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 Vice President of the Council of Ministers and former Minister of Defence under the former al-Assad regime. Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the former al-Assad regime and responsible for repression of and violence against the civilian population in Syria.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026