Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
Leena Muhammad Nathir AL-CANAIYA; Lina AL-KINAYEH; Lina KINAYEH; Lina Mohammad Natheer AL-KINAYEH; Lina Muhammed Nazir AL-KINAYA; Leena AL-KINAYEH; Lina KNAYA; Lina KNIYA
Nationality
Syria; Lebanon
DoB
20 Jan 1980
Address
Al-Zahiriya, Northern Tripoli, Lebanon
Reg. ID
000036055655, National ID No.
Official reason
Today, OFAC designated Lina Mohammed Nazir al-Kinayeh (al-Kinayeh), the Director of the Follow-Up Office in the Office of the Syrian Presidency, a position she has held for over a decade. This office follows up on the files and decisions of the Presidential Palace’s Anti-Corruption Committee, which Assad directly supervises, using judicial, advisor...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1220
Date of listing
2020-12-22
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