Last Updated: January 17, 2025
Mohammed al-Cha’ar
Aliases
Muhammad al-Cha’ar; Mohamed al-Cha’ar; Mohammad al-Cha’ar; Mohammed al-Sha’ar; Muhammad al-Sha’ar; Mohamed al-Sha’ar; Mohammad al-Sha’ar; Mohammed al-Chaar; Muhammad al-Chaar; Mohamed al-Chaar; Mohammad al-Chaar; Mohammed AL-SHAAR; Muhammad AL-SHAAR; Mohamed AL-SHAAR; Mohammad AL-SHAAR; محمد الشعار
Position
Political Security Division. Military official involved in the violence in Homs.
DoB
1950-10-01
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401517
Official reason
Former Justice Minister. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the Syrian regime’s violent repression of the civilian population.
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2011-12-01)
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