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Fawaz Akhras

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Fawaz Akhras is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AL-AKHRAS, Fawaz · FAWAZ AL-AKHRAS · Favvoz Axras · Fawaz Akhras · Fawaz Al-Akhras · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Fawas Akhras · Fawaz AL-AKHRAS · Fawaz al-Akhras · Fawwaz Akhras · فواز أخرس · 1 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1946-09-01 · 1946-09-30				[sources]
Place of birth	Homs, Syria				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United Kingdom · Syria				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
First name	FAWAZ · Fawaz · Fawwaz · فواز				[sources]
Keywords	Health and drug sector · Non-governmental position · Non-governmental sector · قطاع الصحة والدواء · قطاع غير حكومي · 1 more...				[sources]
Last name	AL-AKHRAS · Akhras · Al-Akhras · الاخرس				[sources]
Summary	Father of Asmaa’ al-Assad. Founder of the British Syrian Society (currently headed by Peter Ford, former British ambassador in Syria). Cardiologist specializing in cardiovascular disease. WikiLeaks in 2008 revealed that he is one of four individuals that Bashar al-Assad depends on to manage his assets and walth at home and abroad. · والد أسماء الأسد. مؤسس الجمعية السورية البريطانية (يرأسها حاليا بيتر فورد السفير البريطاني السابق في سوريا). طبيب قلب متخصص في أمراض القلب والاوعية الدموية. كشفت وثيقة لـ"ويكيليكس" تعود لعام 2008، عن أنه أحد أربعة يعتمد عليهم الرئيس بشار الأسد في إدارة أصوله وأمواله في الداخل والخارج				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3178546				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Address	34 Allan Way, London · LONDON, GBR				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-13	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

فواز الأخرس أو محمد فواز الأخرس. طبيب قلب سوري مقيم في لندن متخصص في أمراض القلب والاوعية الدموية من مواليد حمص عام 1946. في وقت سابق كشف موقع "ويكيليكس" عن وثيقة سرية خاصة بالسفارة الأميركية في سوريا، يعود تاريخها لعام 2008، عن اعتماد الرئيس بشار الأسد على أربعة رجال في إدارة أصوله وأمواله في الداخل والخارج، وهم: زهير سحلول، ونبيل الكزبري، ومحمد مخلوف، وفواز الأخرس. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 22/12/2020.

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source, 2023-04-20

Fawaz Akhras (a.k.a. Muhammad Fawaz al-Akhras) is a Syrian cardiologist based in London specializing in cardiovascular disease. Akhras was born in Homs in 1946. WikiLeaks leaked a secret document from the US embassy in Damascus dating 2008, which revealed that Akhras is one of four individuals that Bashar al-Assad relies upon to manage his assets and wealth at home and abroad, the other three being Zouhair Sahloul, Nabil al-Kuzbari, and Muhammad Makhlouf. US sanctions were imposed on Fawaz Akhras on 22 December 2020.

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source, 2023-04-20

Syrian-English cardiologist, father of Asma al-Assad

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-11

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
34 Allan Way, London	United Kingdom

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
كريم بشار الأسد	جد_جدة · حفيد_سبط	-	-
زين الأسد	جد_جدة · حفيد_سبط	-	-
مرهف الأخرس	ابن أخ_ابن أخت · عم_خال	-	-
مي كسيبي	ابن حمو_بنت حمو · نسيب_نسيبة	-	-
Hafez Bashar al-Assad	جد_جدة · حفيد_سبط	-	-
ديانا الأخرس	ابن أخ_ابن أخت · عم_خال	-	-
Tarif Akhras	Brother, sister · Multiple sources reported that the names of the Assad (that is Fawaz brother), but sporadic sources said that the cousin Fawaz · أخ_أخت · أوردت مصادر متعددة أنه عم أسماء الأسد (أي أنه شقيق فواز)، ولكن مصادر متفرقة ذكرت أنه ابن عم فواز	-	-
Firas Al-Akhras	Ibn_abna · أب_أم · ابن_ابنة	-	-
Asma Al-Assad	Ibn_abna · أب_أم · ابن_ابنة	-	-
سعادت العطري	ابن حمو_بنت حمو · نسيب_نسيبة	-	-
Sahar Otri Al-Akhras	husband wife · زوج_زوجة	-	-
Eyad Al-Akhras	Ibn_abna · أب_أم · ابن_ابنة	-	-
نورا الأخرس	ابن أخ_ابن أخت · عم_خال	-	-
Asma Al-Assad	child	-	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Asma Al-Assad	father	-	-
Bashar Al-Assad	حمو_حماة · صهر_كنة	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2020-12-22	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

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

United States · GSA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

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

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

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

Wikidata · non-official source

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 OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

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

United States · OFAC

External databases

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Wikidata377,203

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Graph-based entity tagging63,551

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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