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Saqr Rustom

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Saqr Rustom is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	RUSTOM, Saqr · Saqer AL-ROSTOM · Saqer ALRUSTOM · Saqer Al-Rostom · Saqer Al-Rustom · 43 more...				[sources]
Other name	As'ad · As'ad RUSTOM · Asaad · Asaad RUSTOM · Asad · 51 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1974				[sources]
Place of birth	Khirbet al-Hamam, Homs, Syria				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
First name	Saker · Sakkar · Sakker · Sakr · Saqer · 4 more...				[sources]
Keywords	Irregular armed forces · Miles for the system · Military · Regular armed forces · القوات الأمنية النظامية · 6 more...				[sources]
Last name	AL-ROSTOM · AL-RUSTOM · ALRUSTOM · Al-Rostom · Al-Rustom · 8 more...				[sources]
Second name	As'ad · Asaad · Asad · أسعد				[sources]
Summary	Secretary-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]
Position	Chef de la branche locale de la force de défense nationale à Homs (une milice du régime — Shabiha) · Colonel · Head of National Defence Force in Hom. · عقيد				[sources]
Address	Homs				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2020-02-27				[sources]
Modified on	2022				[sources]
Last changed	2024-05-09	Last checked	2024-05-18	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Position: Head of National Defence Force in Homs Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

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 benefiting 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, 2023-04-20

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

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Position: Head of National Defence Force in Homs

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Position: Head of National Defence Force in Homs Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

Position: Head of National Defence Force in Homs Relatives/business associates/entities or partners/links: Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC

— EU Consolidated Travel Bans, 2023-04-20

Parents/associés/entités ou partenaires d'affaires/liens : Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC - 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 Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Linked to Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Linked to Damas Real Estate Development and Investment LLC.

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

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.

— 2023-04-20

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

— 2023-04-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Homs	Syria

Associates
Associate	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bassam Al Hassan	Assistant Director · Saqr Rustam is responsible for the Popular Committees (National Defense) in Homs and was appointed in the Secretariat of National Defense Forces in 2013 · رئيس_مدير · صقر رستم هو المسؤول عن اللجان الشعبية (الدفاع الوطني) في حمص، وتم تعيينه في الأمانة العامة لقوات الدفاع الوطني عام 2013 · 1 more...	-	-
Maher Al-Assad	Commercial cooperation · One of the pillars of the network associated with Maher and the fourth band · أحد أركان الشبكة المرتبطة بماهر والفرقة الرابعة · تعاون تجاري	-	-

Employers
Employer	Role	Start date	End date
National Defense Forces (Organized People’s Committees - Shabiha)	Secretary General of the National Defense · أمين عام الدفاع الوطني	-	-
الأمانة العامة للدفاع الوطني	أمين عام	2013	-
Syrian Ministry of Local Administration and Environment	Responsible · مسؤول	2009	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
بشرى الحسن	ابن عم_ابن خال	-	-
خضر رستم	Brother, sister · Khadr brother Saqr Rustam · أخ_أخت · خضر شقيق صقر رستم	-	-
Bassam Al Hassan	Bassam al-Hasan Khali Saqr Rustam · uncle · ابن أخ_ابن أخت · بسام الحسن خال صقر رستم · 1 more...	-	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Al-Bustan Association	Responsible · مسؤول	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2020-02-27	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2020/211 du 17/02/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
European External Action Service	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2020-05-30	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,428

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

French Freezing of Assets6,266

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 · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List29,146

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,321

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

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

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

European Union · European External Action Service

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,924

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,945

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 · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,004

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

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

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

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