Muhamad Mahalla

PersonBorn 4 Jun 1959Last read from source 19 Oct 2026

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after May 2011. Former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI), Branch 293 (Internal Affairs), since April 2015. Former Deputy Head of Political Security (2012), Officer of the Syrian Republican Guard and Vice‐Di­rector of the Political Security Directorate. Former head of Military Police, Member of the National Security Bureau.

Sanctioned · Switzerland SECO, EU
Listed by 2 authorities
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20 names on file
Listed in their own right2

Named directly by EU, Switzerland SECO.

Director of a company that is listed—

No company role is recorded for this person by any register read.

Sanctions2 active

  • Switzerland SECOActive

    Syria

    Designation date not published by this authority · Switzerland SECO Sanctions List

  • EUActive

    SYR

    Designation date not published by this authority · EU Consolidated Sanctions List

Companies & roles

No company role is recorded for this person. Roles come from national business registers, and a sanctioned individual will usually have none here — the registers this system reads cover a different set of countries from the sanctions lists.

On the record

Name
Muhamad Mahalla
Also known as
Muhamad Mahalla Major General · Mohamed · Mahla · Mohamed Mahla
Date of birth
4 Jun 1959
Place of birth
Jableh, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Position
Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after May 2011. Former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI), Branch 293 (Internal Affairs), since April 2015. Former Deputy Head of Political Security (2012), Officer of the Syrian Republican Guard and Vice‐Di­rector of the Political Security Directorate. Former head of Military Police, Member of the National Security Bureau.
First recorded here
8 Aug 2026

Exposure

Medium risk1 of 5 components assessed — no composite shown, because how much was read is itself unknown here
Sanctions and debarments68

Sanctioned by 2 authorities: EU, Switzerland SECO. Confirmed present in a source snapshot within the last 90 days.

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Company associations

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Jurisdiction

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Evidence coverage

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Adverse media

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Band drawn from the components that could be measured, methodology v5. The unscored ones above are gaps in what was read, not findings of nothing. Not a compliance determination — check the underlying listings before acting on anything here.

Recent activity

  1. 19 Oct 2026Last read from source