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Ali Abdullah AYOUBde-listed
Nationality
Syria
DoB
28 Apr 1952
Official reason
Today, the United States is designating a senior Assad regime official who is responsible for the violence and the disastrous humanitarian crisis in northern Syria. The Department of State is imposing sanctions under Executive Order 13894 on Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Ali Abdullah Ayoub for his deliberate actions since December 2019 to...
Other Information
Date of listing
2020-03-17
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019 Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Syria
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Official Information
On October 14, 2019, by Executive Order 13894, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to Syria. ...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/05/2020-12200/syria-related-sanctions-regulations