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
- Former Governor of Hama, who was appointed by, and is associated with, former President Bashar al-Assad. He also supports and benefits from the former al-Assad regime. Ghassan Omar Khalaf is closely associated with members of a regime-affiliated militia in Hama known as the Hama Brigade.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026