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Last Updated: October 17, 2026

Muhamad Mahalla Major General

Aliases

محمد محلا Major General

Mohamed

Muhammad

Mahla

Mualla

Maalla

Muhalla

Date of birth

1959-06-04

Place of birth

Jableh, Syrian Arab Republic

Sex

Male

Other sanctions regimes

EU

Official reason

Member of the Syria Armed Forces of the rank of Major General under the former al-Assad regime in post after May 2011. Former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI), Branch 293 (Internal Affairs), since April 2015. Responsible for repression of and violence against the civilian population in Damascus/Damascus Countryside. Former Deputy Head of Political Security (2012), Officer of the Syrian Republican Guard and Vice-Director of the Political Security Directorate. Former head of Military Police, Member of the National Security Bureau.

Sender

CH

Additional info

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

Date of listing

2015-06-17

Program information

Program information

Authority

CH

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

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