Division A Persons

Bayan Bitar

(a.k.a. Dr Bayan Al-Bitar)

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 Syrian regime.

As Managing Director of OTI and the SCIT Bayan Bitar provides support to the Syrian regime. Due to his role in the production of chemical weapons, he also shares responsibility for the violent repression against the Syrian population.

In view of his senior position in these entities, he is also associated with the designated entities OTI and SCIT.

Manager of the branch of the designated Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC/CERS) near Jumraya/Jmraiya.

He has been involved in the proliferation of chemical weapons and the organisation of chemical weapons attacks, including in Ghouta in August 2013. He therefore shares responsibility for the violent repression against the Syrian population.

As manager of the SSRC/CERS branch near Jumraya/Jmraiya, Ghassan Abbas provides support to the Syrian regime.

As a result of his senior position in the SSRC, he is also associated with the designated entity SSRC.

Wael Abdulkarim

(a.k.a. Wael Al Karim)

Address: Pangates International Corp Ltd, PO Box Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, United Arab Emirates

Al Karim for Trade and Industry, PO Box 111, 5797 Damascus, Syria

Morgan Additives Office No 2206, 22nd Floor, Jafza View 19, Besides Jafza View 18, Sheikh Zayed Road, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, Dubai, UAE

Managing Director of the designated entity Pangates International Corp Ltd which acts as an intermediary in the supply of oil to the Syrian regime.

As Managing Director of Pangates, Wael Abdulkarim provides support to, and benefits from, the Syrian regime. He also holds a senior position in the designated entity Al Karim Group, which is Pangates' parent company.

As a result of his senior positions in Pangates and Al Karim Group, he is also associated with these designated entities.

Ahmad Barqawi

(a.k.a. Ahmed Barqawi)

Address: Pangates International Corp Ltd, PO Box Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, United Arab Emirates. Al Karim for Trade and Industry, PO Box 111, 5797 Damascus, Syria.

Morgan Additives Office No 2206, 22nd Floor, Jafza View 19, Besides Jafza View 18, Sheikh Zayed Road, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, Dubai, UAE

General Manager of Pangates International Corp Ltd, which acts as an intermediary in the supply of oil to the Syrian regime, and manager of Al Karim Group. Both Pangates International and Al Karim Group have been designated by the Council.

As General Manager of Pangates and a manager of Pangates' parent company, Al Karim Group, Ahmad Barqawi provides support to, and benefits from the Syrian regime. Given his senior position in Pangates and Al Karim Group, he is also associated with the designated entities Pangates International and Al Karim Group.

George Haswani

(a.k.a. Heswani; Hasawani; Al Hasawani)

Prominent Syrian businessman, co-owner of HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, a major engineering and construction company in Syria. He has close ties to the Syrian regime.

George Haswani provides support and benefits from the regime through his role as a middleman in deals for the purchase of oil from ISIL by the Syrian regime.

He also benefits from the regime through favourable treatment including the award of a contract (as a subcontractor) with Stroytransgaz, a major Russian oil company.

Emad Hamsho

(a.k.a. Imad Hmisho; Hamchu; Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho; Hemasho)

Occupies a senior management position in Hamsho Trading.

As a result of his senior position in Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been designated by the Council, he provides support to the Syrian regime. He is also associated with a designated entity, Hamsho International.

Emad Hamsho funds Shabiha militias who in turn collect steel from the areas destroyed by the Syrian regime armed forces and militias and melt it down in local Syria Steel (Hmisho Steel) factories. He is also vice-president of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel alongside designated regime businessmen such as Ayman Jaber. He is also an associate of Bashar Al-Assad.

Samir Hamsho

(a.k.a. Samer; Sameer; Hmisho; Hamchu; Hamcho; Hamisho; Hmeisho; Hemasho)

Samir Hamsho is a prominent Syrian businessman benefiting from and supporting the regime. He is the owner and chairman of Al Buroj and Syria Steel/Hmisho Steel, subsidiaries of Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been designated by the Council.

Appointed to the Homs Chamber of Commerce in March 2014 by the Minister of Industry.

Therefore, he provides support to the Syrian regime and benefits from his connections with the regime.

He is also associated with the designated entities Hamsho International, Syria Steel SA and Al Buroj Trading.