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
- Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime. Supports and/or benefits from the former al-Assad regime through business dealings, including fuel smuggling and weapons transfers. Yasser Aziz Abbas profits from facilitating oil imports on behalf of the former al-Assad regime and uses his relations with the former al-Assad regime to obtain preferential dealings and treatment.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026