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
- Retired 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 former President in 2006. As political and security adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, Ezzedine Ismael is implicated in the political repression conducted by the former al-Assad regime against the opposition.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026