Maher AL-ASSAD

Other names

  • Mahir AL-ASSAD
  • Mahar ASSAD
  • Maher ASSAD
  • Mahir AL-ASAD
  • ماهر الاسد

Sanctioned by

gender: male

Names

ماهر الاسد
Mahir AL-ASSAD
Maher AL-ASSAD

Birth

1967-12-08
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, SY, Damascus

Designation

position: Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army's 4th Armoured Division

Identification

passport: 4138; Diplomatic passport

Notes

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of ‘colonel’ and the equivalent or higher in post after May 2011; Major General of the 42nd Brigade and former Brigadier Commander of the Army's 4th Armoured Division. Member of the Assad family; brother of President Bashar Al-Assad.

European Union
European Commission
European Commission Consolidated List

Listed

2016-09-30

Updated

2020-05-29

gender: male

Names

Mahir Al-Assad
Maher Al-Assad

Birth

1967-12-08
Syria, Damascus

Affiliation

nationality: Syria
regime: Syria

Designation

position: Major General of the 42nd Brigade

Identification

passport: 4138; Diplomatic

Reason

There are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because they are or have been involved in activities carried out on behalf of the Assad regime, implementing, or connected to the repressive policies of that regime. In particular, carrying on prohibited activities related to chemical weapons in Syria.

Brother of Basher Al Assad and first cousin of Rami Makhlouf.

United Kingdom
HM Treasury
Financial Sanctions Consolidated List

Listed

2011-05-10

Updated

2025-04-25

gender: male

Names

Maher AL-ASSAD
Maher ASSAD
Mahar ASSAD
Mahir AL-ASAD

Birth

1967-12-08
Damascus, Syria

Affiliation

nationality: Syria

Designation

title: Major General; Commander of the Syrian Army's 4th Armored Division

Identification

passport: 4138, Syria

Address

Syria, Damascus

Notes

program: SYRIA

program: SYRIA-EO13894

United States
Department of the Treasury
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List