Person

Bashar Al-Assad

Listed by United States, European Union and United Kingdom. No matched entry on the UN Security Council and Canada lists. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• Syria (Assad Era)

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN No matched entry
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA No matched entry

Entries on Each List

• United States

  Bashar AL-ASSAD

  Reference

  OFAC entry 12735

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  PAARSSR-EO13894

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1965-09-11

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1965-09-11) (with UK entry SYR0026)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• United Kingdom

  Bashar Al Asad

  Reference

  SYR0026

  Listing date

  December 31, 2020

  Program or regime as stated

  The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1965-09-11

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1965-09-11) (with US entry OFAC entry 12735)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  Bashar AL-ASSAD

  Reference

  EU.2437.5

  Listing date

  Not stated on the entry; earliest regulation cited was published May 29, 2020

  Program or regime as stated

  SYR

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1965-09-11
  Regulations 2020/716 (OJ L168)

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1965-09-11) (with UK entry SYR0026)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

Same Name, No Shared Identifier

These entities carry an identical name or alias but no identifier ties them to this one, so they are kept separate. They may describe the same subject.

• Bashar al-Assad (CA only)

Program Assignment

• Syria (Assad Era): list program EU SYR; PAARSSR-EO13894; The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Names and Aliases on the Lists (18)

• Bashar Al Asad
• Bashar Al Assad
• Bashar al-'Asad
• Bashar AL-ASAD
• Bashar AL-ASSAD
• Bashar Al-Assad
• Bashar ASSAD
• Bashar Hafez AL ASSAD
• Bassar Hafiz Al Asad
• Bassar Hafiz Al Assad
• Bassar Hafiz al-'Asad
• Bassar Hafiz Al-Assad
• Baššār Ḥāfiẓ Al Asad
• Baššār Ḥāfiẓ Al Assad
• Baššār Ḥāfiẓ Al-Assad
• Baššār Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad
• بشار حافظ الأسد
• بشارالاسد

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Bashar Al-Assad," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-12735/.