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
- Yasser Ibrahim is an economic advisor to Bashar al-Assad and acts in the economic council run by Asma al-Assad. Together with Ali Najib Ibrahim he operates a number of shell companies, and acts as a front for business activities of Bashar al-Assad and Asma al-Assad. Therefore, Yasser Ibrahim is benefitting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026