Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Wafiq NASSERde-listed
Aliases
Wafiq NASER; Wafiq NASSEER
Position
Brigadier General
Nationality
Syria
DoB
10 Jul 1964
Address
Aleppo, Syria
Official reason
Wafiq Nasser, commander of Syrian Military Intelligence Branch 290, reportedly has been associated with numerous kidnappings, murders, and assassinations. Previously, while serving as a Colonel in Syria’s Republican Guard, Nasser participated in the regime’s first raids on Daraa, where he reportedly committed widespread abuses against civilians. Na...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0292
Date of listing
2021-07-28
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