Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2026/1106 of 18 May 2026 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria

Official Journal

of the European Union

EN

L series

19.5.2026

2026/1106

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2026/1106

of 18 May 2026

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 seven 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.

Additionally, the entries for 11 natural persons in that list 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, 18 May 2026.

For the Council

The President

K. KALLAS

(1)

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ANNEX

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

(i) in Section ‘A. Persons’, entries 18, 48, 51, 234, 287, 291, 295, 342, 350, 355 and 358 are replaced by the following:

Name

‘18.

Mohammed (‫ )ﻣﺤﻤﺪ‬HAMCHO

(‫)ﺣﻤﺸﻮ‬

Identifying information

Date of birth: 20.5.1966;

Passport No 002954347;

Gender: male

Reasons

Date of listing

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

He held prominent positions in the business community in Syria as general

secretary of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the China-Syria

Bilateral Business Councils and chairman of the Syrian Metal and Steel Council.

He has close business relationships with key figures of the former al-Assad regime,

including Maher al-Assad.

Owing to his prominent role and closeness to the former al-Assad regime, his

business interests and substantial asset base, he continues to benefit from and

provide support to the former al-Assad regime, and is associated with persons

benefiting from and providing support to that regime.

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48.

Samir HASSAN (‫)ﺳﻤﻴﺮ ﺣﺴﻦ‬

Identifying information

Date of birth: 10.8.1953;

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 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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Owing to his prominent role and substantial asset base, he continues to be an

influential businessperson close to the former al-Assad regime.

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.

51.

Issam (‫ )ﻋﺼﺎﻡ‬ANBOUBA (‫)ﺃﻧﺒﻮﺑﺎ‬

Date of birth: 18.3.1952;

Place of birth: Homs, Syria;

Gender: male

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

agriculture, real estate, oil and banking. He continues to profit from the business

empire that he was able to establish due to his close relationship with the former

al-Assad regime, via his offshore companies in Lebanon. He has financial relations

with the Syrian business elite and high-ranking members of the former al-Assad

regime, inter alia, via his roles in “Siloserv” and as Co-founder of Cham Holding.

2.9.2011

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234.

287.

Duraid DURGHAM

Hussam AL QATARJI (a.k.a.

Hussam/Hossam Ahmed/

Mohammed/Muhammad

al-Katerji) (‫)ﺣﺴﺎﻡ ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺮﺟﻲ‬

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of birth: 27.12.1964;

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Syria.

Gender: male

Was responsible for providing economic and financial support to the former

al-Assad regime through his functions as the Governor of the Central Bank of

Syria.

Date of birth: 1.1.1982;

Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime,

Hussam 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.

Place of birth: Raqqa, Syria;

Nationality: Syrian;

Date of listing

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Name

14.11.2016

21.1.2019

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

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

government, through one of their companies, Nabd Contracting and

Khatirji Group/Katerji International Group);

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

Gender: male

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, Al Qatarji’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.

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291.

Identifying information

Amer FOZ (a.k.a. Amer Zuhair Date of birth: 11.3.1976;

Fawz) (‫)ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﻓﻮﺯ‬

Place of birth: Homs, Syria;

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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Name

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 former al-Assad regime. Together with his

brother, he is engaged in the acquisition of luxury properties in Dubai.

Furthermore, he is a partner in the company “Solid 1 Offshore” in Dubai, which is

owned by his brother Samer Foz. He is thus associated with his brother Samer Foz

in the context of common business interests.

Relatives/business associates/entities or

partners/links: Samer Foz; Vice Chairman of

Asas Steel Company; Aman Holding;

Gender: male

295.

Adel Anwar AL-OLABI (a.k.a.

Date of birth: 10.1.1976;

Adel Anouar el-Oulabi, Adil

Anwar al-Olabi) (‫ )ﻋﺎﺩﻝ ﺃﻧﻮﺭ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﺒﻲ‬Nationality: Syrian;

Position: Chairman of Damascus Cham

Holding Company (DCHC); former 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

As former 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, thereby supporting the former regime.

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342.

Samer AL-DIBIS ‫ﺳﺎﻣﺮ ﺍﻟﺪﺑﺲ‬

(a.k.a. Samer AL-DIBS, Samir)

350.

Osama RAMADAN a.k.a.

Usama ‫ﺃﺳﺎﻣﺔ ﺭﻣﻀﺎﻥ‬

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of birth: 30.3.1962;

Date of listing

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 former member of the Board of

Directors of the Syrian-Chinese Business Council and the former chairman of the

Nationality: Syrian;

Damascus and Rural Damascus Chamber of Industry. He is also a former member

Address: Naher Street, Rawda, Damascus, Syria; of Parliament and a close 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

Date of birth: 19.12.1973;

24.4.2023

Nationality: Syrian;

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 supports the former al-Assad regime. He is

also associated with Maher al-Assad.

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Name

Business Associate: Ahmad Ali Taher;

Associated entities: Castle Security and

Protection LLC;

Other identifying information: Father: Hassan

Ramadan;

Gender: male

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355.

Bilal al-Naal (a.k.a. al-Na’al)

Identifying information

Date of birth: 14.4.1975;

Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;

Nationality: Syrian;

Gender: male

358.

Firas al-Akhras

Date of birth: 1.3.1978;

Place of birth: London, United Kingdom;

Nationality: Syrian;

Gender: male

Reasons

Date of listing

Bilal al-Naal is a founder and partner of multiple trading and investment

companies in Syria. During the Syrian civil war he provided financial support to

the Shabiha militia.

22.1.2024

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Name

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 former member of the Syrian parliament and former member of the

Damascus governorate council. Therefore, Bilal al-Naal is a leading businessperson

in Syria, who is supporting and benefiting from the former al-Assad regime as

well as its militia. He is also associated with Fadi Saqr, Cham Holding and Bishr

al-Sabban.

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’;

Firas al-Akhras is therefore benefitting from and supporting the former al-Assad

regime. He is also associated with a member of the al-Assad family.

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(ii) in Section ‘B. Entities’, the following entries are deleted:

5. Political Security Directorate;

6. General Intelligence Directorate;

7. Military Intelligence Directorate;

8. Air Force Intelligence Agency;

42. Ministry of Defence;

43. Ministry of Interior;

60. Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology.

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قرار تنفيذي من مجلس الاتحاد الأوروبي بتعديل قائمة عقوبات سورية، ومن الأسماء الواردة فيه: سمير حسن، دريد درغام، عادل العلبي، أسامة رمضان، بلال النعال، فراس الأخرس، والمعهد العالي للعلوم التطبيقية والتكنولوجيا.