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Ali Mahmoud Abbas

Disqualified · Politician · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameAli ABBAS · Ali Mahmoud Abbas · Ali Mahmud Abbas · Али Махмуд Аббас · Алі Махмуд Абас · 6 more...[sources]
AliasАббас, Али Махмуд · علي محمود عباس[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthEfra · Rif Dimashq · Rif Dimashq Governorate · Rif Dimashq Governorate Syria · Rif Dimashq, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · 2 more...[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
ClassificationNational government (past)[sources]
Country of birthSyria[sources]
First nameAli · Ali Mahmoud[sources]
Last nameAbbas[sources]
Middle nameMahmoud[sources]
Second nameMahmoud[sources]
TitleGeneral[sources]
Wikidata IDQ111748038[sources]
PositionMinister of Defence · Minister of Defence and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army · Minister of Defense of Syria · Ministre de la défense et commandant en chef adjoint de l’armée · ministre de la défense et commandant en chef adjoint de l’armée[sources]
ReligionSunni Islam[sources]
AddressSyria[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr[sources]
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Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2024-07-22)

Belgian Financial Sanctions,

Ali Mahmoud Abbas a été le ministre de la défense de la Syrie et le commandant en chef adjoint de l’armée syrienne de 2022 à décembre 2024. Sous le régime d’al-Assad, l’État syrien, y compris son armée, a commis de manière systématique et généralisée des actes de torture, des viols et des violences sexuelles et sexistes à l’encontre de civils. En tant que ministre de la défense de la Syrie et commandant en chef adjoint de l’armée syrienne, Ali Mahmoud Abbas est responsable des actions des forces armées placées sous son commandement. Par conséquent, Ali Mahmoud Abbas est responsable de graves violations des droits de l’homme, y compris d’actes de torture et de violences sexuelles et sexistes systématiques et généralisées.

French National Asset Freezing System,

Disqualified

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors,

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Syrian military officer and politician

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,182

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

European Union · Council

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,858

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,027

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,783

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,996

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,547

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

French National Asset Freezing System5,871

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

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,737

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

Belgian Financial Sanctions8,744

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 List5,819

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

Monaco · Monaco

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,474

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

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,192

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,584

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: eu-tb-logical-168387 · eu-oj-e40f753f301f6f594d1592f9e92b8182ebbbf086 · eu-fsf-eu-12053-46 · fr-ga-7617 · gb-hmt-15991 · us-cia-syria-ali-mahmud-abbas-minister-of-defense · be-fod-8303d580c7618723c7ae6b750f4b70168dbc671b · gb-fcdo-syr0408 · gb-coh-lhs9sltsoy-m06uensjjgktljji · mc-freezes-5f9b3fa1d4dedb01935d748f0bbf82d7d809adf3

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