Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Travel ban- 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
- Member of the Makhlouf family; son of Mohammed Makhlouf, brother of Hafez Makhlouf and Rami Makhlouf and brother of Ihab Makhlouf; cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad. Member of the Syrian security and intelligence services in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime. As an officer in the General Intelligence Directorate, involved in violence against the civilian population in Syria.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026
UK OFSI
Active- Programme
- Syria
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Stated grounds
- There are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because they are or have been involved in activities carried out on behalf of the Assad regime, implementing or connected to the repressive police of that regime and/or involved in supporting or benefitting from the Assad regime.
- Source
- UK Sanctions List (FCDO)
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026