- Programme
- Syria
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), article 10 paragraph 1 (Financial sanctions) and article 17 paragraph 1 (Travel ban), annex 7
- Stated grounds
- Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in multiple sectors of Syria’s economy. He holds interests in and/or has significant influence in Anwar Akkad Sons Group (AASG) and its subsidiary United Oil. AASG is a conglomerate with interests in sectors such as oil, gas, chemicals, insurance, industrial machinery, real estate, tourism, exhibitions, contracting, insurance and medical equipment. He is also a co-founder of a leading security firm (ProGuard). ProGuard is involved in al-Assad’s effort to collaborate with President Putin by recruiting soldiers for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Hashim Anwar al-Aqqad also worked as a member of the Syrian Parliament as recently as 2012. Hashim Anwar al-Aqqad could not have remained successful without assistance from the former al-Assad regime. Given the extent of his business and political ties to the former al-Assad regime, he provides support to and benefits from the former al-Assad regime.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026