Brigadier General Ghassan Abbas

1960-03-10

Homs, Syrian Arab Republic

Male

CERS, Centre d'Etude et de Recherche Scientifique, 4470, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic; SSRC, Scientific Studies and Research Center; Centre de Recherche de Kaboun Barzeh Street, 4470, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

EU

Manager of the branch of the designated Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC/CERS) near Jumraya/Jmraiya. He has been involved in the proliferation of chemical weapons and the organisation of chemical weapons attacks, including in Ghouta in August 2013. He therefore shares responsibility for the violent repression of the Syrian population. As manager of the SSRC/CERS branch near Jumraya/Jmraiya, Ghassan Abbas provides support to the former al-Assad regime. As a result of his senior position in the SSRC, he is also associated with the designated entity SSRC.

CH

article 10 paragraph 1 (Financial sanctions) and article 17 paragraph 1 (Travel ban), annex 7

Related to Centre d’études et de recherches syrien (CERS) (SSID 200-12445)

2015-03-18

CH

Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7)

Switzerland country specific

Syria

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7). The measures follow the sanctions adopted by the European Union.