Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Suhayl Hasan
Aliases
Suhayl al-Hasan; Sohail HASSAN; Sohail al-Hassan; Suhail HASSAN; Suhayl HASSAN; Suhayl al-Hassan; Sohail al-Hasan; ‘The Tiger’; al-Nimr; Sohail Hasan; Suhail Hasan; Suheil Hasan; Suheil HASSAN; Suhail al-Hassan; Suhail al-Hasan; Suheil al-Hasan; Suheil al-Hassan; “Le Tigre”; ’Tigern’; ‚Tygr‘; “el Tigre”; “O Tigre”; “Τίγρης”; Тигъра; »Tigeren«; ‚Tig...
Position
Commander of Qawat al‐Nimr (Division 25 Special Mission Forces, formerly known as Tiger Forces).
DoB
1970-06-10
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401517
Official reason
Officer of the rank of Major-General in the Syrian Army after May 2011. Commander of army division known as ‘Tiger Forces’. Since August 2019, ‘Tiger Forces’ has been renamed ‘Division 25 Special Mission Forces’ and placed under the army’s central command. Responsible for the violent repression of the civilian population in Syria.
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2014-07-23)
Date of listing
2024-05-27
Program information
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