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Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

I, PENNY WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.

Dated 10th January 2024  

PENNY WONG

Minister for Foreign Affairs

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012

Part 2 —Repeal of spent provisions

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012

1  Name

  This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table

12 January 2024.

12 January 2024.

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

12 January 2024.

12 January 2024.

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

14 January 2024.

14 January 2024.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraphs 6(a) and 6(b), and subregulation 9(3), of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Part 1–Amendments

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012

1  At the end of Part 3

Add:

5C  Continuation of effect of designations and declarations on and after date of making of the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2023

 (1) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 1 to 11, 14 to 23, 25 to 34, 36 to 40, 42 to 60, 62 to 64, 67, 69 to 78, 81 to 85, 87 to 91, 93 and 95 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

 (2) The declaration, under paragraph 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the persons mentioned in items 1 to 11, 14 to 23, 25 to 34, 36 to 40, 42 to 60, 62 to 64, 67, 69 to 78, 81 to 85, 87 to 91, 93 and 95 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

 (3) The designation, under paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, of the entities mentioned in items 1 to 14 and 16 to 28 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 continues to have effect.

2  Schedule 1 (Note)

Omit “5A and 5B”, substitute “5A, 5B and 5C”.

3  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 1 to 11)

Repeal the items, substitute:

1

Name of individual

Abd Al-Farah QUDSIYAH

 

Also known as

Abdulfatah QUDSIAH;

Abd Al-Fatah KUDSIYEH;

Abdel-Fatah KUDSIYEH;

Abdulfatah QUDSIYA;

Abdul Fatah KUDSIYEH

 

Date of birth

1953

 

Place of birth

Hama, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Deputy Director of the Syrian National Security Bureau.

Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in 2011.

Passport No.: D0005788

2

Name of individual

Abdullah BERRI

 

Also known as

Abdallah BERRI

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of the Berri family militia.

3

Name of individual

Adel SAFAR

 

Also known as

Adil SAFR;

Adel Ahmad SAFAR

 

Date of birth

1953

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: President of the Yarmouk Private University in Syria.

Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic from April 2011 to June 2012.

Minister of Agriculture between 2003 and 2011.

4

Name of individual

Adnan Hassan MAHMOUD

 

Also known as

Adnan Hassan MAHMUD;

Adnan Hasan MAHMUD;

Adnan Hassan MAHMOOD;

Adman Hasan MAHMOUD;

Adnan Hasan MAHMOOD

 

Date of birth

1966

 

Place of birth

Tartous, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Former Syrian Ambassador to Iran from 2012-2020.

Syrian Minister of Information from April 2011 until June 2012.

5

Name of individual

Ahmed DIBE

 

Also known as

Ahmad DIBE;

Ahmed DIB;

Ahmed DEEB;

Ahmed AL-DIB;

Ahmad DEEB

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of the Dara’a Regional Branch of the General Intelligence Directorate.

6

Name of individual

Ahmed Yousef JARAD

 

Also known as

Ahmad Yousef JARAD;

Ahmed Youssef JARAD;

Ahmed Yousef JARRAD

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 132nd Brigade.

7

Name of individual

Ali ABDUL KARIM ALI

 

Also known as

Ali ABD-AL-KARIM;

Ali ABD-AL KARIM ALI;

Ali ABDULKARIM;

Ali ABDUL KARIM;

Ali ABD AL KARIM

 

Date of birth

1953

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon.

8

Name of individual

Ali Abdullah AYYUB

 

Also known as

Ali Abdallah AYYUB;

Ali Abdullah AYOUB;

Ali Abdullah AYYOUB

 

Date of birth

28/04/1952

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Deputy Prime Minister of Syria.

Former Minister of Defence from 2018 to 2022.

Former Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces.

9

Name of individual

Ali AL-SALIM

 

Also known as

Ali AL-SALEEM;

Ayoub AL-SALIM;

Ayoub AL-SALEEM

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Director of the Supplies Office of the Syrian Ministry of Defence.

10

Name of individual

Ali BARAKAT

 

Also known as

Barakat Ali BARAKAT

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard Division.

11

Name of individual

Ali DAWWA

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General in the Syrian Arab Army.

4  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 14 to 23)

Repeal the items, substitute:

14

Name of individual

Ali MAMLUK

 

Also known as

Ali Yunis MAMLUK;

Ali MAMLOUK;

Ali Yunis MAMLOUK;

Abu AYHAM

 

Date of birth

19/02/1946

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Vice President for Security Affairs.

Formerly the Director of the Syrian National Security Bureau.

Passport No.: 983

15

Name of individual

Amar ISMAEL

 

Also known as

Ammar ISMAEL;

Amar ISMAIL;

Ammar ISMAIL

 

Date of birth

03/04/1973

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Civilian head of the ‘Syrian Electronic Army’.

16

Name of individual

Amjad AL-ABBAS

 

Also known as

Amjad ABBAS

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of Political Security in Banyas.

17

Name of individual

Aous ASLAN

 

Also known as

Aus ASLAN;

Aous Ali ASLAN;

Aus ASLAN;

Aws ASLAN

 

Date of birth

1958

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 2nd Corps.

Former Commander, Syrian Arab Army 4th Armoured Division.

18

Name of individual

Atif NAJIB

 

Also known as

Atef NAJEEB;

Atef NAJIB;

Atej NAJIB;

Najib ATIF;

 

Date of birth

1960

 

Place of birth

Jablah, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of the Syrian Political Security Directorate for Idlib Province.

19

Name of individual

Ayman JABIR

 

Also known as

Aiman JABER;

Ayman Mehriz JABER;

Ayman Mohriz JABER;

Ayman Muhriz JABIR;

Aiman JABIR;

Aymin JABER

 

Date of birth

17/01/1967

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Prominent business and leading figure in the regime-affiliated Desert Hawks Brigade, which has been implicated in wide-ranging human rights abuses.

Passport No.: 003308607

20

Name of individual

Bader AQEL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General in Syrian Special Forces.

21

Name of individual

Bashar AL-ASSAD

 

Also known as

Bashar Hafez AL ASSAD;

Bashar AL-ASAD;

Bashar ASSAD;

Bashar Hafiz AL ASSAD;

Bashar Khafez AL-ASAD

 

Date of birth

11/09/1965

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

President of the Syrian Arab Republic and Supreme Commander of the Army and Armed Forces of Syria.

22

Name of individual

Bassam Mirhaj AL-HASSAN

 

Also known as

Bassam AL-HASSAN;

Basam HASAN

 

Date of birth

1960;

1961;

1962

 

Place of birth

Homs, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Presidential Advisor for Strategic Affairs.

23

Name of individual

Bouthaina SHAABAN

 

Also known as

Bouthania SHAABAN;

Buthaina SHAABAN

 

Date of birth

1953;

1955

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Presidential Political and Media Advisor.

5  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 25 to 34)

Repeal the items, substitute:

25

Name of individual

Farouk AL-SHARA

 

Also known as

Farouk AL SHARAA;

Farouq AL-SHARA;

Farouk AL-SHARAA;

Farouk SHARAA;

Faruq AL SHAR’;

Faruq AL CHAR’;

Farouq AL SHARA;

Farouk AL SHAR;

Faruk AL-SHARAA

 

Date of birth

10/12/1938

 

Place of birth

Dara’a, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Former Vice President of Syria from 2006 to 2014.

Former member of Syrian Ba’ath Party High Command from 2000 to 2013.

26

Name of individual

Fo’ad HAMOUDEH

 

Also known as

Fo’ad HAMMOUDEH;

Fo’ad HAMMOUDA;

Fouad HAMOUDEH;

Fouad HAMMOUDEH;

Fu’ad HAMMOUDEH;

Fu’ad HAMMOUDA

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander of Operations in Idlib.

27

Name of individual

Fu’ad TAWIL

 

Also known as

Faud TAWIL;

Fuad TAWIL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Deputy Chief of the Syrian Air Force Intelligence.

28

Name of individual

George CHAOUI

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Member of the ‘Syrian Electronic Army’.

29

Name of individual

Ghassan AFIF

 

Also known as

Ghassan AFEEF

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 45th Regiment.

30

Name of individual

Ghassan Ali BELAL

 

Also known as

Ghassan BELAL;

Ghassan Ali BILAL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Adviser to Mahir AL-ASSAD, Brigadier General and Director of the Security Bureau of the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Division.

31

Name of individual

Ghassan KHALIL

 

Also known as

Ghassan KHALEEL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Governor of Hasakah.

32

Name of individual

Ghiath FAYAD

 

Also known as

Ghiath FAYYAD;

Ghaith FAYYAD;

Ghaith FAYAD;

Ghaith Shafiq FAYYAD;

Ghaith Shafiq Fayyad DEEB

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of the Syrian Political Security Directorate.

33

Name of individual

Hafez MAKHLOUF

 

Also known as

Hafiz MAKHLUF

 

Date of birth

02/04/1971

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of a unit in the General Intelligence Directorate.

Cousin of Syrian President Bashar AL-ASSAD and close associate of Maher AL-ASSAD.

Passport No.: 2246

34

Name of individual

Hayel AL-ASSAD

 

Also known as

Hael AL-ASAD;

Hael AL-ASSAD;

Hayel AL-ASAD

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of a military police unit of the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Armoured Division.

6  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 36 to 40)

Repeal the items, substitute:

36

Name of individual

Husam SUKKAR

 

Also known as

Hussam SUKKAR;

Husam SUKAR;

Hussam SUKAR

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Presidential Adviser on Security Affairs.

37

Name of individual

Ibrahim AL-HASSAN

 

Also known as

Ibrahim AL-HASAN

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General in the Syrian Arab Army and Deputy Chief of Staff.

38

Name of individual

Ihab MAKHLOUF

 

Also known as

Ehab MAKHLOUF;

Ihab MAKHLUF;

Iehab MAKHLOUF;

Eihab MAKHLOUF

 

Date of birth

21/01/1973

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Vice-President of Syriatel.

Passport No.: N002848852

39

Name of individual

Iyad MAKHLOUF

 

Also known as

Eyad MAKHLOUF;

Iyad MAKHLUF

 

Date of birth

21/01/1973

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Lieutenant Colonel in the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate.

Passport No.: N001820740

40

Name of individual

Jamal YUNES

 

Also known as

Jamal YOUNES

 

Place of birth

Tartous, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander and the Syrian Arab Army’s 555th Regiment.

7  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 42 to 60)

Repeal the items, substitute:

42

Name of individual

Jamil HASSAN

 

Also known as

Jameel HASSAN;

Jamil AL-HASSAN;

Jameel ASSAN;

Jamieel AL-HASSAN;

Jamieel ASSAN;

Jamil ASSAN

 

Date of birth

07/07/1953

 

Place of birth

Quasayr, Homs, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Retired.

Formerly Major General and Head of Syrian Air Force Intelligence.

43

Name of individual

Fahd Jasim AL-FURAYJ

 

Also known as

Fah Jassem AL-FREIJ;

Jasim AL-FURAYJ;

Jasem AL-FREIJ;

Fahd AL-FREIJ;

Fahd Jassem AL FREIJ;

Jasim AL-FURAYJ

 

Date of birth

01/01/1950

 

Place of birth

Hama, Homs, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Former Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Arab Army and the Armed Forces.

44

Name of individual

Jawdat Ibrahim SAFI

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 154th Regiment.

45

Name of individual

Jihad Mohamed SULTAN

 

Also known as

Jihad Mohammad SULTAN;

Jihad Muhammad SULTAN;

Jihad Mohammed SULTAN

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 65th Brigade.

46

Name of individual

Jumah AL-AHMAD

 

Also known as

Jumah AL-AHMED

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander Special Forces.

47

Name of individual

Khald AL-TAWEEL

 

Also known as

Khaled AL-TAWEEL;

Khald AL-TAWIL;

Khaled AL-TAWIL;

Khalid AL-TAWEEL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Member of the Syrian Political Security Directorate.

48

Name of individual

Khalid QADDUR

 

Also known as

Khaled QADDUR;

Khaled Nasser QADDOUR;

Khaled KADDOUR;

Khalid KADDOUR;

Khaled QADOUR;

Khalid QADOUR

 

Date of birth

23/04/1970

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Close business associate with Mahir AL-ASSAD and Commander of the 4th Armoured Division of the Syrian Army.

National ID Number: 01020097227

49

Name of individual

Khalil ZGHRAYBIH

 

Also known as

Khalil ZGHRAYBA;

Khalil ZAGHRABAH;

Khalil ZAGHRABE;

Khalil ZEGHRAYBEH;

Khalil ZGHRAYBA;

Khalil ZGRAYBE;

Khalil ZIGHRAYBA;

Khalil ZUGHRABAH;

Khaleel ZUGHRAYBE

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and senior member of the Syrian Arab Army’s 14th Division.

50

Name of individual

Kifah MOULHEM

 

Also known as

Moulhem KIFAH;

Kifa MILHEM;

Kifah AL-MILHEM;

Kifah MELHEM;

Kifah MILHIM

 

Date of birth

28/11/1961

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of Syrian Military Intelligence.

51

Name of individual

Lu’ai AL-ALI

 

Also known as

Loai AL-ALI;

Louay AL-ALI

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in Dara’a.

52

Name of individual

Maan JDIID

 

Also known as

Ma’an JDIID;

Maan JDID;

Maan JEDID;

Maan JEDEED;

Maan JDEED

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Captain in the Syrian Presidential Guard.

53

Name of individual

Mahir AL-ASSAD

 

Also known as

Mahir AL-ASAD;

Mahar ASSAD;

Maher AL-ASSAD

 

Date of birth

08/12/1967

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Armoured Division. Brother of Syrian President Bashar AL-ASSAD.

Passport No.: 4138

54

Name of individual

Makhmoud AL-KHATTIB

 

Also known as

Mahmoud Al-Khattib MAKMOUD;

Al-Khattib MAHMOUD

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of the Investigative Branch of the Syrian Political Security Directorate.

55

Name of individual

Mohamed HAMCHO

 

Also known as

Mohammad HAMSHO;

Mohammed Saber HAMSHO;

Muhammad HAMSHO;

Mohammed HAMSHOU;

Muhammad Sabir HAMSHU;

Muhammed Saber HAMSO

 

Date of birth

20/05/1966

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

56

Name of individual

Mohamed Heikmat IBRAHIM

 

Also known as

Mohamed Hikmat IBRAHIM;

Mohamed Hekmat IBRAHIM;

Mohammad Heikmat IBRAHIM;

Muhammad Heikmat IBRAHIM

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Head of Police in Hasakah.

Former Head of the Operations Branch of Syrian Political Security Directorate.

57

Name of individual

Mohamed KHADDOR

 

Also known as

Mohammad KHADDOR;

Mohamed KHADDOUR;

Muhammad KHADDOUR;

Mohamed KHADDUR;

Mohammad KHADOUR;

Mohammed KHDOUR

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Syrian Arab Army units in Deir-ez-Zour.

Former Commander of 106th Brigade of the Republican Guard.

58

Name of individual

Mohamed MAARUF

 

Also known as

Muhammad MAARUF;

Mohammad MAAROUF;

Mohammed MA’RUF;

Mohamed MA’ROUF;

Mohamed MARUUF

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 45th Regiment.

59

Name of individual

Mohammad Ibrahim AL-SHA’AR

 

Also known as

Mohammad Ibrahim AL-CHAAR;

Mohammed Ibrahim AL-SHAAR;

Mohammad Ibrahim ALSHAAR

 

Date of birth

1956

 

Place of birth

Aleppo, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Minister for Interior.

60

Name of individual

Mohammad AL-SHAAR

 

Also known as

Mohamed AL-SHAAR;

Muhammad AL-CHAAR;

Mohammad AL-SHA’AR;

Muhammad AL-CHA’AR

 

Date of birth

1950

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Member of the Syrian Political Security Directorate.

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62

Name of individual

Mohammad MUFLEH

 

Also known as

Mohammad MUFLIH

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of Syrian Military Intelligence in Hama.

63

Name of individual

Mohammad Dib ZEITOUN

 

Also known as

Mohammed Dib ZEITOUN;

Dib ZAITOUN;

Mohammed Dib ZAYTUN;

Mohammed Dib ZEITUN;

Mohamed Dib ZAYTUN;

Mohammad DIB

 

Date of birth

20/05/1951

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Director of the Syrian National Security Bureau.

Passport No.: D000001300

64

Name of individual

Mohammed JABIR

 

Also known as

Mohammed JABER;

Abu JA FAR;

Muhammad Mahruz JABIR;

Muhammad Muhraz JABIR;

Muhammad Muhriz JABIR;

Abu JA’FAR

 

Date of birth

23/01/1957

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Prominent businessman and leading figure in the regime-affiliated Desert Hawks Brigade.

Passport No.: N004871560

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67

Name of individual

Muhammad Ali DURGHAM

 

Also known as

Mohammad Ali DURGHAM;

Mohammad DIRGHAM;

Mohammad DURGHAM;

Muhammad DIRGHAM

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 4th Division.

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69

Name of individual

Muhammad ZAMRINI

 

Also known as

Muhammed ZAMRINI;

Muhamad ZAMRINI;

Muhammed ZAMRENI;

Muhamad ZAMRENI

 

Place of birth

Tartous, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Branch Chief of Syrian Military Intelligence in Homs.

70

Name of individual

Mujahed ISMAIL

 

Also known as

Mujahed ISMAEL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Member of the ‘Syrian Electronic Army’.

71

Name of individual

Mundir AL-ASSAD

 

Also known as

Munzir AL-ASSAD;

Monzer Jamil AL-ASSAD;

Mundhir Jamil AL-ASSAD

 

Date of birth

01/03/1961

 

Place of birth

Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Member of the Shabiha militia.

Passport No.: 86449; 842781

72

Name of individual

Munir ADANOV

 

Also known as

Munir ADNUF;

Mounir ADANOV;

Mouneer ADANOV;

Monir ADANOV;

Moneer ADANOV;

Muneer ADANOV

 

Date of birth

1951

 

Place of birth

Homs, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief of General Staff (Operations and Training) for the Syrian Arab Army.

Passport No.: 0000092405

73

Name of individual

Talal Mustafa TLASS

 

Also known as

Tala Mustafa TLAS;

Tala Mustafa TLASS;

Mustafa TLASS;

Mustafa Tlass TALA;

Naim Tala Mustafa TLASS

 

Date of birth

03/12/1952

 

Place of birth

Homs, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief of General Staff (Logistics and Supplies).

74

Name of individual

Naim Jasem SULEIMAN

 

Also known as

Naaeem Jasem SULEIMAN;

Naeem Jasem SULEIMAN;

Na’eem Jasem SULEIMAN;

Naaim Jasem SULEIMAN;

Nai’im Jasem SULEIMAN

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 3rd Division.

75

Name of individual

Nasser AL-ALI

 

Also known as

Nasr AL-ALI;

Naser AL-ALI;

Nasir AL-ALI

 

Date of birth

01/02/1961

 

Place of birth

Aleppo, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of the Dara’a Regional Branch of the Syrian Political Directorate.

76

Name of individual

Nawful AL-HUSAYN

 

Also known as

Mawfal AL-HUSAYN;

Nofal AL-HUSAYN;

Nawfel AL-HUSAYN;

Nawfel ALHUSSEIN

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Branch Chief of Syrian Military Intelligence in Idlib.

77

Name of individual

NAZIH

 

Also known as

 

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Deputy Director of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate

78

Name of individual

Nazih HASSUN

 

Also known as

Nazih HASSOUN;

Nahib HASSOUN;

Nahib HASSUN

 

Place of birth

Al-Qaryya, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and former Head of the Syrian Political Security Directorate.

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81

Name of individual

Rafiq SHAHADAH

 

Also known as

Rafeeq SHAHADAH;

Rafik SHEHADEH;

Rafiq SHIHADA;

Wafiq SHIHADAH

 

Date of birth

1954

 

Place of birth

Jablah, Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Head of the Security Committee in Deir-ez-Zour.

Former advisor to President Bashar AL-ASSAD on strategic questions and military intelligence.

82

Name of individual

Ra’if AL-QUWATL

 

Also known as

Ri’af AL-QUATLI;

Ra’if AL-QUWATLY;

Raeef AL-KOUATLY;

Raif AL-KOUATLY;

Raif AL-QUWATLI;

Raif AL-QUWATLY

 

Date of birth

03/02/1967

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Business associate of Mahir AL-ASSAD.

83

Name of individual

Ramadan Mahmoud RAMADAN

 

Also known as

Ramadan AL-RAMADAN

 

Place of birth

Al-Mahrusa, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 35th Special Forces Regiment.

84

Name of individual

Rami MAKHLOUF

 

Also known as

Rami MAKHLUF;

Rami Bin Mohammed MAKHOUF;

Rami Mohammad MAKHLOUF

 

Date of birth

10/07/1969

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Prominent business figure and financial backer of the Syrian regime.

Close associate and cousin of President Bashar AL-ASSAD and Mahir AL-ASSAD.

Passport No.: 000098044; 002-03-0015187

85

Name of individual

Riyad CHALICHE

 

Also known as

Riyad SHALISH;

Riyad SHALEESH;

Riyad Isa SHALEESH

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Chairman of Riyad Isa Development Corporation.

Former Director of Military Housing Establishment.

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87

Name of individual

Talal MAKHLUF

 

Also known as

Talal Shafiq MAKHLUF;

Talal MAKHLOUF

 

Date of birth

01/12/1958

 

Place of birth

Al-Qardaha, Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Chair of President Assad’s Military and Security Committee.

88

Name of individual

Tawfiq YOUNES

 

Also known as

Tawfik YOUNES;

Tawfik YUNES;

Tawfiq YUNES

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Head of the Department for Internal Security of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate.

89

Name of individual

Tayseer Qala AWWAD

 

Also known as

Tayseer AWWAD

 

Date of birth

1943

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Former Minister of Justice.

90

Name of individual

Wafiq NASSER

 

Also known as

Wafeeq NASSER;

Wafiq NASER;

Wafiq NASSEER;

Wafiq NASSER

 

Date of birth

10/07/1964

 

Place of birth

Jableh, Latakia, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Head of Suwayda Regional Branch of Syrian Military Intelligence.

91

Name of individual

Wajih MAHMUD

 

Also known as

Wajih Yahya MAHMUD;

Wajeed MAHMUD;

Wajeeh MADMUD

 

Place of birth

Tartus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 18th Armoured Division.

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93

Name of individual

Yousef ISMAIL

 

Also known as

Yousef ISMAEL

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Brigadier General and Commander of the Syrian Arab Army’s 134th Brigade.

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95

Name of individual

Zuhair HAMAD

 

Also known as

Zouhair HAMAD;

Zouheir HAMAD;

Zuheir HAMAD

 

Place of birth

Damascus, Syria

 

Citizenship

Syrian

 

Instrument of first designation and declaration

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Last known position: Major General and Deputy Head of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate.

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1

Name of entity

SAMA TV

 

Also known as

Addounia TV;
Dounia TV;
Al-Dunya Television;
Al Dounia;
Al-Donya Television Channel

 

Address

Information Free Zone, Damascus, Syria

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

SAMA TV (formerly Addounia TV) is a pro-regime private television channel based in Damascus.

Tel: +963 11 5667274; +963 11 5667271;

Fax: +963 11 5667272;

Website: http://www.addounia.tv;

Date of Registration: 2007

2

Name of entity

AL MASHREQ INVESTMENT FUND

 

Also known as

Al Mashrek Fund;

Al Mashrek Holding;

Al Mashriq Holding;

Al Mashriq Investment Fund;

AMIF;

Sunduq Al Mashrek Al Istithmari;

Al Mashrek Global Investment Limited

 

Address

P.O. Box 108, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Al Mashreq Investment Fund provides funding to the Syrian regime.

Tel: +963 112110059; +963 112110043;

Fax: +963 933333149

3

Name of entity

AL-WATAN

 

Also known as

Al Watan Newspaper;

El Watan

 

Address

Al Watan Newspaper – Damascus, Duty Free Zone

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Al Watan is a pro-regime Arabic language daily newspaper published in Syria. Al Watan incited violence against demonstrators and spread disinformation. Al Watan’s last known owner is Rami MAKHLOUF.

4

Name of entity

BENA PROPERTIES

 

Also known as

Banna Properties;

Bena

 

Address

Cham Holding Building, Dara’a Highway, P.O. Box 9525, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area, Syrian Arab Republic;

P.O. Box 9525, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Bena Properties is Syria’s largest real estate company and the real estate investment arm of Cham Holding. Bena Properties provides funding to the Syrian regime.

5

Name of entity

BUSINESS LAB

 

Address

Bldg. 9, Maysat Square, Al Rasafi St., P.O. Box 7155, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Business Lab is a front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre.

Tel: +963 11 2725499;

Fax: +963 11 2725399

6

Name of entity

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTRE

 

Also known as

SSRC;

CERS

 

Address

Barzeh St., P.O. Box 4470, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Scientific Studies and Research Centre purchases equipment for the Syrian military.

7

Name of entity

CHAM HOLDING

 

Also known as

Al-Sham Company;

Cham Investment Group;

Sham Holding Company Sal;

Sham Holding;

Cham Holdings;

Cham Holding Closed Joint Stock Company

 

Address

Cham Holding Building, Dara’a Highway, P.O. Box 9525, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Cham Holding was owned and operated by Rami MAKHLOUF until 2020.

Cham Holding is the largest holding company in Syria.

Tel: +963 11 9962; +963 11 668 14000; +963 11 673 1044;

Fax: +963 11 673 1274;

Email: info@chamholding.sy;

Website: www.chamholding.sy

8

Name of entity

CHAM INVESTMENT GROUP

 

Address

Cham Holding Building, Dara’a Highway, P.O. Box 9525, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Cham Investment Group is an economic financing entity and subsidiary of Cham Holding.

Tel: +963 11 9962; +963 11 668 14000; +963 11 673 1044;

Fax: +963 11 673 1274;

Email: info@chamholding.sy

9

Name of entity

CHAM PRESS TV

 

Address

2nd Floor, Al Qudsi Building, Baramkeh, Damascus, Syrian

Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Cham Press TV is a Syrian company that provides news broadcasting services in Syria.

Tel: +963 11 2260805;

Fax: +963 11 2260806;

Email: mail@champress.com;

Website: www.champress.net

10

Name of entity

COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA

 

Also known as

CBS

 

Address

Damascus Branch, Moawiya St., P.O. Box 2231, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;

Yousef Azmeh Square, P.O. Box 933, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;

Aleppo Branch, Kastel Hajjarin St., P.O. Box 2, Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Commercial Bank of Syria is a Syrian state-owned financial Institution.

Website http://cbs-bank.sy/En-index.php;

Tel: +963 11 2218890;

Fax: +963 11 2216975;

General management: dir.cbs@mail.sy

11

Name of entity

EL-TEL CO

 

Also known as

El-Tel Middle East Company;

Sociedad El-Tel;

El-Tel;

El-Tel Middle East;

Abraj Tech

 

Address

Dair Ali Jordan Highway, P.O. Box 13052, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

El-Tel Co. is a Syrian company that manufactures and supplies communication and transmission towers and other equipment for the Syrian Army.

Tel: +963 11 2212345; +963 11 694 1480;

Fax: +963 11 44694450;

Email: sales@eltelme.com

12

Name of entity

HAMCHO INTERNATIONAL

 

Also known as

Hamsho International Group;

Hamsho Group;

Hamsho Group International;

Hamsho International;

Hamcho Group;

Hamcho Group International

 

Address

Baghdad St., PO Box 8254, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;

Hamsho Building, Free Zone Area, P.O. Box 8254, Syria

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Hamcho International is a Syrian holding company providing support to the Syrian regime.

Tel: 963 112316675;

Fax: 963 112318875;

Website: www.hamshointl.com;

Email: info@hamshointl.com; hamshogroup@yahoo.com

13

Name of entity

HANDASIEH – ORGANISATION FOR ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES

 

Also known as

Organisation for Engineering Industries;

General Organisation for Engineering;

General Organisation for Engineering Industries;

Handasieh

 

Address

Abou Bakr Al Seddeq St., P.O. Box 5966, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;

Al Moutanabi St., P.O. Box 2849, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;

Baramkeh, P.O. Box 21120, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Handasieh – Organization for Engineering Industries is a front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre.

Tel: +963 11 2121816; +963 11 2121834;  +963 11 2214650; +963 11 2212743; +963 11 5110117

14

Name of entity

INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS

 

Address

Baghdad St. 5, P.O. Box 6394, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Industrial Solutions is a front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre.

Tel/Fax: +963114471080

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16

Name of entity

MADA TRANSPORT GROUP

 

Also known as

Mada Transport

 

Address

Dara’a Highway, P.O. Box 9525, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Mada Transport Group is a subsidiary of Cham Holding.

Tel: +963 11 99 62

17

Name of entity

MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION FACTORY

 

Also known as

MCF;

Cham Co.;

Company for Metallic Constructions & Mechanical Industries;

Mattock Construct;

MCMI;

Metal Construction and Mechanic Industry Co;

The General Company for Metals Construction

 

Address

Industrial Zone, Al Qadam Road, P.O. Box 35202, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Mechanical Construction Factory is a front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre.

Website: http://www.metallic-sy.com

18

Name of entity

MILITARY HOUSING ESTABLISHMENT

 

Also known as

Milihouse

 

Address

Homs Highway, Adra, Damascus, Syria

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Military Housing Establishment is a public works company controlled by the Syrian Ministry of Defence.

19

Name of entity

RAMAK CONSTRUCTIONS CO.

 

Also known as

Ramak Construction;

Ramak;

Ramak Construction Co.;

Ramak Contracting & Trading;

Ramak Ltd;

Ramak Constructions Company

 

Address

Dara’a Highway, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Ramak Constructions Co. constructed facilities for the Syrian military.

Tel: +963 11 6858111;

Mob: +963 933240231

20

Name of entity

SOURUH COMPANY

 

Also known as

Soroh Al Cham Company;

Soroh Company;

Soroh Al Cham for Engineering and Construction

 

Address

Adra Free Zone Area, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Souruh Company acts as a vehicle for investment in local military industrial projects.

Tel: +963 11 5327266;

Mobile: +963 933 526812; +963 932 878282;

Fax: +963 11 5316396;

Email: sorohco@gmail.com;

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/sorohco

21

Name of entity

SYRIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE

 

Also known as

Air Force Intelligence Agency;

SAFI

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syrian Air Force Intelligence is a Syrian Government agency.

22

Name of entity

SYRIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE

 

Also known as

Idarat Al-Amin Al-‘Amm;

General Intelligence Directorate;

GID;

General Security Directorate

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syrian General Intelligence Directorate is a Syrian Government Agency.

23

Name of entity

SYRIAN LEBANESE COMMERCIAL BANK

 

Also known as

SLCB;

Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank SAL

 

Address

Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank Building, 6th Floor, Makdessi St., Hamra, PO Box 11-8701, Beirut, Lebanon;

Mar Elias Branch: Mar Elias Street, Fakhani Building, P.O. Box 145 796

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank is owned or controlled by the Commercial Bank of Syria, a designated person or entity.

Tel: +961 1 741666;

Fax: + 961 1 738228; +961 1 753215; +961 1 736629;

Website: www.slcb.com.lb

24

Name of entity

SYRIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

 

Also known as

SMI;
Military Intelligence Directorate;

Military Intelligence Division;

Shu’bat Al-Mukhabarat Al-‘Askariyya;

Military Intelligence Service

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syrian Military Intelligence is a Syrian Government agency.

25

Name of entity

SYRIAN NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU

 

Also known as

Ba’ath Party National Security Bureau;

Maktab Al-Amn Al-Qawmi;

NSB

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syrian National Security Bureau is an element of the Syrian Ba'ath Party.

26

Name of entity

SYRIAN POLITICAL SECURITY DIRECTORATE

 

Also known as

Political Security Directorate;

Idarat Al-‘Amin Al-Siyyasi;

Political Security Department;

PSD;

Political Security Division

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syrian Political Security Directorate is a Syrian Government agency.

27

Name of entity

SYRIATEL

 

Also known as

Syriatel Mobile;

Syriatel Mobile Telecom;

Syriatel Mobile Telecom SA

 

Address

Syriatel Mobile Telecom Building, Amman Road, Dara’a Highway, Ashrafiyat Sahnaya Area, P.O. Box 2900, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;

Doctors Syndicate Building, Al Jalaa Street, Abu Roumaneh Area, P.O. Box 2900

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syriatel is a telecommunications company in Syria.

Tel: +963 11 61 26 270;

Fax: +963 11 23 73 97 19;

Email: info@syriatel.com.sy;

Website: http://syriatel.sy/

28

Name of entity

SYRONICS – SYRIAN ARAB CO. FOR ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES

 

Also known as

Syrian Arab Company for Electronic Industries Company;

Syronics

 

Address

Kaboon St., P.O. Box 5966, Damascus

 

Instrument of first designation

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012 [F2012L00482]

 

Additional information

Syronics - Syrian Arab Co. for Electronic Industries is a front company for the acquisition of sensitive equipment for the Scientific Studies and Research Centre.

Tel: +963 11 5111352;

Fax: +963 11 5110117

 

Part 2 —Repeal of spent provisions

Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Syria) List 2012

17  Part 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 12 and 13, 35, 61, 68, 79 and 94)

Repeal the items.

18  Part 2 of Schedule 1 (table item 15)

Repeal the item.