Here are the reformatted Syria designations:
Based on the OFSI Notice Syria 19/12/2025, the following entries have been added to the Consolidated List.
Additions
Individuals
- Mohammed Hussein AL-JASIM
- Group ID: 17250
- Title: Brigadier General
- DOB: (1) –/–/1985, (2) –/–/1987, (3) –/–/1986, (4) –/–/1988
- POB: Jousa, Hama Governorate, Syria
- a.k.a: AMSHA, Abu (non-Latin script: أبو عمشة)
- Nationality: (1) Syria, (2) Turkey
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0420.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Mohammed al-Jasim is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: AL-JASIM is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population of Syria.
- Supplemental Information: Al-Jasim, widely known as “Abu Amsha,” is the commander of the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division (also known as Al-Amshat), a faction of the Syrian National Army (SNA) operating in Turkish-controlled areas like Afrin; his group is notorious for severe human rights abuses, including extortion, kidnapping, sexual violence against Kurdish women, and looting, and has been involved in recruiting Syrian mercenaries for conflicts in Libya and Azerbaijan.
- Sayf Al-Din BOULAD
- Group ID: 17251
- DOB: (1) –/–/1988, (2) –/–/1987
- POB: Bza’ah, al-Bab District, Syria
- a.k.a: BAKR, Abu (non-Latin script: أبو بكر)
- Nationality: (1) Turkey, (2) Syria
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0421.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Sayf BOULAD is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: BOULAD is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population of Syria.
- Supplemental Information: Boulad (also known as Sayf Abu Bakr) is the commander of the Hamza Division, a Syrian National Army faction implicated in arbitrary arrests, torture, and other abuses in Afrin and Ras al-Ain, and has facilitated the deployment of fighters to foreign conflicts.
- Ghaith Suleiman DALLA
- Group ID: 17249
- DOB: 31/07/1971
- POB: Beit Yashout, Latakia, Syria
- a.k.a: (1) DALLA, Ghaith, Suleiman (non-Latin script: غيث دلة), (2) DALLA, Ghayath, Suleiman, (3) DALLA, Ghayth, Suleiman, (4) DALLA, Ghiath, Suleiman, (5) DALLA, Gyath, Suleiman
- Nationality: Syria
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0419.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Ghaith DALLA is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: DALLA is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population of Syria.
- Supplemental Information: A Brigadier General in the Syrian Army’s elite 4th Armoured Division (commanded by Maher al-Assad), Dalla is known as the “Lion of the 4th Division” (Ghayth al-Ghayth) and has commanded brutal military campaigns in the Damascus suburbs (Ghouta) and Idlib/Latakia fronts.
- Miqdad Loay FATIHA
- Group ID: 17248
- POB: Jableh, Syria
- a.k.a: JAAFAR, Abu
- Nationality: Syria
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0418.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Miqdad Fatiha is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: FATIHA is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population of Syria.
- Supplemental Information: A high-ranking military official often associated with the Syrian regime’s security apparatus and the 4th Division, linked by the EU to crimes against humanity and fueling sectarian violence.
- Mudallal KHOURY
- Group ID: 17255
- DOB: 18/06/1957
- POB: Homs, Syria
- a.k.a: (1) KHOURI, Mudallal, (2) KHOURY, Madalal, (3) KHOURY, Mtanyus, (4) KHOURY, Mudalal, (5) KHURI, Mudallal (non-Latin script: مدلل خوري)
- Nationality: (1) Russia, (2) Syria
- Address: Moscow, Russia
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0425.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Mudallal KHOURY is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: KHOURY is or has been involved in activities supporting or benefitting from the regime.
- Supplemental Information: A prominent financier and banker based in Moscow, he serves as an intermediary for the Syrian regime’s financial transactions and has been sanctioned by the US for facilitating the procurement of materials for Syria’s chemical weapons and ballistic missile programs.
- Imad Mtanyus KHOURY
- Group ID: 17256
- DOB: 03/10/1964
- a.k.a: (1) KHOURI, Imad, (2) KHOURY, Emad, (3) KHURI, Imad, (4) KHURI, Imad, Mtanyus, (5) KHURI, Mtanyus, (6) KHURY, Imad, (7) KHURY, Mtanyus (non-Latin script: عماد خوري)
- Nationality: (1) Russia, (2) Syria
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0426.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Imad KHOURY is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: KHOURY is or has been involved in activities supporting or benefitting from the regime.
- Supplemental Information: Brother of Mudallal Khoury and a businessman involved in the family’s financial networks; he has been designated by the EU and US for materially supporting the Syrian regime and its military activities.
Entities
- HAMZA DIVISION
- Group ID: 17254
- a.k.a: (1) al-Hamza Division, (2) Hamzat Division (non-Latin script: فرقة الحمزة)
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0424.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Hamza Division is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: the Hamza Division is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population.
- Supplemental Information: An armed opposition faction within the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), the Hamza Division has been widely accused by international rights groups of war crimes, including torture, looting, and sexual violence in Kurdish-majority areas like Afrin.
- SULTAN MURAD DIVISION
- Group ID: 17252
- a.k.a: (non-Latin script: فرقة السلطان مراد)
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): SYR0422.
- Statement of Reasons: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Sultan Murad Division is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: the Sultan Murad Division is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population.
- Supplemental Information: A Turkmen-dominated faction of the Syrian National Army (SNA) operating in northern Syria; it has been implicated in the recruitment of child soldiers, the transfer of mercenaries to conflicts in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, and human rights abuses against civilians.
- SULTAN SULEIMAN SHAH DIVISION
- Group ID: 17253
- Supplemental Information: Also known as Al-Amshat and led by Mohammed Hussein Al-Jasim (Abu Amsha), this SNA faction controls the Sheikh Hadid district in Afrin and is accused of running a “fiefdom” characterized by extortion, confiscation of property, and severe mistreatment of the local Kurdish population.
and the changed Russia one:
Based on the OFSI Notice provided (Russia, 19/12/2025), there are no additions listed in the Notice summary, only amendments.
Amendments
Entities
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY RESPONSIBILITY OF “RBRU SPECIALIZED DEPOSITORY”
- Group ID: 16924
- a.k.a: LLC “RBRU SD”
- Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): RUS2682.
- Financial sanctions imposed in addition to an asset freeze:Added: Correspondent banking relationships etc. The prohibition on correspondent banking relationships etc. measure was imposed on 19/12/2025.Trust services. Date trust services sanctions imposed: 20/05/2025.
- (UK Statement of Reasons): Limited Liability Company responsibility of “RBRU Specialized depository” is an “involved person” under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because it is or has been involved in obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business in sectors of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian financial services sector.
- (Business Reg No): 9704154155
- Listed on: 20/05/2025 UK Sanctions List
- Date Designated: 20/05/2025
- Last Updated:Removed: 20/05/2025Added: 19/12/2025
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