019
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280.
282.
Identifying information
Iyad Mohammad AL-KHATIB
Anas TALAS (a.k.a.
Talous/Tals/Tuls/Tlass)
Reasons
Date of listing
Date of birth: 1974;
Minister of Communications and Technology under the former al-Assad regime.
4.3.2019
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Appointed in November 2018.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
; Anas Date of birth: 25.3.1975;
Nationality: Syrian;
Position: Chairperson of the Talas Group;
Gender: male
283.
Mohammed Nazer JAMAL
Date of birth: 2.1.1962;
EDDIN (a.k.a. Nazir Ahmad,
Mohammed Jamal Eddine; Jamal Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Aldiyn)
Nationality: Syrian;
()ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻧﺎﺫﺭ ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ
Passport number: N 011612445, issue no.
002-17-L022286 (place of issue: Syrian Arab
Republic);
ID Number: 010-30208342 (place of issue:
Syrian Arab Republic);
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 former al-Assad 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 luxury
residential and commercial development backed by the former al-Assad regime.
21.1.2019
Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime
with significant investments in the construction industry, including
a controlling 90 % stake in Apex Development and Projects LLC, which has
entered into a USD 34,8 million joint venture for the construction of Marota City,
a luxury residential and commercial development backed by the former al-Assad
regime. Through his participation in the Marota City development, Mohammed
Nazer Jamal Eddin benefits from and/or supports the former al-Assad regime. In
May 2019, Jamal Eddin created “Trillium Private JSC”, a 15 million SYP company
involved in the trade of building materials and electrical products.
21.1.2019
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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;
284.
Mazin AL-TARAZI (a.k.a.
; Mazen al-Tarazi)
()ﻣﺎﺯﻥ ﺍﻟﺘﺮﺯﻱ
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime,
with significant investments in the construction and aviation sectors. Through his
investments and activities, Mazin al-Tarazi benefits from and/or supports the
former al-Assad 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 luxury residential and commercial development backed by the
former al-Assad regime. 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
Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime,
with interests and activities in multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. Samer Foz
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
provides financial and other support to the former al-Assad regime, including
funding
the Military Security Shield Forces in Syria and brokering grain deals. He
Nationalities: Syrian, Turkish;
also benefits financially from access to commercial opportunities through the
Turkish Passport number: U 09471711 (place wheat trade and reconstruction projects as a result of his links to the former
of issue Turkey; expiry date 21.7.2024);
regime.
21.1.2019
Date of birth: 1.9.1962;
Nationality: Syrian;
Position: Businessperson;
Gender: male
285.
Samer FOZ (a.k.a.
Samir Foz/Fawz; Samer Zuhair
Foz; Samer Foz bin Zuhair)
()ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ
Date of birth: 20.5.1973;
Syrian national number: 06010274705;
Address: Platinum Tower, office No 2405,
Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, UAE;
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Samer Foz opened a sugar refining factory (“Samer Foz Factory”) in 2021 in
support of the former al-Assad regime’s objective to increase sugar production
across the country.
Gender: male
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287.
288.
Identifying information
Hussam AL QATARJI (a.k.a.
Hussam/Hossam Ahmed/
Date of birth: 1.1.1982;
Mohammed/Muhammad
al-Katerji)
()ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺮﺟﻲ
Nationality: Syrian;
Yasser Aziz ABBAS (a.k.a.
Yasser, Yaser, Yasr; Aziz, Aziz;
Abbas, Abas;
)ﻳﺎﺳﺮﻋﺰﻳﺰﻋﺒﺎﺱ
Date of birth: 22.8.1978;
Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;
Reasons
Date of listing
Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime,
who is also a Member of the Syrian Parliament. Al Qatarji supports and benefits
from the former al-Assad regime through enabling, and profiting from, trade
deals with the former al-Assad 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, the
Position: CEO of Katerji Group (a.k.a. Al
National
Islamic Bank. They have also acquired a new cement plant from the
Qatarji, Al Qatarji Company/Qatirji Company/
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 former al-Assad regime to supply gas stations with
fuel in former al-Assad’s regime held areas.
Nationality: Syrian;
Relatives/business associates/entities or
partners/links: Bajaa Trading Services LLC;
Qudrah Trading; Tafawoq Tourism Projects
Company; Top Business Yang King; Al-Aziz
Group;
Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime.
Supports and/or benefits from the former al-Assad regime through business
dealings, including fuel smuggling and weapons transfers. Yasser Aziz Abbas
profits from facilitating oil imports on behalf of the former al-Assad regime and
uses his relations with the former al-Assad regime to obtain preferential dealings
and treatment.
17.2.2020
Gender: male
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Waseem AL-KATTAN
(( )ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺎﻥa.k.a. Waseem,
Wasseem, Wassim, Wasim;
Anouar; al-Kattan, al-Katan,
al-Qattan, al-Qatan;
ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻮﺍﺭ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺎﻥ,)ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﻗﻄﺎﻥ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 20.6.1976;
Reasons
Leading businessperson operating in Syria benefitting from and supporting the
former al-Assad regime. Owner of multiple businesses and holding companies
Nationality: Syrian;
with interests and activities in various economic sectors such as real estate, the
luxury hotel industry and commercial centres. Waseem al-Kattan rose rapidly as
Syrian National ID Number: 10090110187
a leading businessperson by imposing taxes on goods smuggled into Eastern
Position: President of Damascus Countryside Ghouta under siege, and is now involved in aggressive forms of clientelism to the
(Rural) Province Chamber of Commerce;
benefit of the former al-Assad regime. Waseem al-Kattan benefits financially from
favoured access to public tenders as well as to licences and contracts awarded by
Relatives/business associates/entities
or partners/links: Larosa Furniture/Furnishing; government agencies as a result of his close ties to the former al-Assad regime.
Jasmine Fields Company Ltd.; Muruj Cham
In 2020, al-Kattan was elected member of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce.
(Murooj al-Cham) Investment and Tourism
In November 2021, al-Kattan was appointed secretary of the Federation of Syrian
Group; Adam and Investment LLC; Universal chambers of commerce by the Syrian Government, despite having lost elections.
Market Company LLC; Treasurer of the
In 2022, al-Kattan was appointed Chairman of the Syrian-Omani Business
Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce; Council.
Date of listing
17.2.2020
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Gender: male
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291.
Identifying information
Amer FOZ (a.k.a. Amer Zuhair Date of birth: 11.3.1976;
Fawz)
Place of birth: Homs, Syria;
()ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ
Nationality: Syrian; Saint Kitts and Nevis;
National no: 06010274747;
Passport no: 002-14-L169340
UAE resident card: 784-1976-7135283-5
Position: Founder of District 6 Company;
Founding partner of Easy life Company;
Reasons
Date of listing
Leading businessperson linked to the former al-Assad regime 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
former al-Assad regime.
17.2.2020
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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 al-Assad regime. Together with his brother, he
is engaged in various activities with ISIL (Da’esh) on behalf of the former al-Assad
regime, including the provision of weapons and ammunitions in exchange for
wheat and oil.
Relatives/business associates/entities
or partners/links: Samer Foz; Vice Chairman of
Asas Steel Company; Aman Holding;
Gender: male
292.
Saqr RUSTOM (a.k.a. Saqr,
Saqer; As’ad, Asaad, Asad;
al-Rustom, al-Rostom;
ﺻﻘﺮﺃﺳﻌﺪﺍﻟﺮﺳﺘﻢ,)ﺻﻘﺮﺭﺳﺘﻢ
Nationality: Syrian;
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Gender: male
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Head of the local branch of the National Defence Force in Homs under the former
al-Assad regime (a regime militia – Shabiha). Responsible for its participation in
Position: Head of National Defence Force in
the brutal repression of the civilian population in Syria. Through his militia, Saqr
Homs;
Rustom is responsible for multiple war profiteering schemes and is therefore
benefitting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime. Associated with
Relatives/business associates/entities or
partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development designated person Bassam Hassan, his uncle, with whom he established the
Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC in order to invest in real
and Investment LLC;
estate projects.
Date of birth: 4.12.1947;
294.
Khodr Ali TAHER (a.k.a.
)ﺧﻀﺮ ﻋﻠﻲ ﻃﺎﻫﺮ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 15.5.1976;
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
partners/links: Citadel for Protection; Guard
and Security Services (Castle Security and
protection); Ematel LLC (Ematel
Communications); Syrian Hotel Management
Company; Jasmine Contracting Company;
Reasons
Date of listing
Leading businessperson linked to the former al-Assad regime 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 former al-Assad 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 former al-Assad 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.
Gender: male
295.
Adel Anwar AL-OLABI (a.k.a.
Adel Anouar el-Oulabi, Adil
Anwar al-Olabi)
()ﻋﺎﺩﻝ ﺃﻧﻮﺭ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﺒﻲ
Date of birth: 10.1.1976;
Nationality: Syrian;
Position: Chairman of Damascus Cham
Holding Company (DCHC); Governor of
Damascus;
Gender: male
Leading businessperson benefitting from and supporting the former al-Assad
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 former
President Bashar al-Assad in November 2018. As Governor of Damascus and
Chair of DCHC, he is responsible for efforts to implement former al-Assad’s
regime policies of developing expropriated land in Damascus (including Decree
No 66 and Law No 10), most notably through the Marota City project.
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296.
Identifying information
Talal AL-BARAZI (a.k.a. Barazi) Date of birth: 1963;
()ﻃﻼﻝ ﺍﻟﺒﺮﺍﺯﻱ
Place of birth: Hama city, Syria;
Gender: male
297.
298.
299.
Loubana MOUCHAWEH (a.k.a. Date of birth: 1955;
Lubana, Mshaweh)
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
()ﻟﺒﺎﻧﺔ ﻣﺸّﻮﺡ
Gender: female
Darem TABA’A
()ﺩﺍﺭﻡ ﻃﺒﺎﻉ
Ahmad SAYYED (a.k.a. Alsyed,
al-Sayyed, al-Sayed)
()ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺪ
Date of birth: 7.4.1958;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former
al-Assad regime.
16.10.2020
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Culture Minister under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August 2020.
16.10.2020
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Former Minister of Education. Appointed in August 2020 under the former
al-Assad regime.
Gender: male
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1965;
Minister of Justice under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August 2020.
Place of birth: Quneitra, Syria;
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression against the civilian population.
Gender: Male
16.10.2020
16.10.2020
Tammam RA’AD (a.k.a. Tamam, Date of birth: 1965;
Former Minister of Hydraulic/Water Resources under the former al-Assad regime.
Raad)
Place of birth: Al-Qusayr, Syria; or Homs, Syria; As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
()ﺗﻤﺎﻡ ﺭﻋﺪ
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
16.10.2020
301.
Kinan YAGHI (a.k.a. Kenan,
Yagi)
()ﻛﻨﺎﻥ ﻳﺎﻏﻲ
16.10.2020
Place of birth: Salmiya, Hama countryside,
Syria;
Gender: male
Minister of Finance under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August
2020.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
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Date of birth: 1976;
EN
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Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
302.
Zuhair KHAZIM (a.k.a. Zouhair) Date of birth: 1963;
Minister of Transport under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August
()ﺯﻫﻴﺮ ﺧﺰﻳﻢ
2020.
Place of birth: Ain al-Tinah, Syria; or Lattakia,
Syria;
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
16.10.2020
303.
Bassam TOU’MA (a.k.a. TU’MA) Date of birth: 1969;
()ﺑﺴﺎﻡ ﻃﻌﻤﺔ
Place of birth: Safita, Syria;
6.11.2020
Gender: male
304.
305.
Hassan GHABACHE (a.k.a.
GHOBASH, AL-GHABBASH)
()ﺣﺴﻦ ﻏﺒﺎﺷﺔ
Ziyad SABBAGH
()ﺯﻳﺎﺩ ﺻﺒﺎﻍ
Mohammad Hassan QATANA
()ﺣﺴﻦ ﻗﻄﺎﻧﺔ
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1971
Minister of health under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria
Appointed in August 2020.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression against the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1960;
Former Minister of Industry under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.
Gender: male
306.
Former Minister of oil and mineral resources under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria
Gender: male
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Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian reform under the former al-Assad regime.
Appointed in August 2020.
6.11.2020
6.11.2020
6.11.2020
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression against the civilian population.
EN
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307.
308.
Ghassan ZAMEL (a.k.a.
AL-ZAMIL, AL-ZAMEL)
()ﻏﺴﺎﻥ ﺯﺍﻣﻞ
Mohamad (a.k.a. Mohammad)
Fayez BARCHA (a.k.a.
AL-BARSHA, AL-BARASHA)
()ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻓﺎﻳﺰ ﺑﺮﺷﺔ
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of birth: 1963
Minister of Electricity under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria
Appointed in August 2020.
Gender: male
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression against the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1955;
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.
Gender: male
Date of listing
6.11.2020
6.11.2020
309.
Malloul (a.k.a. Maloul) HUSSEIN Date of birth: 1950;
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime.
(a.k.a. AL-HUSSEIN)
Place of birth: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria; As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
()ﻣﻠﻮﻝ ﺣﺴﻴﻦ
regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.
Gender: male
6.11.2020
310.
Mohammad Samir HADDAD
()ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺪﺍﺩ
6.11.2020
Date of birth: 1956;
Former Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression against the civilian population.
Gender: male
311.
Faisal MEKDAD (a.k.a. Fayçal,
Date of birth: 1954;
al-Mekdad, Meqdad, al-Meqdad)
Place of birth: Ghasm, Daraa Governorate,
()ﻓﻴﺼﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻘﺪﺍﺩ
Syria;
15.1.2021
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression against the civilian population.
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Gender: male
Minister of Foreign Affairs under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in
November 2020.
EN
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Name
312.
Amr SALEM
()ﻋﻤﺮﻭ ﺳﺎﻟﻢ
Identifying information
Date of birth: January 1958;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
313.
Boutros AL-HALLAQ
()ﺑﻄﺮﺱ ﺍﻟﺤﻼﻕ
Place of birth: Damascus countryside, Syria;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former
al-Assad regime.
15.11.2021
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad
regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Minister of information under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August
2021.
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Name
15.11.2021
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
314.
315.
Mohammad SEIFEDDINE (a.k.a. Gender: male
Seif Eddin, Seif El Din)
()ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻴﻒ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ
Diala BARAKAT
()ﺩﻳﺎﻻ ﺑﺮﻛﺎﺕ
Minister of Labour and social affairs under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed
in August 2021.
15.11.2021
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
Date of birth: 1980;
Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in August 2021.
Gender: female
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the former al-Assad regime’s
violent repression of the civilian population.
15.11.2021
EN
55/82
316.
Identifying information
Andrey Nikolaevich TROSHEV Position(s): Retired colonel, Founding member
(a.k.a. Andrei Mykolayvych
and Executive Director (Chief of Staff) of the
TROSHEV) Андрей Николаевич Wagner Group;
ТРОШЕВ
Rank: Retired Colonel;
Call sign: Siedoy;
Date of birth: 5.4.1953;
Place of birth: Leningrad, former USSR (now
Russian Federation);
Reasons
Date of listing
Executive Director (Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group, which operates in Syria
and trains and directs Syrian forces. The Wagner Group also supports the former
al-Assad regime and fights alongside al-Assad-regime-affiliated militias and the
Syrian army during the former al-Assad regime.
13.12.2021
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Name
Andrey Troshev is directly involved in the military operations of the Wagner
Group in Syria. He was particularly involved in the area of Deir ez-Zor. As such,
he provides a crucial contribution to Bashar al-Assad’s war effort and therefore
supports and benefits from the former al-Assad regime.
Nationality: Russian;
Relatives/Associates: Dimitriy Utkin (Wagner
Group Founder); Andrey Bogatov (Head of the
4th Attack and Reconnaissance Company of
the Wagner Group), Aleksandr Sergeevich
Kuznetsov (Commander of the 1st Attack and
Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner
Group);
Gender: male
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317.
Andrey Mikhailovich
BOGATOV (a.k.a. Andrei
Mychailovych BOGATOV)
Андрей Михайлович БОГАТОВ
Identifying information
Position(s): Head of the 4th Attack and
Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner
Group;
Call sign: Brodiaga;
Wagner group ID: M-1601;
Date of birth: 14.6.1964;
Place of birth: Stary Oskol, Belgorod region,
former USSR (now Russian Federation);
Reasons
Date of listing
Head of the 4th Attack and Reconnaissance Company of the Wagner Group,
which operates in Syria and trains and directs Syrian forces. The Wagner Group
also supports the former al-Assad regime and fights alongside regime-affiliated
militias and the Syrian army during the former al-Assad regime.
13.12.2021
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Name
Andrey Bogatov commands the operations of the Wagner Group and is directly
involved in the military operations of the Wagner Group in Syria. He was
particularly involved in the battle of Palmyra. As such, he provides a crucial
contribution to Bashar al-Assad’s war effort and therefore supports and benefits
from the former al-Assad regime.
Nationality: Russian;
Relatives/Associates: Dimitriy Utkin (Wagner
Group Founder); Andrey Nikolaevich Troshev
(Founding member and Executive Director
(Chief of Staff) of the Wagner Group),
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kuznetsov (Commander
of the 1st Attack and Reconnaissance Company
of the Wagner Group);
Gender: male
323.
Saleh AL-ABDULLAH
(
)
DOB: 1967
POB: Safita, Tartus, Syria
Position: Brigadier General
Gender: male
Saleh al-Abdullah is the commander of the 16th Brigade affiliated with the
command of Russian forces in Syria since 2020. He was previously the deputy of
Brigadier General Suhail al-Hassan, in the 25th Division of the Syrian Army
during the former al-Assad regime. He is involved in the recruitment of members
of the 16th Brigade to fight in Ukraine alongside Russia.
21.7.2022
In this capacity, Saleh al-Abdullah is a member of the Syrian Armed Forces under
the former al-Assad regime of the rank of “colonel” and the equivalent or higher
in post after May 2011.
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324.
Identifying information
Ahmed KHALIL KHALIL (a.k.a. Date of birth: 1969;
Ahmed KHALIL, Ahmad Khalil
Place of birth: Qayrun;
Khalil)
()ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﺧﻠﻴﻞ ﺧﻠﻴﻞ
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Ahmed Khalil Khalil is the co-owner of Sanad Protection and Security Services,
a Syrian private security company established in 2017 and supervised by the
Wagner Group in Syria, active in the protection of Russian interests (phosphates,
gas and securing oil sites) in Syria. The exploitation of natural resources provides
revenues to the former al-Assad regime. In addition, the company is active in the
recruitment of Syrian mercenaries to Libya and Ukraine.
21.7.2022
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Name
As such, Ahmed Khalil Khalil supports the former al-Assad regime and benefits
from it.
325.
Nasser Deeb DEEB (a.k.a. Nasser Date of birth: 21.2.1974;
Dhib, Nasser Dib, Nasser Deeb)
Place of birth: Baniyas, Tartus, Syria;
()ﻧﺎﺻﺮ ﺩﻳﺐ
Syrian National ID Number: 10090110187;
Gender: male
Nasser Deeb Deeb is the co-owner of Sanad Protection and Security Services,
a Syrian private security company established in 2017 and supervised by the
Wagner Group, active in the protection of Russian interests (phosphates, gas and
securing oil sites) in Syria. The exploitation of natural resources provides revenues
to the former al-Assad regime. In addition, he is also co-owner of the company
Ella Services together with Khodr Ali Taher.
21.7.2022
In this capacity, Nasser Deeb Deeb supports the former al-Assad regime and
benefits from it.
326.
Issam SHAMMOUT (a.k.a.
Mohammed Issam Shammout,
Mohamed Essam Shammout,
Muhammad Issam Shammout,
Muhammad Essam Shammout)
()ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﺼﺎﻡ ﺷﻤﻮﻁ
Date of birth: 26.8.1971
Place of birth: 232, Tanzeem Kafarsus,
Damascus, Syria
Gender: male
Issam Shammout is the owner and chairman of the board of directors of the
airline “Cham Wings” and head of the Shammout Group, active in the
automotive, steel, aviation, freight forwarding, construction, and real estate
sectors. Cham Wings transported weapons for the former al-Assad regime.
21.7.2022
In this capacity, Issam Shammout is a leading businessperson operating in Syria
linked to the former al-Assad regime.
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327.
Wasim Badia AL-ASSAD
ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺑﺪﻳﻊ ﺍﻷﺳﺪ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 18.7.1980;
Place of birth: Qardaha/Syria;
331.
Wasim Badia al-Assad is Bashar al-Assad’s cousin; he is therefore a member of the
Assad family.
24.4.2023
Gender: male
Date of birth: 19.5.1973;
Samer Kamal al-Assad is a member of the Assad family.
Place of birth: Qardaha, Syria;
Gender: male
He operates in the context of the narcotics trade, in particular in its production.
The Captagon trade has become a business model led by the former al-Assad
regime, enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and forming its
lifeline. He therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Mohammad SHALISH
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺷﺎﻟﻴﺶ
Nationality: Syrian;
Mohammad Shalish has close ties to the former al-Assad regime.
Gender: male
He is linked to drug operations and more specifically to the Captagon trade in the
Lattakia region. The Captagon trade has become a business model led by the
former al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime
and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from and supports the former
al-Assad regime.
Waseem Omar AL-MASALMA
ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﻋﻤﺮ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺎﻟﻤﺔ
Date of birth: 27.8.1981;
Waseem Omar al-Masalma is a leader of a regime-affiliated militia.
Place of birth: Bosra Al-Sham/Syria;
Waseem Omar al-Masalma is involved in the former al-Assad’s regime-led trade in
Captagon in Southern Syria, especially in Deraa. The Captagon trade has become
a business model led by the former al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of
the former al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from
and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Samer Kamal AL-ASSAD a.k.a.
“Samir”
ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﻛﻤﺎﻝ ﺍﻷﺳﺪ
Nationality: Syrian;
330.
Date of listing
Wasim Badia al-Assad is also involved in the production and trafficking of
Captagon. In particular, he has been involved in the production of Captagon and
is responsible for drug shipments. The Captagon trade has become a business
model led by the former al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of the former
al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from and supports
the former al-Assad regime.
Nationality: Syrian;
328.
Reasons
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
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332.
Amer Tayseer KHITI
ﻋﺎﻣﺮﺗﻴﺴﻴﺮ ﺧﻴﺘﻲ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 31.7.1980;
Place of birth: Duma/Rif
Dimashq Governorate/Syria;
Abdellatif HAMID a.k.a.
“Hamida”
ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﻠﻄﻴﻒ ﺣﻤﻴﺪﺓ
Abdellatif Hamid has close ties to the Assad family.
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Abdellatif Hamid owns a factory in Aleppo that has been implicated in Captagon
production and trafficking. The Captagon trade has become a business model led
by the former al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad
regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from and supports the
former al-Assad regime.
Date of birth: 1977;
Nouh Zaiter is associated with members of the Assad family.
Place of birth: Zahle, Lebanon;
He is involved in the trafficking of Captagon in Lebanon and Syria. The Captagon
trade has become a business model led by the former al-Assad regime, enriching
the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline. He
therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Nationality: Lebanese;
Gender: male
335.
Date of birth: 11.7.1960;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
Taher al-Kayali is a Syrian businessperson who owns several companies including
Neptunus LLC.
24.4.2023
24.4.2023
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 business model led by the former al-Assad regime,
enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline.
He therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
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Taher AL-KAYALI
ﻃﺎﻫﺮ ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺎﻟﻲ
24.4.2023
Date of birth: 1.12.1977;
Gender: male
Nouh ZAITER Noah ZAITER
Noah ZAYTAR
ﻧﻮﺡ ﺯﻋﻴﺘﺮ
Amer Tayseer Khiti is a leading businessperson operating in Syria with interests in
real estate, construction and industry. He has close ties to the Assad family. He is
a supporter of former President al-Assad and organised rallies for him.
Gender: male
Nationality: Syrian;
334.
Date of listing
Amer Tayseer Khiti is also involved in Captagon smuggling operations and
bought up real estate in order to invest in packaging facilities used for drug
smuggling. The Captagon trade has become a business model led by the former
al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and
forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad
regime.
Nationality: Syrian;
333.
Reasons
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Name
336.
Imad Abu ZUREIQ Emad Abu
ZURAIQ Imad Abu ZREIK
ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﺃﺑﻮ ﺯﺭﻳﻖ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 9.2.1979;
Place of birth: Nasib, Daraa (Syria);
Nationality: Syrian;
Suspected location: Daraa, Syria;
Gender: male
338.
Hassan Muhammad DAQQOU
ﺣﺴﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺩﻗﻮ
Date of birth: 17.1.1978;
Imad Abu Zureiq is a leading member of a former al-Assad-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 business model led by the former
al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and
forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad
regime.
24.4.2023
Date of birth: 4.3.1964;
Jihad Barakat is, through marriage, associated with the Assad family.
24.4.2023
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 former al-Assad regime.
Place of birth: Tfail, Lebanon;
Gender: male
Jihad BARAKAT
ﺟﻬﺎﺩ ﺑﺮﻛﺎﺕ
Date of listing
Hassan Muhammad Daqqou has close ties with the Fourth Division of the Syrian
Army during the former al-Assad regime. 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 business model led by the former al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of
the former al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline. He therefore benefits from
and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Nationality: Syrian/Lebanese;
339.
Reasons
Nationality: Syrian;
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Name
Gender: male
340.
Raji FALHOUT
ﺭﺍﺟﻲ ﻓﻠﺤﻮﻁ
Date of birth: 3.10.1985;
Place of birth: Atil, Syria;
Position: al-Assad-regime-affiliated militia
leader;
Nationality: Syrian;
Raji Falhout leads an al-Assad-regime-affiliated militia that is associated with the
Syrian Military Intelligence.
24.4.2023
Raji Falhout is also involved in drug trafficking linked to Captagon. The Captagon
trade has become a business model led by the former al-Assad regime, enriching
the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline. He
therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Gender: male
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341.
Muhammad ABDO ASSAAD
a.k.a. Asa’ad
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻋﺒﺪﻩ ﺃﺳﻌﺪ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 19.7.1975;
Place of birth: Ain Tineh, Damascus
Countryside, Syria;
Nationality: Syrian;
Address: Assaad Building, Main Street, Ain
Tineh, Damascus Countryside;
Reasons
Date of listing
Muhammad Abdo Assaad is the leader of the Hosn al-Watan militia, which fought
on behalf of the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
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Name
Most recently, he has founded the Aman for Protection and Security LLC, which
offers private security services and operates as a shell company for the Hosn
al-Watan militia. He therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad
regime.
Other identifying information: Father: Abdo
Assaad;
Gender: male
342.
Samer AL-DIBIS
ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﺍﻟﺪﺑﺲ
(a.k.a. Samer AL-DIBS, Samir)
Date of birth: 30.3.1962;
Samer al-Dibis is a leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former
al-Assad regime, active in several sectors of the economy, especially in the
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
chemical industry and in real estate. He is a member of the Board of Directors of
the Syrian-Chinese Business Council and the chairman of the Damascus and Rural
Nationality: Syrian;
Damascus Chamber of Industry. He is also a member of Parliament and a close
Address: Naher Street, Rawda, Damascus, Syria; associate of Maher al-Assad. In these functions Samer al-Dibis benefits from and
supports the former al-Assad regime.
Gender: male
24.4.2023
343.
Ali Najib IBRAHIM
ﻋﻠﻲ ﻧﺠﻴﺐ ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ
(a.k.a. Ali Najeeb IBRAHIM)
Date of birth: 1991;
24.4.2023
Position: businessperson;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
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Address: Al-Malki, Damascus, Syria;
Ali Najib Ibrahim is a leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the
former al-Assad regime, active also in the telecommunications sector. He owns
several shell companies, which have been linked to the former al-Assad regime in
attempts to circumvent sanctions. He therefore benefits from and supports the
former al-Assad regime.
344.
Jamal ISMAIL a.k.a. Ismael
ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﺇﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ
Identifying information
Nationality: Syrian;
Associated entities: Military Intelligence
Directorate;
Reasons
Date of listing
Jamal Ismail was the commander of Branch 227 of the Military Intelligence
Directorate of the former al-Assad regime on 13 April 2013 when his unit killed
at least 41 civilians in the town of Tadamon (“Tadamon massacre”). He is
therefore responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population in Syria.
24.4.2023
Jamal al-Khatib was a commanding officer in Branch 227 of the Military
Intelligence Directorate of the former al-Assad regime on 13 April 2013 when he
participated in the killing of at least 41 civilians in the town of Tadamon
(“Tadamon massacre”). He is therefore responsible for the violent repression of the
civilian population in Syria.
24.4.2023
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 former
al-Assad-regime-affiliated militia. Osama al-Maliki therefore benefits from and
supports the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
Fadi Saqr is a leader of the “National Defense Forces” (NDF) militia in Damascus
that has fought on behalf of the former al-Assad regime since at least 2012. Fadi
Saqr therefore is a member of an al-Assad-regime-affiliated militia.
24.4.2023
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Name
Gender: male
345.
Jamal AL-KHATIB
ﺟﻤﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﺨﻄﻴﺐ
Associated entities: Military Intelligence
Directorate
346.
Osama AL-MALIKI a.k.a. Usama Date of birth: 10.2.1963;
ﺃﺳﺎﻣﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﻜﻲ
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Nationality: Syrian;
Address: Villa 98, Sharqiyyat, Jazira al-Khamisa,
Qura al-Assad, Damascus Coutryside, Syria;
Other identifying information: Father:
Mohammad al-Maliki –
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﻜﻲ
Gender: male
347.
Fadi SAQR
Date of birth: 1975
ﻓﺎﺩﻱ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ
(a.k.a. Fady SAKR, Fadi SAQER, Place of birth: Jablah, Syria;
Fadi SAQIR)
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
Fadi Saqr was part of the chain of command in the massacre of at least 41
civilians in the town of Tadamon on 13 April 2013 (“Tadamon massacre”) under
the former al-Assad regime. He is therefore responsible for the violent repression
of the civilian population in Syria.
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348.
Ahmad Ali TAHER
ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ﻋﻠﻲ ﻃﺎﻫﺮ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 1.1.1982;
Nationality: Syrian;
Address: Damascus, Mazze, Western Villas,
Saraya 36 Building, 3rd Floor;
Reasons
Date of listing
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 former al-Assad
regime.
24.4.2023
Amjad Youssef is a Warrant Officer in the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate
under the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
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Name
Associated individuals: Brother: Khodr Taher;
Associated entities: Castle Security and
Protection LLC;
Other identifying information: Father: Ali
Taher;
Gender: male
349.
350.
Amjad YOUSSEF a.k.a. Yusuf,
Yousef
ﺃﻣﺠﺪ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ
Nationality: Syrian;
Osama RAMADAN a.k.a.
Usama
ﺃﺳﺎﻣﺔ ﺭﻣﻀﺎﻥ
Date of birth: 19.12.1973;
Gender: male
He was a member of Branch 227 of the Military Intelligence Directorate of the
former al-Assad regime on 13 April 2013, when he participated in the killing of
at least 41 civilians in the town of Tadamon (“Tadamon massacre”). He is
therefore responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population in Syria.
Nationality: Syrian;
24.4.2023
Business Associate: Ahmad Ali Taher;
Associated entities: Castle Security and
Protection LLC;
Other identifying information: Father: Hassan
Ramadan;
Gender: male
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Address: Damascus, Mazze, Western Villas,
Saraya 36 Building, 3rd Floor;
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 former
al-Assad regime.
351.
Ali Mhanna SULEIMAN
ﻋﻠﻲ ﻣﻬﻨﺎ ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of birth: 2.3.1987;
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 has
Place of birth: Al-Raml, Kherbet Maaza, Tartus, been involved in financing the former al-Assad regime, including through the
Syria;
smuggling of fuel. He also benefits from his association with the former al-Assad
regime, such as from opportunities in real estate development. He therefore
Nationality: Syrian;
benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Address: Tartus, Khirbit Maaza, 36th Estate,
Ghaya Estate Area;
Date of listing
24.4.2023
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Name
National ID Number: 10040018920;
Father’s Name: Mhanna;
Mother’s Name: Insaf;
Gender: male
352.
Fereydoun Mohammadi
SAGHAEI
ﻓﺮﯾﺪﻭﻥ ﻣﺤﻤﺪﻯ ﺳﻘﺎﯾﯽ
Date of birth: 1964;
Nationality: Iranian;
Gender: male
353.
Mahmoud al-Dj
Date of birth: 26.7.1983;
Place of birth: Tell Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria;
Nationality: Syrian/Libyan;
Gender: male
Fereydoun Mohammadi Saghaei is Deputy Commander of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force. He is in charge of the IRGC’s
air defence project in Syria. That project takes place within the context of Iran
supporting the former al-Assad regime by sending military equipment and
personnel to Syria. Therefore, Fereydoun Mohammadi Saghaei is supporting the
former al-Assad regime.
20.7.2023
Mahmoud al-Dj is a leading businessperson operating in Syria under the former
al-Assad regime, who owns several companies active in different sectors such as
logistics and tourism. He facilitates illicit transactions between regime-affiliated
persons and entities in Syria and Eastern Libya, including in relation to narcotics,
and the shipments of arms and mercenaries. His position is enabled through his
close ties with the former al-Assad regime, from which he and his businesses are
benefitting. His activities, on the other hand, support the former al-Assad regime
and enable it to access illicit revenues. He is therefore benefiting from, and
providing support to, the former al-Assad regime.
22.1.2024
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354.
Yasser Hussein Ibrahim a.k.a.
Yassar Hussein Ibrahim
ﻳﺴﺎﺭ ﺣﺴﻴﻦ ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ
Identifying information
Date of birth: 9.4.1983;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
355.
Bilal al-Naal (a.k.a. al-Na’al)
Date of birth:14.4.1975;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
356.
Fahad Darwish (a.k.a.
Fahd/Fahed)
Date of birth:1955;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Nationality: Syrian/Iranian;
Gender: male
357.
Mohannad al-Dabbagh
Date of birth: 6.3.1967;
Nationality: Syrian/Iranian;
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 former al-Assad regime.
22.1.2024;
Bilal al-Naal is a founder and partner of multiple trading and investment
companies in Syria.
22.1.2024
He is a member of the Syrian-Russian Business Council making him instrumental
in the economic ties between Russia and the former al-Assad regime. Al-Naal is
also a member of the Syrian parliament and former member of the Damascus
governorate council. Therefore, Bilal al-Naal is a leading business person in Syria,
who is in this capacity supporting and benefiting from the former al-Assad
regime. He is also associated with Fadi Saqr, Cham Holding and Bishr al-Sabban.
Fahd Darwish is President of the Joint Syrian-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. In
addition, Darwish owns and runs multiple businesses in Syria active in different
sectors such as trading and pharmaceuticals.
22.1.2024
Therefore, Darwish is a leading businessperson operating in Syria, who is, in this
capacity, supporting and benefitting from the former al-Assad regime.
Mohannad al-Dabbagh is a cousin of Asma al-Assad. He co-owns Takamol LLC,
a company responsible for managing the electronic “smart card program” used
since 2014 to distribute subsidised food and other products in Syria under the
umbrella of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Protection. In
particular, Takamol LLC earns a fee for every transaction operated through the
smart card.
22.1.2024
Mohannad al-Dabbagh is therefore benefitting from and supporting the former
al-Assad regime.
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Name
358.
Firas al-Akhras
Identifying information
Date of birth: 1.3.1978;
Place of birth: London, United Kingdom;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Firas al-Akhras is the brother of Asma al-Assad. He is co-owner of the Takamol
LLC company responsible for managing the electronic “smart card program” used
since 2014 to distribute subsidised food and other products in Syria, under the
umbrella of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Protection. In
particular, Takamol LLC earns a fee for every transaction operated through the
smart card.
22.1.2024
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Name
Firas al-Akhras is therefore benefitting from and supporting the former al-Assad
regime.
359.
Louai Emad El-Din
al-MUNAJJID
ﻟﺆﻱ ﻋﻤﺎﺩ ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺠﺪ
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection under the former al-Assad
regime. Appointed in September 2024.
25.11.2024
Former Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.
As a Government Minister, Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid shares responsibility
for the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
360.
Firas Hassan QADDOUR
ﻓﻴﺮﺍﺱ ﺣﺴﺎﻥ ﻗﺪﻭﺭ
Date of birth: 1962;
Place of birth: Damascus;
Nationality: Syrian;
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under the former al-Assad regime.
Appointed in March 2023 and re-appointed in September 2024.
25.11.2024
As a Government Minister, Firas Hassan Qaddour shares responsibility for the
former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Gender: male
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361.
Ahmed Mohammad BUSTAJI
ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺑﻮﺳﺘﻪ ﺟﻲ
Identifying information
Place of birth: Idleb;
Nationality: Syrian;
Gender: male
Reasons
Date of listing
Minister of State under the former al-Assad regime. Appointed in March 2023
and re-appointed in September 2024.
25.11.2024’;
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Name
As a Government Minister, Ahmed Mohammad Bustaji shares responsibility for
the former al-Assad regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
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12. Real Estate Bank;
18. Syriatel;
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(ii) in Section ‘B. Entities’, the following 22 entries are deleted:
19. Cham Press TV;
20. Al Watan;
27. Syria Trading Oil Company (Sytrol);
28. General Petroleum Corporation (GPC);
29. Al Furat Petroleum Company;
34. Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank;
35. Deir ez-Zur Petroleum Company;
36. Ebla Petroleum Company;
37. Dijla Petroleum Company;
39. Syrian Petroleum Company;
40. Mahrukat Company;
41. General Organisation of Tobacco;
46. General Organisation of Radio and TV;
47. Syrian Company for Oil Transport;
49. Cotton Marketing Organisation;
54. Overseas Petroleum Trading;
56. The Baniyas Refinery Company;
57. The Homs Refinery Company;
95. Al-Aqila Company.
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63. Pangates International Corp Ltd;
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(iii) in Section ‘B. Entities’, the following 50 entries are replaced by the following:
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘1.
Bena Properties
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 former al-Assad
regime.
23.6.2011
2.
Al Mashreq Investment Fund
(AMIF)
P.O. Box 108, Damascus, Syria;
Held by Rami Makhlouf; provides funding to the former al-Assad regime.
23.6.2011
Baghdad Street, P.O. Box 8254, Damascus,
Syria;
Hamcho International is a large Syrian holding company owned by Mohammed
Hamcho.
27.1.2015
Tel: +963 112316675;
Hamcho International benefits from and provides support to the former al-Assad
regime and is associated with a person benefiting from and supporting the
former al-Assad regime.
(a.k.a. Sunduq Al Mashrek Al
Istithmari)
3.
Hamcho International
(a.k.a. Hamsho International
Group)
Tel: +963 112110059 / 963 112110043;
Fax: +963 933333149
Fax: +963 112318875;
Website: www.hamshointl.com;
E-mail: [email protected] and
4.
Military Housing Establishment
(a.k.a. MILIHOUSE)
Public works company controlled by Riyad Shalish and Ministry of Defence;
provides funding to the former al-Assad regime.
23.6.2011
Political Security Directorate
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.8.2011
6.
General Intelligence Directorate
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.8.2011
7.
Military Intelligence Directorate
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.8.2011
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5.
8.
Air Force Intelligence Agency
9.
IRGC Qods Force
Identifying information
Mada Transport
Date of listing
Syrian government agency directly involved in repression under the former
al-Assad regime.
23.8.2011
Teheran, Iran
The Qods (or Quds) Force is a specialist arm of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC). The Qods Force is involved in providing equipment and
support to help the former al-Assad regime suppress protests in Syria. The Qods
Force has provided technical assistance, equipment and support to the Syrian
security services to repress civilian protest movements.
23.8.2011
Subsidiary of Cham Holding (Sehanya Dara’a
Highway, P.O. Box 9525);
Economic entity financing the former al-Assad regime.
2.9.2011
Economic entity financing the former al-Assad regime.
2.9.2011
Addounia TV has incited violence against the civilian population in Syria under
the former al-Assad regime.
23.9.2011
(a.k.a. Quds Force)
10.
Reasons
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Name
Tel: +963 11 99 62
11.
Cham Investment Group
Subsidiary of Cham Holding (Sehanya Dara’a
Highway, P.O. Box 9525);
Tel: +963 11 99 62
13.
Addounia TV
Tel: +963 11 5667274; +963 11 5667271;
(a.k.a. Dounia TV)
Fax: +963 11 5667272;
Website: http://www.addounia.tv;
Relatives/business associates/entities or
partners/links: SAMA TV (sister company);
website: www.sama-tv.net
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14.
Cham Holding
Identifying information
Cham Holding Building - Daraa Highway –
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Rif Dimashq – Syria
Reasons
Date of listing
Controlled by Rami Makhlouf; second-largest holding company in Syria,
benefiting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime.
23.9.2011
Manufacturing and supplying communication and transmission towers and other
equipment for the Syrian army under the former al-Assad regime.
23.9.2011
Construction of military barracks, border post barracks and other buildings for
army needs under the former al-Assad regime.
23.9.2011
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Name
PO Box 9525;
Tel: +963 11 9962; +963 11 668 14000; +963
11 673 1044;
Fax: +963 11 673 1274;
Email: [email protected];
Website: www.chamholding.sy
15.
El-Tel. Co. (El-Tel. Middle East
Company)
Dair Ali Jordan Highway, P.O. Box 13052,
Damascus, Syria;
(a.k.a. Abraj Tech)
Tel: +963 11 2212345;
Fax: +963 11 44694450;
Email: [email protected];
Company owner: Maher Dsouki;
Websites: www.eltelme.com, www.abrajtec.com
16.
Ramak Constructions Co.
Dara’a Highway, Damascus, Syria;
Tel: +963 11 6858111;
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Mobile: +963 933 240231
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
21.
Centre d’études et de recherches Barzeh Street, P.O. Box 4470, Damascus, Syria Provides support to the Syrian army under the former al-Assad regime for the
syrien (CERS)
acquisition of equipment used for the surveillance and repression of
demonstrators under the former al-Assad regime.
(a.k.a. Centre d’Etude et de
Recherche Scientifique (CERS);
Operating in the chemical weapons proliferation sector, it is the government
Scientific Studies and Research
entity responsible for developing and producing non-conventional weapons,
Centre (SSRC); Centre de
including chemical weapons, and the missiles to deliver them.
Recherche de Kaboun)
1.12.2011
42.
Ministry of Defence
Syrian government branch directly involved in repression under the former
al-Assad regime.
26.6.2012
Syrian government branch directly involved in repression under the former
al-Assad regime.
26.6.2012
Syrian government branch and element of the Syrian Ba’ath Party. Directly
involved in repression under the former al-Assad regime. It directed Syrian
security forces to use extreme force against demonstrators.
26.6.2012
Umayyad Square, Damascus, Syria
Tel: +963 11 7770700
43.
Ministry of Interior
Merjeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Tel: +963 11 2219400; +963 11 2219401;
+963 11 2220220; +963 11 2210404
44.
Syrian National Security Bureau
48.
Drex Technologies S.A.
Incorporation date: 4.7.2000;
Drex Technologies is wholly owned by Rami Makhlouf, who is listed under
Union sanctions for providing financial support to the former al-Assad regime.
Incorporation number: 394678;
Rami Makhlouf uses Drex Technologies to facilitate and manage his international
financial holdings, including a majority share in SyriaTel, which the Union has
Director: Rami Makhlouf;
previously listed on the grounds that it also provides financial support to the
Registered agent: Mossack Fonseca & Co (BVI) former al-Assad regime.
Ltd
24.7.2012
52.
Megatrade
Aleppo Street, P.O. Box 5966, Damascus, Syria; Acts as a proxy for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), which is
listed. Involved in trade in dual use goods prohibited by Union sanctions for the
Fax: +963 11 4471081
former al-Assad government.
16.10.2012
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Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
53.
Expert Partners
Rukn Addin, Saladin Street, Building 5, P.O.
Box 7006, Damascus, Syria
Acts as a proxy for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), which is
listed. Involved in trade in dual use goods prohibited by Union sanctions for the
former al-Assad government.
16.10.2012
58.
Army Supply Bureau
P.O. Box 3361, Damascus, Syria
Involved in the procurement of military equipment for the former al-Assad
regime, and therefore responsible for the violent repression of the civilian
population in Syria. Branch of the Syrian Ministry of Defence.
23.7.2014
59.
Industrial Establishment of
Defence
Al Thawraa Street, P.O. Box 2330 Damascus,
Syria
23.7.2014
(a.k.a. Industrial Establishment
of Defense (IED); Industrial
Establishment for Defence;
Defence Factories
Establishment; Establissements
Industriels de la Defense (EID);
Establissement Industrial de la
Defence (ETINDE), Coefficient
Defense Foundation)
Or
Involved in the procurement of military equipment for the former al-Assad
regime, and therefore responsible for the violent repression of the civilian
population in Syria. Branch of the Syrian Ministry of Defence.
P.O. Box 31983, Barzeh, Syria
Affiliated to and a subsidiary of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre
(SSRC) which is already designated by the Council. It provides training and
support to the SSRC and is therefore responsible for the violent repression of the
civilian population under the former al-Assad regime.
23.7.2014
P.O. Box 4470, Damascus, Syria
Affiliated to and a subsidiary of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre
(SSRC) which is already designated by the Council. It provides training and
support to the SSRC and is therefore responsible for the violent repression of the
civilian population under the former al-Assad regime.
23.7.2014
60.
Higher Institute for Applied
Sciences and Technology
(HIAST) (
)
Al-Hameh, Damascus Countryside, P.O. Box
2230, Syria
National Standards &
Calibration Laboratory (NSCL)
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(a.k.a. Institut Supérieur des
Sciences Appliquées et de
Technologie (ISSAT))
61.
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Name
65.
Organisation for Technological
Industries (OTI)
Identifying information
P.O. Box 11037, Damascus, Syria
(a.k.a. Technical Industries
Corporation (TIC))
Reasons
Date of listing
Subsidiary of the Syrian Ministry of Defence, which has been designated by the
Council.
7.3.2015
OTI is involved in the production of chemical weapons for the former al-Assad
regime.
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Name
It is therefore responsible for the violent repression of the Syrian population.
As a subsidiary of the Ministry of Defence, it is also associated with a designated
entity.
67.
Hamsho Trading
Hamsho Building, 31 Baghdad Street,
Damascus, Syria
(a.k.a. Hamsho Group; Hmisho
Hamsho group, Damascus countryside –
Trading Group; Hmisho
northern road-ring, Hamsho for trading and
Economic Group)
constructions;
Email: [email protected];
Subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been designated by the Council.
7.3.2015
As such, Hamsho Trading is associated with a designated entity, Hamsho
International.
Supports the former al-Assad regime through its subsidiaries, including Syria
Steel. Through its subsidiaries it is associated with groups such as the former
al-Assad-regime affiliated Shabiha militias.
Tel: 00963 (11) 3227530
72.
Rawafed Damascus Private Joint Damascus, Syria
Stock Company
(a.k.a.
Rawafed/Rawafid/Rawafed
(Tributary) Damascus Private
Joint Stock Company)
73.
Aman Damascus Joint Stock
Company
(a.k.a. Aman Damascus JSC)
Damascus, Syria
A USD 48,3 million joint venture between Damascus Cham Holding, Ramak
Development and Humanitarian Projects, Al-Ammar LLC, Timeet Trading LLC
(a.k.a. Ultimate Trading Co. Ltd.) and Wings Private JSC. Rawafed supports and/or
benefits from the former al-Assad regime, including through its participation in
the luxury development Marota City.
21.1.2019
A USD 18,9 million joint venture between Damascus Cham Holding and Aman
Group. Through its participation in the former al-Assad regime-backed luxury
development Marota City, Aman Damascus supports and/or benefits from the
former al-Assad regime.
21.1.2019
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74.
Identifying information
Bunyan Damascus Private Joint Damascus, Syria
Stock Company
(a.k.a. Bunyan Damascus Private
JSC)
Reasons
Date of listing
A USD 34,8 million joint venture between Damascus Cham Holding and Apex
Development and Projects LLC and Tamayoz LLC. Through its participation in
the former al-Assad regime-backed luxury development Marota City, Bunyan
Damascus Private Joint Stock Company supports and/or benefits from the former
al-Assad regime.
21.1.2019
75.
Mirza
Damascus, Syria
A USD 52,7 million joint venture between Damascus Cham Holding and Talas
Group. Through its participation in the luxury development Marota City backed
by the former al-Assad regime, Mirza supports and/or benefits from the former
al-Assad regime.
21.1.2019
77.
Al Qatarji Company
Type of entity: private company;
17.2.2020
(a.k.a. Qatarji International
Group; Al-Sham and
Al-Darwish Company;
Qatirji/Khatirji/Katarji/Katerji
Group)
Business sector: import/export; trucking;
supply of oil and commodities;
(ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﻗﺎﻃﺮﺟﻲ/)ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ
Ultimate beneficial owner: Hussam Al Qatarji
(designated by the Council);
Prominent company operating across multiple sectors of the Syrian economy. By
facilitating fuel, arms and ammunition trade between the former al-Assad regime
and various actors including ISIL (Da’esh) under the pretext of importing and
exporting food items, supporting militias fighting alongside the former al-Assad
regime and taking advantage of its ties with the former al-Assad regime to expand
its commercial activity, Al Qatarji Company – whose board is headed by
designated person Hussam Al Qatarji, a member of the Syrian People’s
Assembly – supports and benefits from the former al-Assad regime.
Name of Director/Management: Hussam Al
Qatarji, CEO (designated by the Council);
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Name
Registered address: Mazzah, Damascus, Syria;
Relatives/business associates/entities or
partners/links: Arvada/Arfada Petroleum
Company JSC
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78.
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
Damascus Cham Holding
Company
Type of entity: public-owned company under
private law;
17.2.2020
(a.k.a. Damascus Cham Private
Joint Stock Company
Business sector: real estate development;
Damascus Cham Holding Company was established by the former al-Assad
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.
Address: Ochakovskoye Shosse, Dom 28,
Velada LLC is a private company that is involved in the oil and gas sector in Syria.
Building 2, Local 3, Room 8, Moscow, 119530,
In December 2019, the Syrian parliament approved a contract granting Velada
Russian Federation;
LLC the right to develop oil and gas in Syria, including in oilfields in the
Date of creation: 29.6. 2015
regime-controlled areas in Northeast Syria and a gas field north of Damascus.
Thus, it benefits from or supports the former al-Assad regime.
13.12.2021
Address: Leninsky Prospekt, Dom 137,
Mercury LLC is a private company involved in the oil and gas sector in Syria.
Building 1, Local 2, Room 5, Moscow, Russian
In December 2019, the Syrian parliament approved a contract granting Mercury
Federation
LLC the right to develop oil and gas in Syria, including in oilfields in the
regime-controlled areas in Northeast Syria and a gas field in the north of
Damascus. Thus, it benefits from or supports the former al-Assad regime.
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Name
Name of Director/Management: Adel Anwar
al-Olabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors By managing the implementation of Marota City, Damascus Cham Holding
and Governor of Damascus (designated by the (whose Chairman is the Governor of Damascus) supports and benefits from the
Council);
former al-Assad regime and provides benefits to businesspeople with close ties to
the
former al-Assad regime who have struck lucrative deals with this entity
Ultimate beneficial owner: Governorate of
through public-private partnerships.
Damascus;
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).
79.
Velada LLC
OOO Велада
80.
Mercury LLC
OOO Меркурий
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81.
Evro Polis LLC
OOO Евро Полис
Identifying information
Address: Ulitsa Bratev, Gozozankinykh,
Dom 2B, Pomeshchenie 3.1., Krasnogorsk,
143409, Russian Federation;
Relatives/Associates: General Petroleum Corp.
82.
Sanad Protection and Security
Services
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83.
Fourth Armoured Division of
the Syrian Army
ﺍﻟﻔﺮﻗﺔ ﺍﻟﺮﺍﺑﻊ
Type of entity: Limited Liability Company
Date of creation: 22 October 2017
Headquarters: Damascus
Place of registration: Damascus;
Principal place of business: Syrian regime
territory in Syria;
Associated individuals: Maher al-Assad,
Ghassan Belal
Reasons
Evro Polis LLC is a private company linked to the Wagner Group in Syria,
involved in the mining, oil and gas sectors in Syria.
Date of listing
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Name
13.12.2021
Evro Polis LLC is used as a front for the Wagner Group in Syria. It has signed
a number of contracts with the former al-Assad regime, through the state-owned
General Petroleum Corp., under which it receives 25 % of the proceeds from the
production of oil and gas in fields captured by the Wagner Group. Thus, it
benefits from or supports the former al-Assad regime.
Sanad Protection and Security Services is a Syrian private security company,
established in 2017 and supervised by the Wagner Group in Syria, active in the
protection of Russian interests (phosphates, gas and securing oil sites) in Syria.
The exploitation of natural resources provides revenues to the former al-Assad
regime. In addition, the company is active in the recruitment of Syrian
mercenaries to Libya and Ukraine. As such, the company supports the former
al-Assad regime and benefits from it.
21.7.2022
The Fourth Armoured Division is one of the most prominent military units of
the Syrian army during the former al-Assad regime led by Maher al-Assad and
commanded by Ghassan Bilal.
24.4.2023
The Fourth Armoured Division is responsible for the violent repression of the
civilian population.
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The Fourth Armoured Division also profits form the war economy, especially the
trafficking in Captagon. Captagon trade has become a business model led by the
former al-Assad regime, enriching the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime
and forming its lifeline. Therefore, the Fourth Armoured Division benefits from
and supports the former al-Assad regime.
84.
Neptunus LLC/Neptune LLC
company
Identifying information
Place of registration: Lattakia, Syria;
Date of registration: 2017
Reasons
Date of listing
Neptunus LLC is involved in drug operations in the port of Latakia. Neptunus
LLC therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
Neptunus LLC was co-founded by Taher Al-Kayali.
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Name
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85.
Areen foundation/ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺮﻳﻦ
Place of registration: Syria;
Date of registration: 1999;
Principal place of business: Syria;
The al-Areen foundation poses as a charitable foundation, but is closely affiliated
with former al-Assad regime-affiliated militias.
24.4.2023
The al-Areen foundation is directed by the former President’s wife, Asma
al-Assad.
Associated individuals: Asma al-Assad (wife of The foundation is channelling aid in line with the policies and priorities of the
Bashar al-Assad and Director)
former al-Assad regime, and therefore benefits from and supports the former
al-Assad regime.
86.
Stroytransgaz/Стройтрансгаз
Other information:
Stroytransgaz Group,
Stroytransgaz is a Russian engineering and construction company operating in
Syria, which amongst other things assumed control of Syria’s largest phosphate
mines.
Stroytransgaz (STG) Logistic,
Stroytransgaz therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
Stroytransgaz (STG) Engineering,
STG Engineering
87.
Gecopham, the General
Company for Phosphate and
Mines
ﺍﻟﺸﺮﻛﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﻟﻠﻔﻮﺳﻔﺎﺕ ﻭ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﺎﺟﻢ
Address: Palmyra Road, Homs, Syrian Arabic
Republic;
Phone: 00963312751122;
Gecopham is controlled by the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources and provides financial support to the former al-Assad regime.
It therefore supports the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
Email: [email protected];
General Manager: Younes Ramadan
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88.
Identifying information
Al-Jabal Security and Protection Address: F6XR+495, Malek Bin Rabeaa,
LLC
Damascus, Syria;
ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﺍﻟﺠﺒﻞ ﻟﺨﺪﻣﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﺤﻤﺎﻳﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﺮﺍﺳﺔType of entity: Limited Liability Company;
Place of registration: Damascus;
Reasons
Date of listing
Al-Jabal Security and Protection LLC is owned and managed by Osama al-Maliki.
24.4.2023
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Name
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. Al-Jabal Security and Protection LLC therefore benefits from and supports
the former al-Assad regime.
Date of registration: 19.10.2017;
Principal place of business: Damascus, Syria;
Associated individuals: Osama Mohammad
al-Maliki
89.
Castle for Security and
Protection LLC
Address: Saraya Roundabout, Western Villas,
Mazze, Damascus, Syria;
ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﺍﻟﻘﻠﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﺤﻤﺎﻳﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﺮﺍﺳﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺨﺪﻣﺎﺕType of entity: Limited Liability Company;
ﺍﻷﻣﻨﻲ
Place of registration: Damascus, Syria;
a.k.a. Castle Security and
Date of registration: 18.10.2017;
Protection LLC, Citadel for
Security and Protection
Principal place of business: Damascus, Syria;
Castle for Security and Protection LLC is a private company, which acts as a shell
company for the Fourth Division of the Syrian Arab Army, which is led by Maher
al-Assad.
24.4.2023
Castle for Security is involved also in the trafficking of narcotics. The Captagon
trade has become a business model led by the former al-Assad regime, enriching
the inner circle of the former al-Assad regime and forming its lifeline. It therefore
benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
Other information: Sector: Militia turned
Security Company;
Phone Number: +963116119331;
+963943800808
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Aman for Protection and
Security LLC
ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﺃﻣﺎﻥ ﻟﻠﺤﻤﺎﻳﺔ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﺮﺍﺳﺔ ﺍﻷﻣﻨﻴﺔ
Identifying information
Address: Damascus Countryside;
Type of entity: Limited Liability Company;
Reasons
Date of listing
Aman for Protection and Security LLC is a private security company, which acts
as a shell company for the Hosn al-Watan milita, founded by Muhammad Abdo
Assaad. It therefore benefits from and supports the former al-Assad regime.
24.4.2023
Al-Dj Group is a Syrian business entity, owned and managed by Mahmoud al-Dj.
As a holding company it owns and operates the Freebird Travel Agency, an agent
for Cham Wings Airlines, which is conducting frequent flights between Syria and
Libya, smuggling mercenaries, and narcotics. Al-Dj Group is further associated
with Al-Tair Company, which is also owned by Mahmoud al-Dj.
22.1.2024
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Name
Place of registration: Damascus Countryside;
Date of registration: 10.10.2018;
Registration number: 2906;
Principal place of business: Damascus
Countryside, Syria;
Associated individuals: Muhammad Abdo
Assad
91.
Al-Dj Group
Place of registration: Damascus, Syria;
(a.k.a. ALDJ)
Principal place of business: Syria
Through this scheme of business relations, in which Al-Dj Group plays a central
role, cargo shipping and flights are used for illicit transactions between
regime-affiliated persons and entities in Syria and Eastern Libya, including
narcotics.
Al-Dj Group’s activities benefit the former al-Assad regime and support it in
accessing illicit revenues.
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92.
Cham Wings
Identifying information
Place of registration: Damascus, Syria;
Principal place of business: Damascus, Syria
Reasons
Date of listing
Cham Wings Airlines is a Syrian business entity which is owned by Muhammad
Issam Shammout.
22.1.2024
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Name
Also, Cham Wings uses its flights to engage in the transfer of Syrian mercenaries,
arms trade, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering, which supports the
activities of the former al-Assad regime. As the only private airline in Syria, Cham
Wings is therefore benefiting from, and providing support to the former al-Assad
regime.
93.
Freebird Travel Agency
Place of registration: Syria, Dubai;
Principal place of business: Damascus, Syria
The Freebird Travel Agency is a Syrian business entity owned and operated by
Al-Dj Group, which in turn is owned and managed by Mahmoud al-Dj.
22.1.2024
Freebird serves as principal agent for Cham Wings Airlines, and thereby benefits
from and provides support to the former al-Assad regime.
94.
Iloma Investment Private JSC
Place of registration: Damascus, Syria;
(a.k.a. Eloma)
Date of registration: 2023;
Principal place of business: Damascus, Syria
Iloma Investment Private JSC has been established at the beginning of 2023 to
take over almost half of the ownership of Damascus airport.
22.1.2024’.
Iloma is a front for the Assad family and part of the former al-Assad regime’s
efforts to personally gain from manipulation of the economy. Therefore, Iloma is
supporting and benefiting from the former al-Assad regime.
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قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية، ومن الأسماء الواردة فيه: ماهر الأسد، عاطف نجيب، غزوان خير بك، كمال الشيخة.
المعلومات الأساسية
تاريخ الصدور
البلد المستهدف
رقم الوثيقة
مصدر الوثيقة
المجموعات
نوع المصدر
نوع الوثيقة
العنوان الأصلي للوثيقة
التصنيف الفرعي
اللغة
كود الذاكرة السورية
الجهة المصدرة
وثائق أخرى للجهة المصدرة
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain third countries concerning restrictive measures against Syria
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/02/16
Syrian foreign affairs minister added to EU sanctions list
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/01/15
New EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process appointed
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/04/29
Syria: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the 10 years of the conflict
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/03/14
Report by President Charles Michel to the European Parliament plenary session
نوع الوثيقة:
تقرير
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/04/26
Syria: Council extends sanctions against the regime for another year
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/05/27
EU imposes restrictive measures against the Wagner Group
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/12/13
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against Syria
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2022/01/12
Syria: four new ministers added to EU sanctions list
نوع الوثيقة:
قرار
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/11/15
Joint press release by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission following their video conference with President Erdoğan
نوع الوثيقة:
بيان صحفي
الجهة المصدرة:
المجلس الأوروبي
تاريخ الصدور:
2021/03/19
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الحرس الثوري الإيراني
فيلق القدس - الحرس الثوري الإيراني
إدارة المخابرات الجوية
إدارة المخابرات العامة / أمن الدولة
شعبة المخابرات العسكرية - الأمن العسكري
الحرس الجمهوري
الفرقة الرابعة دبابات (مدرعات) - نظام
شركة شام القابضة
شركة سيريتل
الجيش الروسي
مركز الدراسات والبحوث العلمية في سوريا - الإدارة العامة
حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي
الأمم المتحدة
البنك المركزي السوري - المصرف المركزي السوري
أجنحة الشام للطيران
المصرف العقاري السوري
شركة الفرات للنفط
الشركة السورية للنفط
اتحاد غرف التجارة السورية
غرفة تجارة دمشق
غرفة صناعة حلب
غرفة صناعة دمشق
قناة الدنيا الفضائية
شركة فاغنر
شركة القاطرجي
مجموعة حمشو الدولية
قوات الدفاع الوطني
وزارة الدفاع - نظام الأسد
الجيش العربي السوري - نظام
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