Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Salah HABIBde-listed

Aliases

Salih HABIB; Saleh HABIB

Position

Position: Owner; Alt. Position: General Manager; Alt. Position: Chief Executive Officer

DoB

05 Jul 1962

Address

Villa 43A, al Syniar Street, Jumeirah 3, P.O. Box 127074, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reg. ID

13AF69606, Passport

Official reason

Salah Habib, who manages Yona Star and serves as the company’s owner and CEO, is a key figure in a network of intermediary and logistics firms based in the UAE that have shipped sensitive merchandise and war materials to Syria.  SSRC regularly utilized Salah Habib’s network to procure and send merchandise in violation of international sanctions aga...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0526

Date of listing

2016-07-21

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13338; Executive Order 13399; Executive Order 13460; Executive Order 13572; Executive Order 13573; Executive Order 13582

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Syria

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1571 The United States has sanctioned the Syrian government, including the Central Bank of Syria, senior Syrian government officials, and individuals and entities supporting the Assad regime and/or responsible for human rights abuses in Syria, in order to reinforce the President’s call that Bashar al-Assad s...

Official Information

On May 11, 2004, the President issued E.O. 13338, declaring a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruct...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/syria-sanctions