Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Rafiq SHAHADAH
Aliases
Rafiq Shahada; Rafiq Shahade; Rafiq Shahadeh; Rafiq Chahada; Rafiq Chahade; Rafiq Chahadeh; Rafeeq Chahadeh; Rafeeq Chahade; Rafeeq Chahada; Rafeeq Shahadeh; Rafeeq Shahade; Rafeeq Shahada; Rafeeq SHAHADAH; رفيق شحادة
Position
Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after May 2011. Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus. Advisor to President Bashar Al-Assad for strategic questions and military intelligence
DoB
1956-01-05
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401517
Official reason
Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after May 2011. Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population in Damascus. Advisor to President Bashar al-Assad for strategic questions and military intell...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2011-08-23)
Date of listing
2024-05-27
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures against Syria
Regime
EU country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex I of Council Decision 2013/255/CFSP.
Official Information
On 27 May 2013, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions in which it condemned the violence and the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights in Syria, the massacres committed by the Syrian armed forces and its militias, all instances of hostage taking of peacekeepers, and the atrocities committed by the Syrian regime. I...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20230720