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Zoulhima Chaliche

Disqualified · 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 · 19 more...[sources]
Other nameAL-SHALISH · Brigadier General Dhu Al-Himma · Brigadier General Thu AL-HEMMEH · DHU AL HIMMA SHALISH · DHU AL-HIMMA AL-SHALISH · 28 more...[sources]
Birth date · · · [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 AL HIMMA · DHU AL-HIMMA · DHU HIMMA · DHUIL HIMMA · Dhu · 15 more...[sources]
KeywordsRegular armed forces · القوات المسلحة النظامية[sources]
Last nameAL-HEMMEH · AL-SHALISH · CHALICHE · Chaliche · SHALEESH · 3 more...[sources]
Second nameal-Himma[sources]
SummaryBashar al-Assad ’s cousin and the Chief of the Presidential Security Guard. The Operations Director in the External Intelligence. · ابن عمة بشار الأسد، رئيس جهاز الأمن الرئاسي، مدير العمليات في المخابرات الخارجية[sources]
Wikidata IDQ5269831[sources]
PositionBrigadier General; Major General · Former Head of Presidential Security · Head of Presidential Security · Major-General · لواء · 1 more...[sources]
AddressDamascus[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,

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.

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

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

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

Syrian official

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

UK Companies House Disqualified Directors15,536

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

United Kingdom · CoH

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List34,330

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

United States of America · OFAC

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

A knowledge graph of persons of interest inside Syria, including detailed information on family relationships and business ties.

Obsalytics · non-official source

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)22,217

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

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,512

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

United States of America · GSA

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,235

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,724

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,649

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

Japan · MoF

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,510

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

External databases

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

Graph-based entity tagging77,063

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,795

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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