Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Qusay MIHOUB

Aliases

Qusay MAHYUB

Nationality

Syria

DoB

1960

Official reason

Qusay Mihoub, a Brigadier General in the Syrian Air Force Intelligence (SAFI), was designated pursuant to E.O. 13572 for his role in human rights abuses in Syria and as a SAFI senior official. At the outset of the protests against the Syrian regime in 2011, Mihoub, a Brigadier General, was placed in command of SAFI’s Daraa Branch.  In that role, Mi...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2666

Date of listing

2014-10-16

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Promoting Accountability for Assad and Regional Stabilization Sanctions (PAARSS)

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Syria

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Official Information

On June 30, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (E.O. of June 30, 2025) that removes U.S. sanctions on Syria, effective July 1, 2025. Sanctions will remain on Bashar al-Assad and his associates, human rights abusers, Captagon traffickers, persons linked to Syria's past proliferation activities, ISIS and Al-Qa'ida affiliates, and Iran an...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

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