# Council Implementing Decision 2014/730/CFSP of 20 October 2014 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria, Division A: Persons

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
1.
Houmam Jaza'iri
(a.k.a. Humam al-Jazaeri)
Date of birth: 1977
Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
2.
Mohamad Amer Mardini
(a.k.a. Mohammad Amer Mardini)
Date of birth: 1959.
Place of birth: Damascus
Minister of Higher Education since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
3.
Mohamad Ghazi Jalali
(a.k.a. Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali)
Date of birth: 1969
Place of birth: Damascus
Minister of Communications and Technology since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
4.
Kamal Cheikha
(a.k.a. Kamal al-Sheikha)
Date of birth: 1961.
Place of birth: Damascus
Minister of Water Resources since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
5.
Hassan Nouri
(a.k.a. Hassan al-Nouri)
Date of birth: 9.2.1960
Minister of Administrative Development since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
6.
Mohammad Walid Ghazal
Date of birth: 1951.
Place of birth: Aleppo.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
7.
Khalaf Souleymane Abdallah
(a.k.a. Khalaf Sleiman al-Abdullah)
Date of birth: 1960.
Place of birth: Deir Ezzor
Minister of Labour since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
8.
Nizar Wahbeh Yazaji
(a.k.a. Nizar Wehbe Yazigi)
Date of birth: 1961
Place of birth: Damascus
Minister of Health since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
9.
Hassan Safiyeh
(a.k.a. Hassan Safiye)
Date of birth: 1949
Place of birth: Latakia
Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
10.
Issam Khalil
Date of birth: 1965
Place of birth: Banias
Minister of Culture since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
11.
Mohammad Mouti' Mouayyad
(a.k.a. Mohammad Muti'a Moayyad)
Date of birth: 1968
Place of birth: Ariha (Idlib)
State Minister since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
12.
Ghazwan Kheir Bek
(a.k.a. Ghazqan Kheir Bek)
Date of birth: 1961.
Place of birth: Latakia
Minister of transport since 27.8.2014. As Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population.
21.10.2014
13.
Major General Ghassan Ahmed Ghannan
(a.k.a. Major General Ghassan Ghannan, a.k.a. Brigadier General Ghassan Ahmad Ghanem)
As commander of the 155 Missile Brigade, he is supporting the Syrian regime and he is responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population. Responsible for firing at least 25 Scud Missiles at various civilian sites between January and March 2013. Associated with Maher al-Assad.
21.10.2014
14.
Colonel Mohammed Bilal
(a.k.a. Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Bilal)
As a senior officer in the Air Force Intelligence Service of Syria, he supports the Syrian regime and he is responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population. He is also associated with the listed Scientific Studies Research Centre (SSRC).
21.10.2014
15.
Mohamed Farahat
(a.k.a. Muhammad Farahat)
Vice-President of Finance and Administration at Tri-Ocean Energy, which has been listed by the Council for benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime, he is therefore associated with a listed entity.
In view of his senior position in Tri-Ocean Energy, he is responsible for the activities of the entity in supplying oil to the regime.
21.10.2014
16.
Abdelhamid Khamis Abdullah
(a.k.a. Abdulhamid Khamis Abdullah
a.k.a. Hamid Khamis
a.k.a Abdelhamid Khamis Ahmad Adballa)
Chairman of Overseas Petroleum Trading Company (OPT) which has been listed by the Council for benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime. He coordinated shipments of oil to the Syrian regime with listed Syrian state oil company Sytrol. Therefore, he is benefitting from and providing support to the Syrian regime.
In view of his position as the most senior person in the entity he is responsible for its activities
21.10.2014

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/730/annex/division/I/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-730/annex/division-I/division-A
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