Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
Imad Hmisho; Emad Hemasho; Emad Hmeisho; Emad Hamisho; Emad Hamcho; Emad Hamchu; عماد حمشو; Emad Hmisho; Imad Hemasho; Imad Hmeisho; Imad Hamisho; Imad Hamcho; Imad Hamchu; Imad HAMSHO
Position
Occupies senior management position in Hamsho Trading. Vice-president of the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel. His assets include Syrian Metal Industries, a steel plant outside Damascus.
DoB
1960-08-10
Address
Hamsho Building, 31 Baghdad Street, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401517
Official reason
Occupies a senior management position in Hamsho Trading. As a result of his senior position in Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho International, which has been designated by the Council, he provides support to the Syrian regime. He is also associated with a designated entity, Hamsho International. He is also vice-president of the Syrian Counci...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2015-03-07)
Date of listing
2024-05-27
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against Syria
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex I of Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
Official Information
On 27 May 2013, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions in which it condemned the violence and the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights in Syria, the massacres committed by the Syrian armed forces and its militias, all instances of hostage taking of peacekeepers, and the atrocities committed by the Syrian regime. I...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20230720