Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Tarif AKHRAS
Aliases
Tarif AL AKHRAS; طريف اخرس; الاخرس
DoB
1951-06-02
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501094
Official reason
Prominent businessman benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime. Founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close business relations with President Bashar al-Assad’s family. Member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. Provided log...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2011-09-02)
Date of listing
2025-05-28
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