{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-673/annex", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-673/annex.json", "legislation": "eur/2012/673", "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 673/2012 of 23 July 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-673", "path": "annex", "kind": "annex", "number": null, "heading": "Persons and entities referred to in Article 1", "text": "Persons\nName\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nBrigadier General\nSha’afiq Masa\nHead of Branch 215 (Damascus) of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of detained opponents. Involved in repressive actions against civilians.\n24.7.2012\n2.\nBrigadier General\nBurhan Qadour\nHead of Branch 291 (Damascus) of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n3.\nBrigadier General\nSalah Hamad\nDeputy Head of Branch 291 of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n4.\nBrigadier General\nMuhammad (or: Mohammed) Khallouf (a.k.a. Abou Ezzat)\nHead of Branch 235, a.k.a. ‘Palestine’ (Damascus) of the army's intelligence service, which is at the centre of the army's apparatus of repression. Directly involved in repression of opponents. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n5.\nMajor General Riad al-Ahmed\nDeputy Head of Latakia Branch of the army's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture and murder of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n6.\nBrigadier General\nAbdul Salam Fajr Mahmoud\nHead of the Bab Tuma (Damascus) Branch of the air force's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n7.\nBrigadier General\nJawdat al-Ahmed\nHead of the Homs Branch of the air force's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n8.\nColonel\nQusay Mihoub\nHead of the Deraa branch of the air force's intelligence service (sent from Damascus to Deraa at the start of demonstrations there). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n9.\nColonel\nSuhail Al-Abdullah\nHead of the Latakia Branch of the air force's intelligence service. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n10.\nBrigadier General\nKhudr Khudr\nHead of the Latakia branch of the General Intelligence Directorate. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n11.\nBrigadier General\nIbrahim Ma’ala\nHead of branch 285 (Damascus) of the General Intelligence Directorate (replaced Brig. Gen. Hussam Fendi at end 2011). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n12.\nBrigadier General\nFiras Al-Hamed\nHead of branch 318 (Homs) of the General Intelligence Directorate. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n13.\nBrigadier General\nHussam Luqa\nSince April 2012, head of the Homs branch of the Political Security Directorate (succeeded Brig. Gen. Nasr al-Ali). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n14.\nBrigadier General\nTaha Taha\nSite manager of the Latakia branch of the Political Security Directorate. Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n15.\nBrigadier General\nNasr al-Ali\nSince April 2012 manager of the Deraa site of the Political Security Directorate (ex-head of the Homs branch). Responsible for the torture of opponents in custody.\n24.7.2012\n16.\nBassel Bilal\nPolice officer at Idlib central prison; has taken part directly in acts of torture of opponents held in Idlib central prison.\n24.7.2012\n17.\nAhmad Kafan\nPolice officer at Idlib central prison; has taken part directly in acts of torture of opponents held in Idlib central prison.\n24.7.2012\n18.\nBassam al-Misri\nPolice officer at Idlib central prison; has taken part directly in acts of torture of opponents held in Idlib central prison.\n24.7.2012\n19.\nAhmed al-Jarroucheh\nDate of birth: 1957\nHead of the foreign branch of General Intelligence (branch 279). As such, responsible for General Intelligence arrangements in Syrian embassies. He participates directly in the repression implemented by the Syrian authorities against opponents and in particular has responsibility for repression of the Syrian opposition abroad.\n24.7.2012\n20.\nMichel Kassouha\n(a.k.a. Ahmed Salem; a.k.a. Ahmed Salem Hassan)\nDate of birth: 1 February 1948\nMember of the Syrian security services since the early 1970s, he is involved in combating opposition in France and Germany. Since March 2006, has been responsible for public relations of branch 273 of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate. A longstanding member of the managerial staff, he is close to General Intelligence Directorate head Ali Mamlouk, one of the top security officials of the regime who has been subject to EU restrictive measures since 9 May 2011. He directly supports the regime's repression of opponents and is responsible inter alia for repression of the Syrian opposition abroad.\n24.7.2012\n21.\nGeneral Ghassan Jaoudat Ismail\nDate of birth: 1960\nPlace of origin: Drekish, Tartus region.\nResponsible for the missions branch of the air force intelligence service, which, in cooperation with the special operations branch, manages the elite troops of the air force intelligence service, who play an important role in the repression conducted by the regime. As such, Ghassan Jaoudat Ismail is one of the military leaders directly implementing the repression of opponents conducted by the regime.\n24.7.2012\n22.\nGeneral Amer al-Achi (a.k.a. Amis al Ashi; a.k.a. Ammar Aachi; a.k.a. Amer Ashi)\nGraduate of the military school of Aleppo, head of the intelligence branch of the air force intelligence service (since 2012), close to Daoud Rajah, Syrian Minister for Defence. Through his role in the air force intelligence service, Amer al-Achi is implicated in the repression of the Syrian opposition.\n24.7.2012\n23.\nGeneral Mohammed Ali Nasr (or: Mohammed Ali Naser)\nDate of birth: around 1964\nClose to Maher al-Assad, younger brother of the President. Most of his career has been spent in the Republican Guard. In 2010 he joined the internal branch (or branch 251) of the General Intelligence Directorate which is responsible for combating the political opposition. As one of its senior officers, General Mohammed Ali is directly involved in the repression of opponents.\n24.7.2012\n24.\nGeneral Issam Hallaq\nAir Force Chief of Staff since 2010. Commands air operations against opponents.\n24.7.2012\n25.\nEzzedine Ismael\nDate of birth: middle of the 1940s (probably 1947).\nPlace of birth: Bastir. Jableh region.\nRetired general, longstanding member of the managerial staff of the air force intelligence service, of which he became the head in the early 2000s. Was appointed political and security adviser to the President in 2006. As political and security adviser to the Syrian president, Ezzedine Ismael is implicated in the political repression conducted by the regime against the opposition.\n24.7.2012\n26.\nSamir Joumaa (a.k.a. Abou Sami)\nDate of birth: around 1962\nFor almost 20 years he has been head of the office of Mohammad Nassif Kheir Bek, one of the main security advisers of Bashar al-Assad (and officially deputy to the Vice-President, Farouk al-Sharaa). Samir Joumaa's closeness to Bashar al-Assad and Mohammed Nassif Kheir Bek means that he is implicated in the policy of repression conducted by the regime against its opponents.\n24.7.2012\nEntities\nName\nIdentifying information\nReasons\nDate of listing\n1.\nDrex Technologies S.A.\nIncorporation date: 4 July 2000\nIncorporation number: 394678\nDirector: Rami Makhlouf\nRegistered agent: Mossack Fonseca & Co (BVI) Ltd\nDrex Technologies is wholly owned by Rami Makhlouf, who is listed under EU sanctions for providing financial support to the Syrian regime. Rami Makhlouf uses Drex Technologies to facilitate and manage his international financial holdings, including a majority share in SyriaTel, which the EU has previously listed on the grounds that it also provides financial support to the Syrian regime.\n24.7.2012\n2.\nCotton Marketing Organisation\nAddress: Bab Al-Faraj P.O. Box 729, Aleppo\nTél.: +96321 2239495/6/7/8\nCmo-aleppo@mail.sy\nwww.cmo.gov.sy\nState-owned company. Provides financial support to the Syrian regime.\n24.7.2012\n3.\nSyrian Arab Airlines (a.k.a. SAA, a.k.a. Syrian Air)\nAl-Mohafazeh Square, P.O. Box 417, Damascus, Syria\nTel: +963112240774\nPublic company controlled by the regime. Provides financial support for the regime.\n24.7.2012", "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.", "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "X", "label": "X1", "text": "Inserted by Corrigendum to Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 673/2012 of 23 July 2012 implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria (Official Journal of the European Union L 196 of 24 July 2012)." } ], "outstanding_effects": [], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/673/annex", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:17.755777+00:00" }, "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }