- 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
- Holds the rank of Major General, a senior officer and Commander of the Syrian Arab Air and Air Defence Forces under the former al-Assad regime, in post after May 2011. Operates in the chemical weapons proliferation sector and, as a senior ranking officer of the Syrian Arab Air Force, is responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population, including the use of chemical weapons attacks by the former al-Assad regime identified in the report of the Joint Investigative Mechanism.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026