Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Firas Ahmed
Aliases
Firas Ahmad; Ahmad
Position
Head of Security Office at Institute 1000 of the SSRC
Nationality
Syria
DoB
1967-01-21
Official reason
Colonel Firas Ahmed is the Director of the Security Office of Institute 1000, the division of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) responsible for developing and producing computer and electronic systems for Syria’s chemical weapons programme. He was involved in transferring and concealing chemical weapons related materials following S...
Other Information
Important employee at Scientific Studies and Research Centre (listed under the EU's Chemical Weapons and Syria sanctions regime). The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK horizontal
Target State
Chemical Weapons
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place measures to ensure the UK can operate an effective sanctions regime in relation to the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. This sanctions regime is aimed at deterring the proliferation and use of chemical weapons. This in...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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