# Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1506 of 16 October 2020 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria, Division II: In Section A (‘Persons’) of Annex I to Decision 2013/255/CFSP, the entries concerning the following persons are replaced as follows:

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

Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘56.
Ali ( ) Abdullah ( ) (a.k.a. Abdallah) AYYUB ( ) (a.k.a. Ayyoub, Ayub, Ayoub, Ayob)
Date of birth: 1952;
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defence. Appointed in January 2018.
Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the Syrian regime and responsible for repression of and violence against the civilian population in Syria.
14.11.2011
109.
Imad ( ) Mohammad
( ) (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed) Deeb ( ) KHAMIS ( )
(a.k.a. Imad Mohammad Dib Khamees)
Date of birth: 1.8.1961;
Place of birth: near Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Prime Minister and Former Minister of Electricity.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
23.3.2012
178.
Nizar Wahbeh YAZAJI
(a.k.a. Nizar Wehbe Yazigi)
(نزار وهبه يازجي)
Date of birth: 1961;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Health.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
21.10.2014
180.
Ahmad AL‐QADRI
(أحمد القادري)
Date of birth: 1956;
Gender: male
Former Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
190.
Hussein ARNOUS (a.k.a. Arnus) (حسين عرنوس)
Date of birth: 1953;
Place of birth: Idleb, Syria;
Gender: male
Prime Minister. Appointed in August 2020.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
24.6.2014
217.
Atef NADDAF
( )
Date of birth: 1956;
Place of birth: Damascus countryside, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
218.
Hussein MAKHLOUF
(a.k.a. Makhluf)
( )
Date of birth: 1964;
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
Minister of local Administration and environment.
Former Governor of Damascus Governorate.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Cousin of Rami Makhlouf.
14.11.2016
220.
Ali GHANEM
( )
Date of birth: 1963;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
222.
Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammad) AL-AHMED (a.k.a. al-Ahmad)
( )
Date of birth: 1961;
Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Culture Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
223.
Ali HAMOUD
(a.k.a. Hammoud)
( )
Date of birth: 1964;
Place of birth: Tartus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Transport Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
224.
Mohammed Zuhair (a.k.a. Zahir) KHARBOUTLI
( )
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Electricity Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
225.
Maamoun (a.k.a. Ma’moun) HAMDAN
( )
Date of birth: 1958;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Finance Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
229.
Abdullah
( )
Date of birth: 1956;
Gender: male
Former State Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
230.
Salwa ABDULLAH
( )
Date of birth: 1953;
Place of birth: Quneitra, Syria;
Gender: female
Minister of social affairs and labour. Appointed in August 2020.
Former State Minister.
As a Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
231.
Rafe’a Abu SA’AD (a.k.a. Saad)
( )
Date of birth: 1954;
Place of birth: Habran village, Sweida province, Syria;
Gender: male
Former State Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
14.11.2016
239.
Hisham Mohammad Mamdouh AL‐SHA’AR
(هشام محمد ممدوح الشعار)
Date of birth: 1958;
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Justice Minister.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
30.5.2017
277.
Imad Muwaffaq AL-AZAB
(عماد موفق العزب)
Date of birth: 1970;
Place of birth: Damascus Countryside, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Education.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
4.3.2019
281.
Mohammad Maen Zein Jazba AL-ABIDIN
(a.k.a. Mohammad Maen Zein Jazba Al-Abidin)
(محمد معن زين العابدين)
Date of birth: 1962;
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria;
Gender: male
Former Minister of Industry.
As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
4.3.2019’

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