Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Husam Muhammad LOUKAde-listed
Aliases
Houssam LOUCA; Husam LOUCA; Housam LOUCA; Hussam LOUCA; Hussam LOUKA; Hussam LUQA; Hussam LUKA; Husam LUQA
Nationality
Syria
DoB
1964
Address
Damascus, Syria
Official reason
Today, OFAC also designated Husam Muhammad Louka (Louka), the current head of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate (GID), one of Syria’s four intelligence agencies. On April 29, 2011, the President included the GID in the Annex to E.O. 13572. On April 22, 2012, the President included the GID in the Annex to E.O. 13606, “Blocking the Property...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1141
Date of listing
2020-09-30
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