
Article 1 
Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 February 2018.
For the Council
The President
F. MOGHERINI
ANNEX


I.. In the list set out in Part A (‘Persons’) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, the following entries are added:

 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘258. Mohamed Mazen Ali Yousef() Date of birth: 17 May 1969Place of birth: Damascus countryside Minister of Industry. Appointed in January 2018. 26.2.2018
259. Imad Abdullah Sara() Date of birth: 1968;Place of birth: Damascus, Syria Minister of Information. Appointed in January 2018. 26.2.2018’
II.. In the list set out in Part A (‘Persons’) of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, the following entries are replaced as follows:

 Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘56. Ali () Abdullah () (a.k.a. Abdallah) Ayyub () (a.k.a. Ayyoub, Ayub, Ayoub, Ayob) Date of birth: 1952Place of birth: Lattakia, Syria Minister of Defence. Appointed in January 2018. Officer of the rank of General in the Syrian Army, in post after May 2011. Former Chief of General Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces. Person supporting the Assad regime and responsible for repression and violence against the civilian population in Syria. 14.11.2011
57. Fahd () (a.k.a. Fahid, Fahed) Jasim () (a.k.a. Jasem, Jassim, Jassem) al-Furayj () (a.k.a. Al-Freij) Date of birth: 1 January 1950Place of birth: Hama, Syria Former Minister of Defence. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 14.11.2011
212. Ammar Al-Sharif(a.k.a Amar Al-Sharif; Amar Al-Charif; Ammar Sharif; Ammar Charif; Ammar al Shareef; Ammar Sherif; Ammar Medhat Sherif)() Date of birth: 26 June 1969Place of birth: LattakiaNationality: SyrianSyrian Passport:
 number: 010312413;
 issue number: 002-15-L093534;
 date of issue: 14 July 2015
 place of issue: Damascus-Centre;
 expiry date: 13 July 2021National number: 060-10276707 Leading Syrian businessman operating in Syria, active in the banking, insurance, and hospitality sectors. Founding partner of Byblos Bank Syria, major shareholder in Unlimited Hospitality Ltd, and board member of the Solidarity Alliance Insurance Company and the Al-Aqueelah Takaful Insurance Company. 28.10.2016
221. Mohammed (a.k.a. Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammad) Ramez Tourjman (a.k.a. Tourjuman)() Date of birth: 1966Place of birth: Damascus, Syria Former Minister of Information. As a former Government Minister, shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 14.11.2016
227. Ahmad al-Hamu (a.k.a. al-Hamo)() Date of birth: 1947 Former Minister of Industry. As a former Government Minister shares responsibility for the regime's violent repression against the civilian population. 14.11.2016’
