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Syria Executive Order; Syria Designations​

Release Date
04/29/2011
Recent Actions Body

The President has signed an Executive Order Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria.

The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list and are included in an annex to this executive order.

AL-ASAD, Mahir (a.k.a. ASSAD, Mahar; a.k.a. ASSAD, Maher); DOB 1968; Lieutenant Colonel; Position: Brigade Commander in the Syrian Army's 4th Armored Division (individual) [SYRIA]

MAMLUK, Ali (a.k.a. MAMLUK, 'Ali); DOB 1947; POB Amara, Damascus, Syria; Major General; Position: Director, General Intelligence Directorate (individual) [SYRIA]
NAJIB, Atif (a.k.a. NAJEEB, Atef; a.k.a. NAJIB, Atef); POB Jablah, Syria; Brigadier General; Position: Former head of the Syrian Political Security Directorate for Dar'a Province (individual) [SYRIA]

The following entities have been added to OFAC's SDN list and are included in an annex to this executive order.


SYRIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE (a.k.a. IDERAT AL-AMN AL-'AMM), Syria [SYRIA]

The following changes have been made to OFAC's SDN list and are included in an annex to this executive order.

ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE (a.k.a. PASDARAN-E ENGHELAB-E ISLAMI (PASDARAN); a.k.a. SEPAH-E QODS (JERUSALEM FORCE)) [SDGT] [IRGC] -to- ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE (a.k.a. PASDARAN-E ENGHELAB-E ISLAMI (PASDARAN); a.k.a. SEPAH-E QODS (JERUSALEM FORCE)) |[SDGT] [SYRIA] [IRGC]|