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Saqr Rustom

Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameRUSTOM, Saqr · SAQR RUSTOM · Saqer AL-ROSTOM · Saqer ALRUSTOM · Saqer As'ad AL-ROSTOM · 41 more...[sources]
Other nameAs'ad · As'ad RUSTOM · Asaad · Asaad RUSTOM · Asad · 54 more...[sources]
Birth date · [sources]
Place of birthKhirbet al-Hamam, Homs, Syria[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
First nameSAQR · Saker · Sakkar · Sakker · Sakr · 11 more...[sources]
KeywordsIrregular armed forces · Miles for the system · Military · Regular armed forces · القوات الأمنية النظامية · 6 more...[sources]
Last nameAL-ROSTOM · AL-RUSTOM · ALRUSTOM · Al-Rostom · Al-Rustom · 8 more...[sources]
Middle nameAs'ad · Asaad · أسعد[sources]
Second nameAs'ad · Asaad · Asad · أسعد[sources]
SummarySecretary-General of National Defense Forces since 2013. Commander of National Defense in Homs since 2011. Founding partner in Damas Real Estate Development and Investment and Ayloul Tourism Investment Company. A pillar of the network linked to Maher al-Assad and the 4th Division. · أمين عام الدفاع الوطني ابتداء من 2013 وقائد الدفاع الوطني - حمص ابتداء من 2011. مؤسس شريك في داماس للتطوير العقاري والاستثمار وشركة أيلول للاستثمار السياحي. أحد أركان الشبكة المرتبطة بماهر والفرقة الرابعة[sources]
PositionChef de la branche locale de la force de défense nationale à Homs (une milice du régime — Shabiha) · Chef de la force de défense nationale à Homs · Colonel · Head of National Defence Force in Hom. · Head of National Defence Force in Homs · 1 more...[sources]
AddressHOMS, SYR · Homs[sources]
Source linkgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— Belgian Financial Sanctions,

Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Head of the local branch of the National Defence Force in Homs (a regime militia — Shabiha). Responsible for its participation in the brutal repression of the civilian population in Syria. Through his militia, Saqr Rustom is responsible for multiple war profiteering schemes and is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Syrian regime. Associated with designated person Bassam Hassan, his uncle, with whom he established the Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC in order to invest in real estate projects.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Position: Head of National Defence Force in Homs

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF),

Parents/associés/entités ou partenaires d'affaires/liens : Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC - Chef de la branche locale de la force de défense nationale à Homs (une milice du régime — Shabiha). Responsable de la participation de ladite branche locale à la répression brutale exercée contre la population civile en Syrie. Via sa milice, Saqr Rustom est responsable de la mise sur pied de multiples systèmes lui permettant de profiter de la guerre et, partant, il tire avantage du régime syrien et soutient celui-ci. Associé à une personne désignée, Bassam Hassan, son oncle, avec lequel il a créé la société Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC afin d'investir dans des projets immobiliers

— French National Asset Freezing System,

Linked to Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Linked to Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC.

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets,

Parents/associés/entités ou partenaires d’affaires/liens: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— Monaco National Fund Freezing List,

أمين عام الدفاع الوطني ابتداء من 2013 وقائد الدفاع الوطني - حمص ابتداء من 2011. مؤسس شريك في داماس للتطوير العقاري والاستثمار وشركة أيلول للاستثمار السياحي. أحد أركان الشبكة المرتبطة بماهر والفرقة الرابعة. مدير الاستثمار في المدينة الصناعية بحسياء ورئيس لجنة المشتريات بنفس المديرية (طرد في ٢٠٠٩ بقضايا فساد). قام في منتصف 2011 بتأسيس نواة الدفاع الوطني تحت مسمى “اللجان الشعبية” في حمص. كان صقر رستم يدير عدداً من أماكن الاحتجاز والسجون الخاصة في حي وادي الذهب وفي ريف حمص. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 09/11/2020. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 17/02/2020 شملته العقوبات البريطانيه في 14/11/2016

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

Saqr Rustom is the secretary-general of the paramilitary group National Defense Forces, starting in 2013. He has also been the commander of the National Defense Forces in Homs starting in 2011. Rustom is a founding partner in Damas Real Estate Development and Investment, and Ayloul Tourism Investment Company. He is one of the pillars of the network associated with Maher and the 4th Armored Division. Until then, Saqr Rustom was the director of investments in the Hassia Industrial City and head of the Procurement Committee in that directorate, until he was dismissed in 2009 amid accusations of corruption. In mid-2011, Rustom founded a militia under the name People’s Committees in Homs, which would serve as the nucleus for the National Defense Forces. Saqr Rustom ran a number of detention centers and private prisons in the Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood and in the Homs countryside. US sanctions were imposed on Saqr Rustom on 9 November 2020, and EU sanctions on 17 February 2020.

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,281

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,736

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,229

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

A knowledge graph of persons of interest inside Syria, including detailed information on family relationships and business ties.

Obsalytics · non-official source

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,181

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

US SAM Procurement Exclusions118,896

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,368

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Source data IDs: usgsa-s4mrfb77f · ofac-30229 · opensyr-node-1337 · gb-fcdo-syr0355 · fr-ga-2322 · mc-freezes-afdd51921944d3c4363c91b25fb6e53c082933d4 · eu-tb-logical-122316 · eu-fsf-eu-5465-65 · gb-hmt-13818 · ch-seco-41331

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