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Simon AL WAKIL

Disqualified · Sanctioned entity

Simon AL WAKIL is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Al Wakil Simon · Simon AL WAKEEL · Simon AL WAKIL · Simon Al WAQIL · Simon Al Wakil · 7 more...				[sources]
Alias	Al-Vakil Saimon · Simon Al Wakeel · Simon Al Waqil · Simon WAKIL, Simon AL WAQIL, Simon WAQIL, Simon AL WAKEEL, Simon WAKEEL · Simon Wakeel · 4 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	سيمون				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Syria				[sources]
First name	Simon				[sources]
Last name	AL WAKEEL · AL WAKIL · Al WAQIL · WAKEEL · WAKIL · 1 more...				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q110980534				[sources]
Position	Ancien commandant des forces de défense nationales dans la ville de Maharda · Commander of the National Defence Forces in the city of Maharda · Commander of the National Defence Forces in the city of Maharda (Hama) · Командувач Національних сил оборони в м. Махарда (Хама), Сирійська Арабська Республіка.				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu · eur-lex.europa.eu · find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · www.alestiklal.net · 3 more...				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-16	Last processed	2026-03-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(Date of UN designation: 2022-07-21)

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2025-12-01

Simon Al Wakil is a former commander of the National Defence Forces in the city of Maharda (Hama). He collaborated directly with the command of the Russian forces in Syria, and is an active relay of the operations of enrolment to fight in Ukraine alongside Russia. He is therefore responsible for actions and policies which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, or stability or security in Ukraine. After the fall of the Assad regime, Wakil fled to Russia.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2025-12-13

Position: former commander of the National Defence Forces in the city of Maharda

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2025-12-13

Simon Al Wakil est un ancien commandant des forces de défense nationales dans la ville de Maharda (Hama). Il a collaboré directement avec le commandement des forces russes en Syrie et constitue un relais actif des opérations d’enrôlement visant à envoyer des individus combattre en Ukraine aux côtés de la Russie. Il est donc responsable d’actions et de politiques compromettant ou menaçant l’intégrité territoriale, la souveraineté et l’indépendance de l’Ukraine, ou la stabilité ou la sécurité en Ukraine. Après la chute du régime d’Assad, Wakil a fui en Russie.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2025-09-29

Disqualified

— UK Companies House Disqualified Directors, 2025-04-10

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

commandant local des Forces nationales de Défense, milice pro-Assad

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
France	Direction Générale du Trésor		-	-

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,959

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

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors16,097

Individuals which have been disqualified from holding the post of a company director in the United Kingdom following a court decision.

United Kingdom · CoH

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,598

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

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities3,129

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,670

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,492

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

Switzerland · SECO

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

Belgian Financial Sanctions5,919

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

Belgium · FOD

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions22,392

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,919

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:

Wikidata328,063

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

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-fsf-eu-8632-46 · gb-hmt-15471 · gb-coh-u5ewdfycladliikhfjdwvt-seo0 · ch-seco-55981 · be-fod-917a7171a1da8b8af80798018756b44d010ab11e · ua-nsdc-17282-al-vakil-sajmon · eu-tb-logical-143193 · mc-freezes-ed1becd5cdcabce8cccabd65f6bfb35ad04487b2 · eu-oj-1d24f6162fd1d45c0e4aca0c49292c1391080cd1 · fr-ga-4883 · gb-fcdo-rus1544

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