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Zoulhima Chaliche

Disqualified · Export controlled · Military · Close Associate · Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameDHU AL HIMMA SHALISH · DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH · DHU HIMMA SHALEESH · DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH · Dhu al-Himma Chaliche · 17 more...[sources]
Other nameAL-HEMMEH, Thu · AL-SHALISH, Dhu Al-Himma · Dhu Al Himma SHALISH · Dhu Al-Himma AL-SHALISH · Dhu Himma SHALEESH · 20 more...[sources]
Birth date · · · · · 1 more...[sources]
Place of birthAl-Ladhiqiyah, Syria · Kerdaha, Latakia · Kerdaha, Latakia Syria · Qardaha[sources]
Death date[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
CitizenshipSyria[sources]
Country of birthSyria[sources]
First nameDhu · Dhu Al Himma · Dhu Al-Himma · Dhu Himma · Dhuil Himma · 6 more...[sources]
Last nameAL-HEMMEH · AL-SHALISH · Chaliche · Shaleesh · Shalish[sources]
Second nameal-Himma[sources]
Wikidata IDQ5269831[sources]
PositionBrigadier General; Major General · Former Head of Presidential Security · Head of Presidential Security · 大統領警護長[sources]
AddressDamascus · Damascus Syria[sources]
Source linkfind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

Disqualified

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors,

Cousin to Bashar Al Assad The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

Cousin to Bashar Al Assad

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets,

عسكري سوري برتبة لواء ولد في مدينة اللاذقية عام 1956 وهو ابن عمة الرئيس السوري الحالي بشار الأسد ورئيس أمنه الرئاسي ورئيس فرع العمليات في المخابرات الخارجية السورية وقد كان من عناصر الحماية الشخصية للرئيس السوري السابق حافظ الأسد.وقد شملته العقوبات التي فرضها الاتحاد الأوروبي على سوريا بعد بدء الأزمة السورية. فرضت عليه عقوبات من قبل حكومة الولايات المتحدة لتوريد أسلحة لصدام حسين وحكومته. أنشأ شركة مقاولات ضخمة تخصصت في شق الطرق وإنشاء السدود. كما شارك بإنشاء شركة اتصالات في ١٩٩٨ مع ابن أخيه فراس عيسى شاليش. واشترك مع ابن أخيه الآخر آصف شاليش في شركة SES التي اتهمت بأنها هربت أسلحة ومعدات عسكرية محظورة للعراق وإيران بين ٢٠٠٠ و ٢٠٠٣. فرضت عليه وزارة الدولة السويسرية للشؤون الاقتصادية في ٢٠١١ عقوبات. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 09/06/2005. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 23/06/2011 شملته العقوبات البريطانيه في 24/06/2011

Dhu al-Himma Shalish is a Syrian soldier of the rank of Major General. He was born in Latakia in 1956. He is the cousin of the current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Chief of the Presidential Security Guard, and the Head of the Operations Branch in the External Syrian Intelligence. He was one of the former President Hafez al-Assad ’s bodyguards. Shalish was included in the EU sanctions that were imposed in the aftermath of the Syrian crisis. He was sanctioned by the US government for exporting military goods to Saddam Hussein and his regime. Moreover, Dhu al-Himma established a huge contracting company that specialised in roads and dams construction. He also co-founded a telecommunications company in 1998 with his nephew, Firas Issa Shalish, and co-founded with his other nephew, Assef Shalish, SES International Corp., which was accused of smuggling embargoed weapons and military goods to Iraq and Iran between 2000 and 2003. In 2011, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs imposed sanctions against him. Dhu al-Himma Shalish was listed by the US on 9 June 2005, the EU on 23 June 2011, and the UK on 24 June 2011.

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, THU AL-HEMMEH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, THU AL-HEMMEH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, THU AL-HEMMEH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, THU AL-HEMMEH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, THU AL-HEMMEH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also ZUHILMA SHALISH, DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, THU AL-HEMMEH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

(also DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH, DHU HIMMA SHALEESH, THU AL-HEMMEH, DHUIL HIMMA SHALISH, ZUHAYR SHALISH, DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH, THU AL HIMA SHALEESH)

US SAM Procurement Exclusions,

Syrian official

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,052

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,711

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List9,873

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,833

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

United States of America · GSA

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,685

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,183

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 of America · ITA

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,767

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,454

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

United States of America · OFAC

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,570

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

United Kingdom · CoH

External databases

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

Graph-based entity tagging78,331

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,174

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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