Last Updated: October 15, 2026

Iyad Makhlouf

Aliases

إياد مخلوف

Eyad

Date of birth

1973-01-21

Place of birth

Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

Sex

Male

Reg. ID

Passport, N001820740, issuer: Syrian Arab Republic

Other sanctions regimes

Official reason

Member of the Makhlouf family; son of Mohammed Makhlouf, brother of Hafez Makhlouf and Rami Makhlouf and brother of Ihab Makhlouf; cousin of former President Bashar al-Assad. Member of the Syrian security and intelligence services in post after May 2011 under the former al-Assad regime. As an officer in the General Intelligence Directorate, involved in violence against the civilian population in Syria.

Sender

Additional info

article 10 paragraph 1 (Financial sanctions) and article 17 paragraph 1 (Travel ban), annex 7

Other Information

Related to Rami Makhlouf (SSID 200-11672), Hafiz Makhlouf (SSID 200-11652), Ihab Makhlouf (SSID 200-11761) and Bashar Al-Assad (SSID 200-11614)

Program information

Authority

Program

Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7)

Regime

Switzerland country specific

Target State

Syria

Measures

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Official Information

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7). The measures follow the sanctions adopted by the European Union.

Program URL

https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2012/394/de

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