Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Ghassan ABBAS
Position
Scientific Studies and Research Center Brigadier General
DoB
1960-03-10
Official reason
Brigadier General Ghassan Abbas, the director of an SSRC branch affiliated with chemical weapons logistics, is being designated for acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the SSRC. The European Union previously sanctioned Abbas for proliferating chemical weapons and organizing chemical weapons attacks, including t...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0701
Date of listing
2017-01-12
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544
Regime
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Target State
Non-Proliferation
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters” (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005)
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