Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Hisham IKHTIYARde-listed
Aliases
Hisham Ahmad AL-IKHTIYAR; Hisham AL-IKHTIYAR; Hisham AL IKHTIYAR; Hisham AL IKHTEYAR; Hisham IKHTEYAR; Hisham BAKHTIYAR; Hisham ICHTIJAR; Hisham BAKHTIAR
Position
Major General; Director, Syria Ba'ath Party Regional Command National Security Bureau
DoB
1941
Address
Maliki, Damascus, Syria
Official reason
Hisham Ikhtiyar heads the Syrian National Security Bureau, which was designated by Treasury in May 2011 pursuant to E.O. 13572, for directing Syrian security forces to use extreme force against demonstrators.
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1224
Date of listing
2006-08-15
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