Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Luna AL SHIBLde-listed

Aliases

Luna AL-SHIBL; Luna SHIBL; Luna CHEBEL; Luna ALSHEBEL; Luna AL SHEBEL; Luna AL CHEBEL; Luna AL SHIBIL; Luna AL CHEBIL; Luna AL SHEBIL

Nationality

Syria

DoB

01 Sep 1975

Address

Damascus, Syria

Official reason

Luna Al Shibl (Al Shibl) is a prominent member of Assad’s inner circle. A former television news anchor, she is an advisor to Assad, his press officer, and one of the most senior press officials in the Syrian government. During Al Shibl’s tenure with the Syrian Government, she has been instrumental in developing Assad’s false narrative that he main...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1100

Date of listing

2020-08-20

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13338; Executive Order 13399; Executive Order 13460; Executive Order 13572; Executive Order 13573; Executive Order 13582

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Syria

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1571 The United States has sanctioned the Syrian government, including the Central Bank of Syria, senior Syrian government officials, and individuals and entities supporting the Assad regime and/or responsible for human rights abuses in Syria, in order to reinforce the President’s call that Bashar al-Assad s...

Official Information

On May 11, 2004, the President issued E.O. 13338, declaring a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruct...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/syria-sanctions