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Official Journal of the European Union
24.7.2012
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 673/2012
of 23 July 2012
implementing Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view
of the situation in Syria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
against Syria ( 2 ), additional persons and entities should be
included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
or bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex
Union,
II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 ( 1 ), and in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
Article 1
The persons and entities listed in the Annex to this Regulation
(1) On
18
January
2012,
the
Council
adopted
Regulation shall be added to the list set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU)
(EU) No 36/2012.
No 36/2012.
(2)
In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, and
Article 2
in accordance with Council Implementing Decision
2012/424/CFSP of 23 July 2012 implementing Council
The Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its
Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measures
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 July 2012.
For the Council
The President
C. ASHTON
( 1 ) OJ L 16, 19.1.2012, p. 1.
( 2 ) See page 81 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX
Persons and entities referred to in Article 1
Persons
Name Identifying
information Reasons Date
of
listing
1. Brigadier
General
Head of Branch 215 (Damascus) of the 24.7.2012
Sha’afiq Masa
army's intelligence service. Responsible for
the torture of detained opponents. Involved
in repressive actions against civilians.
2. Brigadier
General
Head of Branch 291 (Damascus) of the 24.7.2012
Burhan Qadour
army's intelligence service. Responsible for
the torture of opponents in custody.
3. Brigadier
General
Deputy Head of Branch 291 of the army's
24.7.2012
Salah Hamad
intelligence service. Responsible for the
torture of opponents in custody.
4. Brigadier
General
Head of Branch 235, a.k.a. "Palestine" (Dam
24.7.2012
Muhammad (or:
ascus) of the army's intelligence service,
Mohammed) Khallouf
which is at the centre of the army's
(a.k.a. Abou Ezzat)
apparatus of repression. Directly involved
in repression of opponents. Responsible for
the torture of opponents in custody.
5. Major
General
Riad
Deputy Head of Latakia Branch of the army's
24.7.2012
al-Ahmed
intelligence service. Responsible for the
torture and murder of opponents in custody.
6. Brigadier
General
Head of the Bab Tuma (Damascus) Branch
24.7.2012
Abdul Salam Fajr
of the air force's intelligence service.
Mahmoud
Responsible for the torture of opponents
in custody.
7. Brigadier
General
Head of the Homs Branch of the air force's
24.7.2012
Jawdat al-Ahmed
intelligence service. Responsible for the
torture of opponents in custody.
8. Colonel
Head of the Deraa branch of the air force's
24.7.2012
Qusay Mihoub
intelligence service (sent from Damascus to
Deraa at the start of demonstrations there).
Responsible for the torture of opponents in
custody.
9. Colonel
Head of the Latakia Branch of the air force's
24.7.2012
Suhail Al-Abdullah
intelligence service. Responsible for the
torture of opponents in custody.
10. Brigadier
General
Head of the Latakia branch of the General
24.7.2012
Khudr Khudr
Intelligence Directorate. Responsible for the
torture of opponents in custody.
11. Brigadier
General
Head of branch 285 (Damascus) of the 24.7.2012
Ibrahim Ma’ala
General Intelligence Directorate (replaced
Brig. Gen. Hussam Fendi at end 2011).
Responsible for the torture of opponents
in custody.
12. Brigadier
General
Head of branch 318 (Homs) of the General
24.7.2012
Firas Al-Hamed
Intelligence Directorate. Responsible for the
torture of opponents in custody.

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Official Journal of the European Union
24.7.2012
Name Identifying
information Reasons Date
of
listing
13. Brigadier
General
Since April 2012, head of the Homs branch
24.7.2012
Hussam Luqa
of the Political Security Directorate (suc
ceeded Brig. Gen. Nasr al-Ali). Responsible
for the torture of opponents in custody.
14. Brigadier
General
Site manager of the Latakia branch of the
24.7.2012
Taha Taha
Political Security Directorate. Responsible
for the torture of opponents in custody.
15. Brigadier
General
Since April 2012 manager of the Deraa site
24.7.2012
Nasr al-Ali
of the Political Security Directorate (ex-head
of the Homs branch). Responsible for the
torture of opponents in custody.
16. Bassel
Bilal Police
officer
at
Idlib
central
prison;
has
24.7.2012
taken part directly in acts of torture of
opponents held in Idlib central prison.
17. Ahmad
Kafan Police
officer
at
Idlib
central
prison;
has
24.7.2012
taken part directly in acts of torture of
opponents held in Idlib central prison.
18. Bassam
al-Misri Police
officer
at
Idlib
central
prison;
has
24.7.2012
taken part directly in acts of torture of
opponents held in Idlib central prison.
19. Ahmed
al-Jarroucheh Date
of
birth:
1957 Head
of
the
foreign
branch
of
General
Intel
24.7.2012
ligence (branch 279). As such, responsible
for General Intelligence arrangements in
Syrian embassies. He participates directly in
the repression implemented by the Syrian
authorities against opponents and in
particular has responsibility for repression
of the Syrian opposition abroad.
20. Michel
Kassouha
Date of birth: 1 February Member of the Syrian security services since
24.7.2012
(a.k.a. Ahmed Salem; 1948
the early 1970s, he is involved in combating
a.k.a. Ahmed Salem
opposition in France and Germany. Since
Hassan)
March 2006, has been responsible for
public relations of branch 273 of the
Syrian General Intelligence Directorate. A
longstanding member of the managerial
staff, he is close to General Intelligence
Directorate head Ali Mamlouk, one of the
top security officials of the regime who has
been subject to EU restrictive measures since
9 May 2011. He directly supports the
regime's repression of opponents and is
responsible inter alia for repression of the
Syrian opposition abroad.
21. General
Date of birth: 1960
Responsible for the missions branch of the
24.7.2012
Ghassan Jaoudat
Place of origin: Drekish,
air force intelligence service, which, in
Ismail
Tartus region.
cooperation with the special operations
branch, manages the elite troops of the air
force intelligence service, who play an
important role in the repression conducted
by the regime. As such, Ghassan Jaoudat
Ismail is one of the military leaders directly
implementing the repression of opponents
conducted by the regime.
22. General
Amer
al-Achi
Graduate of the military school of Aleppo,
24.7.2012
(a.k.a. Amis al Ashi;
head of the intelligence branch of the air
a.k.a. Ammar Aachi;
force intelligence service (since 2012), close
a.k.a. Amer Ashi)
to Daoud Rajah, Syrian Minister for Defence.
Through his role in the air force intelligence
service, Amer al-Achi is implicated in the
repression of the Syrian opposition.

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Name Identifying
information Reasons Date
of
listing
23. General
Mohammed Date of birth: around
Close to Maher al-Assad, younger brother of
24.7.2012
Ali Nasr (or:
1964
the President. Most of his career has been
Mohammed Ali
spent in the Republican Guard. In 2010 he
Naser)
joined the internal branch (or branch 251)
of the General Intelligence Directorate which
is responsible for combating the political
opposition. As one of its senior officers,
General Mohammed Ali is directly involved
in the repression of opponents.
24. General
Air Force Chief of Staff since 2010. 24.7.2012
Issam Hallaq
Commands air operations against oppo
nents.
25. Ezzedine
Ismael Date
of
birth:
middle
of
Retired general, longstanding member of the
24.7.2012
the 1940s (probably
managerial staff of the air force intelligence
1947).
service, of which he became the head in the
Place of birth: Bastir.
early 2000s. Was appointed political and
Jableh region.
security adviser to the President in 2006.
As political and security adviser to the
Syrian president, Ezzedine Ismael is
implicated in the political repression
conducted by the regime against the opposi
tion.
26. Samir
Joumaa
(a.k.a. Date of birth: around
For almost 20 years he has been head of the
24.7.2012
Abou Sami)
1962
office of Mohammad Nassif Kheir Bek, one
of the main security advisers of Bashar al-
Assad (and officially deputy to the Vice-
President, Farouk al-Sharaa). Samir Joumaa's
closeness to Bashar al-Assad and
Mohammed Nassif Kheir Bek means that
he is implicated in the policy of repression
conducted by the regime against its oppo
nents.
Entities
Name Identifying
information Reasons Date
of
listing
1. Drex
Technologies Incorporation date:
Drex Technologies is wholly owned by Rami
24.7.2012
S.A.
4 July 2000
Makhlouf, who is listed under EU sanctions
Incorporation number:
for providing financial support to the Syrian
394678
regime. Rami Makhlouf uses Drex Tech
Director: Rami Makhlouf nologies to facilitate and manage his inter
Registered agent: Mossack national financial holdings, including a
Fonseca & Co (BVI) Ltd
majority share in SyriaTel, which the EU
has previously listed on the grounds that it
also provides financial support to the Syrian
regime.
2. Cotton
Marketing
Address: Bab Al-Faraj P.O. State-owned company. Provides financial
Organisation
Box 729, Aleppo
support to the Syrian regime.
Tél.: +96321
2239495/6/7/8
Cmo-aleppo@mail.sy
www.cmo.gov.sy
3. Syrian
Arab
Airlines Al-Mohafazeh Square,
Public company controlled by the regime.
24.7.2012
(a.k.a. SAA, a.k.a.
P.O. Box 417, Damascus, Provides financial support for the regime.
Syrian Air)
Syria
Tel: +963112240774

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