Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
Nader QALEI; Nader KALEI; Nader Mohammed Wajieh KALAI; Nader Mohamad KALAI; Nadir AL KALAI; Nader QALAI
Nationality
Syria; Canada
DoB
09 Jul 1965
Address
871 Young Avenue, Halifax, B3H 2V8, Nova Scotia, Canada; Ain El Mraisse, Beirut, Lebanon; Saifi Street, Jemayzeh, Beirut, Lebanon; Capsurville, Dekwaneh, El Metn Jemayzeh, Beirut, Lebanon; Ghrayeb Bldg, Sami Soloh St, Badaro, Beirut, Lebanon
Reg. ID
N 010170320, Passport; 010-40036453, National ID No.; 34191608, National ID No.
Official reason
Nader Kalai and Khaled Al-Zubaidi are two Syrian businessmen with ties to the Assad regime. Through their company Zubaidi and Qalei LLC, Kalai and Al-Zubaidi are developing and managing Grand Town Tourist City, a luxury tourist development near the Damascus airport set to include, among other amenities, a shopping mall, golf course, villas, and ent...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1037
Date of listing
2020-06-17
Authority
US
Program
Sections 7404-7438 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Title LXXIV—Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1571 Pursuant to the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019, non-U.S. persons who knowingly provide significant financial, material, or technological support to, or knowingly engage in a significant transaction with the Government of Syria, including the CBoS, or certain other persons sanctioned with r...
Official Information
It is the policy of the United States that diplomatic and coercive economic means should be utilized to compel the government of Bashar al-Assad to halt its murderous attacks on the Syrian people and to support a transition to a government in Syria that respects the rule of law, human rights, and peaceful co-existence with its neighbors.
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