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Rafiq Shahadah

Military · Sanctioned entity

Rafiq Shahadah is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Général de brigade Rafiq SHAHADAH · RAFIK SHEHADEH · RAFIQ SHAHADAH · RAFIQ SHIHADA · RAFIQ SHIHADAH · 25 more...				[sources]
Other name	Chahada · Chahade · Chahadeh · RAFIK SHEHADEH · RAFIQ SHAHADAH · 32 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954 · 1956-01-05 · 1977				[sources]
Place of birth	Btigramo · Jablah, Latakia Province · Jablah, Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic · Jablah, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Jablah, Syrian Arab Republic · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	Général de brigade Rafiq · RAFIK · RAFIQ · Rafeeq · Rafik · 5 more...				[sources]
Last name	Chahada · Chahade · Chahadeh · SHAHADAH · SHEHADEH · 11 more...				[sources]
Title	Major General				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7282691				[sources]
Position	Advisor to President Bashar al Assad for strategic questions and military intelligence · Ancien chef de la section 293 (affaires intérieures) du renseignement militaire syrien à Damas · Conseiller du président Bashar al Assad pour les questions stratégiques et le renseignement militaire · Général de brigade · Major General · 2 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Last known position: Brigadier General and Head of the Security Committee in Deir‑ez‑Zour. Former advisor to President Bashar AL‑ASSAD on strategic questions and military intelligence.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Member of the Syrian Armed Forces of the rank of Major General in post after May 2011. Former Head of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) Branch 293 (Internal Affairs) in Damascus. Directly involved in repression and violence against the civilian population in Damascus. Advisor to President Bashar al-Assad for strategic questions and military intelligence.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Membre des forces armées syriennes ayant le grade de général de division, en poste après mai 2011. Ancien chef de la section 293 (affaires intérieures) du renseignement militaire syrien à Damas. Directement impliqué dans la répression et les violences exercées contre la population civile à Damas. Conseiller du président Bashar al-Assad pour les questions stratégiques et le renseignement militaire.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2024-05-30

Syrian military officer, military intelligence head

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Bashar Al-Assad Politician · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-12	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-12	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-12	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2013-11-06	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2024-05-28	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2015/828 du 28/05/2015 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2017/907 du 29/05/2017 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2018/774 du 28/05/2018 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · 2 more...	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-12	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-12	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2024-05-28	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2017-01-12	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories435,697

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,717

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,852

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US SAM Procurement Exclusions118,166

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,322

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,601

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,465

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

French National Asset Freezing System5,264

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,170

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,554

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,793

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,260

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,303

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,242

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata388,145

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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