Last Updated: July 10, 2025
Muhammad Essam Shammout
Aliases
محمد عصام شموط; Muhammad Issam Shammout; Mohamed Essam Shammout; Mohammed Issam Shammout; Issam SHAMMOUT
Position
Owner and chairman of the board of directors of the airline “Cham Wings”. Head of the Shammout Group active in the automotive, steel, aviation, freight forwarding, constructions, and real estate sectors.
DoB
1971-08-26
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1027
Official reason
Issam SHAMMOUT is the owner and chairman of the board of director of the airline ‘Cham Wings’ and head of the Shammout Group, active in the automotive, steel, aviation, freight forwarding, construction, and real estate sectors. In this capacity, Issam SHAMMOUT is a leading businessperson operating in Syria.
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2022-07-21)
Date of listing
2023-05-26
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