El-Msadi Online Register
95 sources

Sources

Primary corporate material first, then sanctions records, reporting, directories and this investigation's own technical observations. Every claim in the register cites an id from this list, and the build fails on a citation to an id that does not exist.

Primary — the party's own material
  • Al-Ghabra Stud — "Word of the Stud's Owner" ghabra.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 A purebred Arabian horse-breeding site, WAHO-referenced. The welcome message is signed, as the page's only identifying name, "محمد حمشو" (Mohammed Hamsho).
  • Hadeed Metal Manufacturing — internal memo on scrap-iron extraction and transport Hadeed Metal Manufacturing (self-hosted copy, 3 pages) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Dated 2014-05-04. Records payments toward a scrap-iron project ("Dara"): $1,000,000 (20 Aug 2013), $600,000 (9 Mar 2014), and SYP 117,210,000 as a sales commission to Samir Hmeisho's company. Separately describes market competition from "Emad Hmeisho's company" over electricity tariffs for metal-melting furnaces.
  • Palmyra Village & Resort — holding page palmyravillage.com (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-12 "We are currently upgrading our website." Lists P.O. Box 8254, Damascus, tel +963 11 2312857, fax +963 11 2318875, info@palmyravillage.com — the P.O. Box and fax match Hamsho International Group's own OpenSanctions-listed contact details exactly.
  • Hadeed-MMC — LinkedIn company page (About) LinkedIn · retrieved 2026-08-12 Company's own description: melts scrap metal into steel billets to international standards, feeding rebar production, plus its stated priorities on product quality, stakeholder relations and staff development.
  • Isnad Steel — LinkedIn company page (About) LinkedIn · retrieved 2026-08-12 Company's own description: established 2008 to produce structural steel (residential, commercial, industrial, telecom and power towers) to international standards; new management from 2018 expanded into architectural/decorative structural steel. Lists website www.isnadsteel-sy.com and phone +963 11 4016.
  • Syrian Council for Metals and Steel — letter to the Director General of Customs, signed by Mohammed Hamsho Syrian Council for Metals and Steel (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Dated 2016-03-02, ref. ص ع 16/28 · ص و 16/20, addressed to Fawaz Al-Asaad, Director General of Customs. Signed by Mohammed Hamsho as رئيس مجلس الإدارة (Chairman of the Board). Footer lists info@hadeed-mmc.com as the Council's contact address.
  • Sama Alsham Group — Message from the CEO samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Signed "Ahmad Saber Hamcho, Chief Executive Officer". Also carries the group's full activity list and its three foreign subsidiaries.
  • Sama Alsham Group — AMH Group samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 "AMH is a group within the mother Sama Al Sham Group, that runs and operates the UAE branch."
  • Sama Alsham Group — Expert Blue samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Gives the Emirates Towers address, phone and fax.
  • Sama Alsham Group — Ebla Trade Off-shore samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 "Ebla Trade Lebanon was the first expansion of Sama Al Sham group outside Syria."
  • Expert Blue L.L.C. — homepage expert-blue.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Footer reads "A member of AMH Investment Group". Livestock export headlines for Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE.
  • Hamshocom — About Us hamshocom.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Confirms the domain as Hamsho Com — GSM and satellite handset distribution (Thuraya, Sony Ericsson).
  • Union Electrical Group — Certificates page union-electricalgroup.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Footer: "All Rights Reserved, © Copyright 2026 Union Electric Group."
  • Union Cables — Contact us union-cable.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Adra Industrial City, P.O. Box 2494, +963 11 9259.
  • horizon-cont.com horizon-cont.com · retrieved 2026-08-11 Arabic corporate names, Northern Ring Road address, footer "© Gaia Company 2025". Its /contact/ page lists two phone numbers: 00963113227530 and 00963991023737 — see khan-alhandasah-hamsho.
  • horizon-cont.com — company history horizon-cont.com · retrieved 2026-08-13 The site's own company-history text names the company, in Arabic, "مجموعة حمشو للتجارة والعمران" (Hamsho Group for Trade and Construction) — twice, describing its 2004 adoption of German MEVA concrete formwork technology. That Arabic name is the original of "Hamsho Trade And Construction", the UK Sanctions List alias (ref SYR0305) for Hamsho Trading — see uk-eu-annex.
  • Gaia — portfolio gaia.sy · retrieved 2026-08-11
  • ITSAL Plus SY — Facebook page Facebook · retrieved 2026-08-12 Self-describes in Arabic as the exclusive agent of OPPO in Syria.
  • Sinalco Syria — About (الشركة المتحدة للإستثمارات الصناعية)سينالكو سوريا — عن الشركة (الشركة المتحدة للإستثمارات الصناعية) sinalco.sy · retrieved 2026-08-12 States sinalco.sy is operated by الشركة المتحدة للإستثمارات الصناعية (United Company for Industrial Investments), a food company founded 2015 with ~150 staff, initially producing canned goods, tomato paste and jams through its Dar Al-Khair (دار الخير) branch. Signed a partnership contract with Sinalco International in 2016; began producing and launching Sinalco products locally in 2018, growing to ~250 staff.يذكر أن نطاق sinalco.sy تديره الشركة المتحدة للإستثمارات الصناعية، شركة أغذية تأسست عام 2015 بنحو 150 موظفاً، بدأت بإنتاج المعلبات الغذائية ومعجون البندورة والمربيات عبر فرعها دار الخير. وقّعت عقد شراكة مع سينالكو العالمية عام 2016؛ بدأت بإنتاج وطرح منتجات سينالكو محلياً عام 2018، ليصل عدد موظفيها إلى نحو 250.
  • Cham Engineering and Contracting Company — About Us (من نحن)شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات — من نحن chamcontracting.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Self-description: specialises in engineering studies, interior/exterior design, maintenance and rehabilitation, plus building-automation and IT infrastructure (servers, networks, cameras). States it designs and executes factories/plants to international standards, villas and residential buildings, and companies' premises.الوصف الذاتي: متخصصة بأعمال الدراسات الهندسية والتصميم الداخلي والخارجي وأعمال الصيانة وإعادة التأهيل، بالإضافة إلى تطبيق أحدث أنظمة الأتمتة وأعمال تكنولوجيا المعلومات (سيرفرات، شبكات، كاميرات). تذكر أنها تصمم وتنفذ المعامل والمصانع وفق المعايير العالمية، والفلل والمباني السكنية، ومقار الشركات.
    شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات متخصصة بأعمال الدراسات الهندسية والتصميم الداخلي والخارجي وأعمال الصيانة وإعادة التأهيل بالإضافة إلى تطبيق أحدث أنظمة الأتمتة لتسير عمل المنشآت وكل ما يتعلق بها من أعمال تكنولوجيا المعلومات (سيرفرات - شبكات - كاميرات..)
    تفتخر شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات بتنوع المشاريع التي تقوم بدراستها وتنفيذها بدءاً من المعامل والمصانع وفق الشروط والمقاييس العالمية مروراً بتصميم وتنفيذ الفلل والمباني السكنية وصولاً إلى تصميم وتنفيذ الشركات وتوزيعها بالشكل النموذجي.
  • Cham Engineering and Contracting Company — Contact Us (اتصل بنا)شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات — اتصل بنا chamcontracting.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Damascus, Syria, P.O. Box 8222. Tel +963 11 2290237, fax +963 11 2313061, info@chamcontracting.com.دمشق، سوريا، صندوق بريد 8222. هاتف +963 11 2290237، فاكس +963 11 2313061، info@chamcontracting.com.
    دمشق سوريا
    8222
    تلفون : 2290237 11 963+
    فاكس : 2313061 11 963 +
    البريد الإلكتروني : info@chamcontracting.com
  • Cham Contracting — project: معمل حديد لإنتاج الصلب (steel-production iron factory)شام للمقاولات — مشروع: معمل حديد لإنتاج الصلب chamcontracting.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Study, design and execution of the administrative building and "businessmen's" building, plus periodic factory maintenance, for a 28,000 m² steel-production plant in Adra Industrial City (عدرا الصناعية) — the same industrial city hosting Union Electrical Group and other estate entities. "حديد" (Hadeed) may be the plant's proper name, matching this register's Hadeed MMC entity, or simply the generic Arabic word for iron; not confirmed either way.إعداد الدراسة والتصميم والتنفيذ للمبنى الإداري ومبنى رجال الأعمال، بالإضافة إلى أعمال الصيانة الدورية، لمعمل إنتاج صلب مساحته 28,000 م² في المدينة الصناعية بعدرا — المدينة الصناعية ذاتها التي تضم مجموعة الاتحاد للكهرباء وكيانات أخرى من هذه التركة. "حديد" قد يكون الاسم الخاص للمعمل، مطابقاً لكيان "حديد MMC" المسجل في هذا الأرشيف، أو قد يكون ببساطة الكلمة العربية العامة للحديد؛ الأمر غير مؤكد في الحالتين.
    اسم المشروع : معمل حديد لإنتاج الصلب
    إعداد الدراسة والتصميم والتنفيذ للمبنى الإداري ومبنى رجال الأعمال بالإضافة إلى أعمال الصيانة الدورية للمعمل
    مكان المشروع : عدرا الصناعية
    مساحة المشروع : 28000 متر مربع
  • Cham Contracting — project: مبنى شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات (own HQ building)شام للمقاولات — مشروع: مبنى شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات (المقر الخاص بها) chamcontracting.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Design and execution of its own new headquarters, 650 m², at Qura al-Assad, Rural Damascus (ريف دمشق - قرى الاسد). Project manager: Eng. Manhal Fadloun (م. منهل فضلون).تصميم وتنفيذ مقرها الرئيسي الجديد، بمساحة 650 م²، في قرى الأسد بريف دمشق. مدير المشروع: م. منهل فضلون.
    وصف المشروع:
    قامت شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات بتصميم وتنفيذ مقر شركتها الجديد
    مكان المشروع : ريف دمشق - قرى الاسد
    مساحة المشروع : 650 متر مربع
    مدير المشروع :م.منهل فضلون
  • Cham Contracting — project: أنظمة حماية وأمان (security systems at UNDOF headquarters)شام للمقاولات — مشروع: أنظمة حماية وأمان في مقر UNDOF chamcontracting.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Integrated security system for UNDOF headquarters at Al-Saboura — Yaafour Resort (الصبورة - منتجع يعفور): vehicle barriers, fire alarm/security system, anti-shatter window film, perimeter metal fencing. Estimated value $60,000; 1–21 Jan 2015. A distinct, notable client (a UN peacekeeping body) with no apparent link to the rest of this estate.نظام أمن متكامل لمقر قوة الأمم المتحدة لمراقبة فض الاشتباك (UNDOF) في الصبورة - منتجع يعفور: حواجز مرور سيارات، نظام أمن وإنذار حريق، لاصق مضاد للتشظي على النوافذ، سياج معدني حول المنشأة. القيمة التقديرية 60,000 دولار؛ من 1 إلى 21 كانون الثاني 2015. عميل مختلف تماماً ولافت (جهة أممية) لا صلة ظاهرة له ببقية هذه التركة.
    أنظمة الحماية والأمان في مقر الـ UNDOF
    تقوم شركة شام للهندسة والمقاولات بتنفيذ نظام أمن متكامل للمنشآت يحتوي على:
    حواجز مرور سيارات.
    نظام أمن وإنذار للحريق.
    تزويد النوافذ بلاصق ضد التشظي في حال الإنفجار.
    سياج معدني حول المنشأة.
    المدة الزمنية المتوقعة : 3 اسابيع
    تاريخ المباشرة : 1/ 1/ 2015
    تاريخ الانتهاء : 21 / 1/ 2015
    قيمة التعهد أو القيمة التقديرية للمشروع : 60.000$
    مكان المشروع : الصبورة - منتجع يعفور
  • Sama Alsham Group — Message from the CEO (2017, unsigned) samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 The same CEO-message text as the 2015 capture (sama-ceo-2015), but the closing signature naming Ahmad Saber Hamcho as Chief Executive Officer has been removed — the page now ends unsigned. A deliberate de-identification of the group's own site between 2015 and 2017.
  • Sama Alsham Group — homepage (2017) samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Displays a logo carousel/grid of group member companies, each linking to its own subsidiary detail page. Source of the logo files matched to entities in this register.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Union Electric samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 "Union Electric Group is a group comprising four facilities including cables, electric meters, PVC and transformers." Names Union Electrical Group directly as a Sama Alsham Group subsidiary — the clearest primary-source bridge in this register between the Sama Alsham naming cluster and the Union naming cluster. "Electric meters" is not one of the five Union subsidiaries otherwise documented here — an open lead.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: uiic samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 A bare subsidiary stub titled "uiic" — no body text, but its existence under Sama Alsham Group's own subsidiary index directly names UCII/UIIC (United Company for Industrial Investments) as a group member.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Sinalco Syria samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 "While one of our sister companies imports certain types of Sinalco finished products for distribution, the group also is the exclusive licensee to manufacture Sinalco in Syria." Tel +963 (11) 212 99 60, www.sinalco.sy — Sama Alsham Group's own site claiming the Sinalco license directly.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: CEC (English) samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Full English description of "Cham Company for Engineering and Contracting", word-for-word matching chamcontracting.com's own About Us text (cham-about-2016). Adds two new projects — sewage treatment plants in Homs and Hama, and an organic fertilizer factory in Damascus — and states CEC "is a member of the United Nations Organization for International Marketing (UNMG)". Retrieved via the homepage's samatv_trans logo link, which resolves to this page rather than distinct SAMA TV content — flagged as a Wayback playback quirk, not a claim that SAMA TV and CEC are the same thing.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: DAK samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 "Dar Alkhair" — FMCG: cooking oil, canned tuna, rice, ghee. Syria - Damascus - Baghdad str. Tel +963 (11) 4434980, fax +963 (11) 4434981, info@dakfood.net, www.dakfood.net. The fax number, 4434981, is the same number industrysy.com lists as one of Unipac's own landlines, and Baghdad Street is the same street Hamsho International Group's own OFAC-listed address sits on.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: MEMO samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Electronics: "providing technical software and hardware and after sales services solutions." Tel +963 (11) 2110786, fax +963 (11) 2110498, info@memoict.com, www.memoict.com.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Abou Waheed samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Hospitality — Syrian restaurant. Tel +963 (11) 37 35 187, Facebook facebook.com/abouwahed.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Arabesque Radio samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Media — "100% Syrian Broadcasting radio... a youth variety of social and purposeful radio, 102.3, broadcasts from Damascus to every single meter in Syria." Tel +963 (11) 3045, fax +963 (11) 4474065.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: zamanalkhair samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 A bare subsidiary stub titled "zamanalkhair" — logo and page exist under Sama Alsham Group's own subsidiary index, but no body text or contact details were ever filled in.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Palmyra Village (2016) samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Tel +963 (11) 2129960, fax +963 (11) 2131025, email/site given as www.palmyravillge.com (sic, missing an 'a') — a different phone/fax pair than palmyravillage-holding-page's, and the same pair listed on Sama Alsham's own Sham Aqua Park page.
  • Sama Alsham Group — full "Our Activities" subsidiary index (2016) samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 A complete subsidiary navigation menu grouped by sector: Engineering & Contracting (Tatweer), Electronics (SamaTel, MEMO), Automotive (Haima Plant), Aviation (Ebla Airlines), Hospitality (Abou Waheed, Tamary, Palmyra Village, Sham Aqua Park), Pharmaceuticals (Dawaco), FMCG (DAK), Media (Sama Al-Fan Production, Sama Al-Arab TV, Arabesque Radio), General Trading (Expert Blue), Food Manufacturing (EGC, Sinalco Syria). Retrieved via the "littlenursery2" logo's link, itself a bare stub with no body text.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Haima Plant samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Automotive — describes Haima (Hainan Mazda), a Chinese passenger-vehicle and minivan manufacturer headquartered in Haikou with a Zhengzhou factory and Shanghai R&D site, running SKD/CKD assembly in three countries. www.en.haima.com. Matches "Car Assembly" among the current-projects items on Sama Alsham's own 2017 homepage.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Tamary samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Hospitality — "Launched in Dubai in early 2015, Tamary brings the authentic old Syrian street food in a modern way to the market of the UAE." Tel +971 (4) 34 44 770, www.tamary.com. tamary.com itself resolves outside the Gaia-operated estate (AWS/GoDaddy SPF, Microsoft 365 mail) — a genuinely separate UAE retail operation, not tracked in the domain register.
  • Sama Alsham Group — subsidiary page: Sham Aqua Park samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Hospitality — a water park "minutes away from Damascus." Tel +963 (11) 2129960, fax +963 (11) 2131025 — the same phone/fax pair given on Sama Alsham's own 2016 Palmyra Village page.
  • Yafour Hotel — Facebook page Facebook · retrieved 2026-08-12
  • Yafour Hotel & Resort — About Us (2012) yafouresort.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 The hotel's own self-description: "YAFOUR Hotel & Resort is renowned throughout the area for the sheer opulence of its rooms and suites; for the innovation of its restaurants; and the grandeur of its facilities."
  • Yafour Hotel & Resort — Contact (2017) yafouresort.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Damascus, Yafour — "near the new eight gate of Damascus." Tel +963-11-3921555 / +963-11-5099, fax +963-11-3921574, info@yafouresort.com, resa@yafouresort.com (reservations), sales@yafouresort.com, www.yafouresort.com. States: "Our corporate office serves as base operations for all hotels" — implying more than one property under this operation, not otherwise identified.
  • Ghabra — horse registry entry A01750, "Hasnaa Al-Sham" ghabra.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 The domain's own horse-pedigree record: registry no. A01750, name "حسناء الشام" (Hasnaa Al-Sham), owner (المالك) and breeder (المربي) both given as محمد حمشو (Mohammed Hamsho), stable (الإسطبل) الغبراء (Al-Ghabra), foaled 1997, mare (فرس), strain شويمة سباح.
  • Ahmad Saber Hamcho — Facebook photo, Syrian Equestrian Federation show-jumping award Facebook (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-13 Originally retrieved from Facebook's CDN at https://scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/502585017_4082579192028118_8121019537061400887_n.jpg — a signed, expiring link, which is why a copy is self-hosted here rather than linked live. Shows Ahmad Saber Hamcho mounted, holding a trophy, at a Syrian Equestrian Federation event — consistent with his documented career as Syria's first Olympic show-jumper. Used here for identification purposes only.
  • Amr Hamsho — Facebook photo, Syrian Equestrian Federation show-jumping award Facebook (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-13 Originally retrieved from Facebook's CDN at https://scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/502474494_4082579205361450_2378550731274401263_n.jpg — a signed, expiring link, which is why a copy is self-hosted here rather than linked live. Shows Amr Hamsho mounted, holding a trophy, at a Syrian Equestrian Federation event, echoing his brother Ahmad's equestrian career. Used here for identification purposes only.
  • Rania al-Dabbas — Facebook photo, with Mohammed Hamcho Facebook (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Originally retrieved from Facebook's CDN at https://scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/78406137_801472293646030_2857037534066638848_n.jpg — a signed, expiring link, which is why a copy is self-hosted here rather than linked live. Shows Rania al-Dabbas alongside a man matching Mohammed Hamcho's appearance; used here for identification purposes only.
  • Anas Othman — Facebook profile (self-hosted screenshot) Facebook (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-12 His own profile lists him as "Owner and CEO" of "مجموعة غايا - Gaia Group" since August 2019, and "Married to Shefaa Hamsho Othman" since 27 February 2016. Also lists a family connection to one Mohamed Adib Osman, education at Al-Thakafi and Tishreen University, and a pinned Gaia Group cover-photo post giving contact details info@gaia.com, gaia.sy and phone 0966622777 — matching the gaia.sy domain and gaia.group.sy@gmail.com DMARC contact already in this register.
  • Shefaa Hamsho Othman — Facebook profile Facebook · retrieved 2026-08-12 Manually reviewed, not self-hosted here. Lists work "Designing at Sama TV — قناة سما الفضائية الصفحة الرسمية", location Damascus, and "Married to Anas Othman" since 27 February 2016 — consistent with Anas Othman's own profile.
  • Ayman Jabir — photograph (Syrian Memory archive) Syrian Memory (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-13 Originally retrieved from the Syrian Memory figure record's own attached avatar file, "Capturejabbber.JPG" (474x501), hosted on a signed, expiring S3 link, which is why a copy is self-hosted here rather than linked live. Used for identification purposes only.
Sanctions record
  • Mohammed Hamcho — OpenSanctions (Wikidata-linked record) OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-12 A separate, richer OpenSanctions record for the same person (their NK- and Q- prefixed records appear un-merged). Gives dated positions — General Secretary, Damascus Chamber of Commerce, from Dec 2014; Chairman, China–Syria Bilateral Business Council, from March 2014; Chairman, Syrian Metal and Steel Council, from Dec 2015; People's Council member 2012–2016 — passport 002954347, and sanctions dates across 13 jurisdictions. Designation rationale describes "close business relationships with key figures of the Syrian regime, including Maher Al-Assad."
  • Mohammed Hamcho — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-11
  • Hamsho International Group — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-11
  • Ahmad Sabir Mohammed Hamsho — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-12
  • Amr Mohamed Hamsho — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-12
  • Emad Hamsho — sanctions database ngoreport.org · retrieved 2026-08-11
  • OFAC Recent Actions — Syria sanctions termination and E.O. 13894 re-designations US Treasury OFAC · retrieved 2026-08-11
  • Annex to Financial Sanctions Notice: Syria amendments gov.je (UK/EU-derived annex) · retrieved 2026-08-11 Names Hamsho International, Hamsho Communication, MHG International, Jupiter for Investment and Tourism, and Syria Metal Industries.
  • Ali Mohamad Hamcho — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-12 Born 3 November 1998, Damascus; passport N005361042 — consecutive with the passport OpenSanctions lists for his brother Amr (N005361043). On the US OFAC SDN list since 20 April 2023 under the PAARSS/Caesar reciprocal programme first initiated 17 June 2020; addresses in Damascus and Paris. A son of Mohammed Hamcho.
  • Syria sanctions — consolidated list of designated persons and entities (SECO), 7 March 2025 edition State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland · retrieved 2026-08-13 SECO (Swiss) Syria sanctions list, SSID 200-11836: Ayman Jabir, DOB 17 Jan 1967, POB Latakia; a.k.a. Aiman, Jaber. Covers steel/media/oil-trading interests (Al Jazira, Dunia TV, Sama Satellite Channel), oil imports via Al Jazira from Overseas Petroleum Trading, militia leadership, and ties to Rami Makhlouf and Maher al-Assad. Separately, the Emad Hamsho entry (SSID 200-30662) names Jabir as a fellow "designated regime businessman" alongside Emad on the Syrian Council of Iron and Steel -- the basis for the Hamsho-network link recorded here.
  • Ayman Jaber — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-13 Aggregate profile: passport 003308607, DOB 17 Jan 1967, POB Latakia, aliases including Ayman Mehriz/Mohriz/Muhriz Jaber. Lists designations across 14+ sanctions authorities (US OFAC, EU, UK, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and others). No mention of Hamsho, Hamcho or the Syrian Council for Metals/Iron and Steel anywhere in the record.
Reporting
  • "Boycott Mohammed Hamsho's products" — social media graphic Hassan Akkad · retrieved 2026-08-12 A consumer-boycott graphic grouping roughly 25 company names and logos by sector under Mohammed Hamsho's name.
  • All the dictator's men: who runs Assad's sanctions-busting network? The New Arab · retrieved 2026-08-12
  • Syria is secretly reshaping its economy Reuters · retrieved 2026-08-11 Describes Hamsho family enterprises as spanning cable production, metalworks, electronics and film studios. Important reference.
  • Sanctioned Syrian tycoon Hamsho eyes a 'new chapter' after financial settlement Syria Direct · retrieved 2026-08-12
  • Union Electrical Group factory expansion, Adra, August 2018 dpa / Alamy · retrieved 2026-08-11
  • "Follow the Money", Syria in Transition, issue 37 Syria in Transition · retrieved 2026-08-12 Names Itsal Plus as part of the Hamsho family's commercial holdings.
  • خليل جواد، زوج بثينة شعبان.. العراقي الذي أصبح مسؤولاً سورياً كبيراًخليل جواد، زوج بثينة شعبان.. العراقي الذي أصبح مسؤولاً سورياً كبيراً Eqtsad.net (a Zaman al-Wasl project) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Byline Fouad Abdulaziz, dated 2018-12-02. Profiles Khalil Jawad, Iraqi-born (Karbala) husband of Bouthaina Shaaban — Bashar al-Assad's political and media advisor — who gained Syrian citizenship in 2006 and was Director General of the state General Organization for Food Industries until losing the post after 2013. States he now runs Union Packaging and Wrapping Company with his son Reda Khalil Jawad and daughter Nazek Khalil Jawad (married to American businessman Muthanna Saleh) — containers for carbonated-water bottling, Adra Industrial City, established 2018.بقلم فؤاد عبد العزيز، بتاريخ 2018-12-02. يستعرض سيرة خليل جواد، العراقي الكربلائي الأصل وزوج بثينة شعبان — مستشارة بشار الأسد السياسية والإعلامية — الذي حصل على الجنسية السورية عام 2006 وتولى منصب المدير العام للمؤسسة العامة للصناعات الغذائية حتى فقد المنصب بعد عام 2013. يذكر أنه يدير حالياً شركة الاتحاد للعبوات والتغليف مع ابنه رضا خليل جواد وابنته نازك خليل جواد (المتزوجة من رجل الأعمال الأمريكي المثنى صالح) — شركة لإنتاج عبوات تعبئة المياه الغازية، مقرها المدينة الصناعية بعدرا، تأسست عام 2018.
  • New Four-Star Yafour Hotel Comes Alive with SGM LightSoundJournal.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 A lighting-industry trade press piece, dated 2 March 2011, opens: "Owned by Hamsho Group International, the four star hotel, located in the nature reserve region of Yafour, outside Damascus, has been built to a high standard." Six-storey building, white marble façade, a 500-person banquet/conference hall, visible from the Damascus–Beirut highway. The lighting contractor's own owner, Ammar Jano of Jano For Lighting, is a separate person from the hotel's ownership.
  • Farewell ceremony for the Chinese Ambassador in Damascus upon completing his mandate Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Dated 2022-07-25. Reports a farewell ceremony for outgoing Chinese Ambassador Feng Biao "at Yafour tourist resort", attended by government ministers and "Chairman of Syrian-Chinese Business Council, Muhammad Hamsho" — Mohammed Hamcho's own documented position in this register. Places him personally at the venue in an official capacity, though the article does not itself state ownership.
  • Millions in UN Funding Flow to War Profiteers and Human Rights Abusers in Syria, Study Shows OCCRP, with SIRAJ · retrieved 2026-08-12 By Rana Sabbagh (OCCRP) and Ali Al Ibrahim (SIRAJ), 25 October 2022, drawing on a study by the Syrian Legal Development Program (SLDP) and the Observatory of Political and Economic Networks (OPEN). States: "Jupiter for Investments SA, which received over half a million dollars from UNICEF for 'management and admin services,' is owned by relatives of regime ally Mohammad Hamsho, including four who are under sanctions." Also accuses Hamsho of trading in rubble from destroyed homes and acting as a front for Maher al-Assad.
  • What Is the Connection Between German Sinalco, Mohammad Hamsho, Ammar Younes, and Fadi Al-Dabbas? Unbranded investigative report (shared via Google Drive) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Bilingual, no visible byline. Names DAK's four owners (Naeem Al-Khair 25%, Fadi/Ghiyath/Abeer Al-Dabbas 25% each) and UCII's officers (GM Haidara Makhlouf, admin director Wassim Moussali, lab manager Hala Ghossn). Reports Ammar Younes co-founded security firm Hisn Al-Sham with Fadi Al-Dabbas, which "protected Mohammad Hamsho and carried out suspicious military operations," and a June 2026 police complaint by Younes against Hassan Akkad over defamation videos. Embeds a UCII registry certificate (No. 17834), a Hisn Al-Sham statute, an armed-vehicle photo, and a police report.
  • محمد حمشو.. رجل الأعمال السوري تاجر الخردة الذي طالته العقوبات Al Jazeera · retrieved 2026-08-12 Dated 2026-01-09. Names his wife Rania al-Dabbas (رانيا الدباس) and four children Ahmad, Omar/Amr, Ali and Samiya/Sumaya. Describes him as an economic front for Maher al-Assad. Lists further companies beyond Hamsho International Group (Syria International for Artistic Production, the Al-Thuraya agency, Sham Press, Al-Shahba Investment and Tourism, a stake in Al-Dunya TV). Chronology: fled to Beirut on the regime's fall (8 Dec 2024); settlement announced 7 Jan 2026.
  • حمشو يسجل عودته رسميًا إلى سوريا "ما بعد الأسد" Enab Baladi · retrieved 2026-08-12 On Hamsho's January 2026 return and settlement. Reports the National Committee for Combating Illicit Gain recovered roughly $800 million in funds and assets from him, and that his sons Ahmad and Amr had earlier pledged $1 million to the state-backed Syrian Development Fund, drawing public criticism. The National Commission for Transitional Justice issued a statement on the settlement on 8 January 2026.
  • Hassan Akkad (@hassanakkad) — Instagram Hassan Akkad · retrieved 2026-08-12 Credited for surfacing the 2016 Syrian Council for Metals and Steel letter signed by Mohammed Hamsho.
  • أيمن جابر — الذاكرة السورية (Syrian Memory archive) Syrian Memory (الذاكرة السورية) · retrieved 2026-08-13 Syrian Memory archive figure profile: businessman, leader/founder of the Suqur al-Sahraa and Maghawir al-Bahr militias. States Jabir began in smuggling at Latakia port, built influence via closeness to the Assad family, founded the Arab Company for Iron Rolling (ESCO), and partnered in Rami Makhlouf's Cham Holding. Militias operated in Latakia, Deir ez-Zor and Homs. Sanctioned by the US (2012) and EU (2015). In 2017 the army raided him, confiscated equipment, and folded the militias into the Russian-backed 5th Corps. Assets seized 27 April 2021. No mention of Hamsho.
  • قرار إحداث "المجلس السوري للمعادن والصلب" — Council founding decree, reprinted from Al-Baathقرار إحداث "المجلس السوري للمعادن والصلب" — نقلاً عن صحيفة البعث b2b-sy.com, reprinting Al-Baath newspaper (صحيفة البعث) · retrieved 2026-08-13 Reports PM Wael al-Halqi's Decision 3592 establishing the Syrian Council for Metals and Steel, Damascus-seated, as a legal-personality public-benefit body. Its 17-member board, chaired by "الصناعي محمد حمشو" (industrialist Mohammed Hamsho), includes the Ministries of Economy and Industry and the Omran establishment, for a renewable four-year term. Corroborates the December 2015 chairmanship date otherwise sourced only to OpenSanctions (os-mohammed-hamcho-q137381681) — a contemporaneous report of the founding decree, not a later aggregator restating it.يذكر التقرير قرار رئيس مجلس الوزراء وائل الحلقي رقم 3592 القاضي بإحداث المجلس السوري للمعادن والصلب، ومقره دمشق، بصفته مؤسسة ذات نفع عام لها شخصية اعتبارية. مجلس إدارته المؤلف من 17 عضواً يرأسه "الصناعي محمد حمشو"، وتُمثَّل فيه وزارتا الاقتصاد والصناعة ومؤسسة عمران، لمدة أربع سنوات قابلة للتجديد. يؤكد تاريخ رئاسته (كانون الأول 2015) المستمد سابقاً من OpenSanctions فقط — وهو تقرير معاصر لصدور القرار التأسيسي نفسه، لا إعادة صياغة لاحقة من جهة تجميع بيانات.
    أصدر "وائل الحلقي" رئيس "مجلس الوزراء" القرار 3592، القاضي بإحداث "المجلس السوري للمعادن والصلب" في سورية، مركزه في محافظة مدينة دمشق ويكون مؤسسة ذات نفع عام.
    ووفقاً للقرار يدير المجلس مجلس إدارة مؤلف من 17 عضواً يرأسه الصناعي محمد حمشو، وتتمثل فيه "وزارتا الاقتصاد والصناعة ومؤسسة عمران"، حيث كلّف إدارة المجلس، أما مدّته فحدّدت بأربع سنوات يجوز بعدها إعادة انتخاب وتعيين الأعضاء السابقين.
Technical observation
  • DNS, RDAP and reverse-IP observations Own collection · retrieved 2026-08-12 A/NS/MX/TXT and _dmarc records resolved over HTTPS DNS proxies; registration dates and registrars from Verisign RDAP; co-hosted domains from reverse-IP passive DNS. Recorded 12 August 2026.
Business directory
  • Hamsho Trading — Global Energy Monitor ownership tracker OpenSanctions / Global Energy Monitor Ownership Tracker · retrieved 2026-08-12 Documents a quantified ownership chain: Hamsho International Group owns 100% of Hamsho Trading (aka Hmisho Economic Group, Hmisho Trading Group), which owns 100% of Hmisho Steel.
  • Expert Blue General Trading L.L.C. — company registry record b2bhint.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 CBLS 273399, Dubai registry number 677135, incorporated 2012-10-04 as a Dubai mainland L.L.C. Gives the full legal name, Arabic name, capital figures and registered activity codes (512107 Livestock Trading, 521904 General Trading).
  • Khan Al-Handasah — Hamsho Group company profile khan-alhandasah.com · retrieved 2026-08-13 Business-directory profile for "Hamsho Group" (مجموعة حمشو الدولية) listing office +963 (11) 322 7530 and mobile 00963991023737 — the same mobile number horizon-cont.com's own contact page lists for Middle East Contracting. States directly that the group operates through two subsidiaries: Middle East Contracting Company and Hamsho Reconstruction Foundation.
  • Union Electric Group (UEG) — company directory entry Syria Report · retrieved 2026-08-12 Paywalled beyond the first line.
  • Ahmad Saber Hamcho — FEI athlete profile 10028625 Fédération Équestre Internationale · retrieved 2026-08-12
  • Damascus mobile-retail professional — LinkedIn profile, employment history LinkedIn · retrieved 2026-08-12 Lists a single combined role — "Samatel - Itsal plus - OPPO Syria", Damascus — rather than separate entries for each name, treating SamaTel and Itsal Plus as one employer/operation rather than distinct companies.
  • شركة الاتحاد للعبوات والتغليف (Unipac) — company profileشركة الاتحاد للعبوات والتغليف (يونيباك) — الملف التعريفي للشركة manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Legal form محدودة المسؤولية (L.L.C.), Adra Industrial City, capital 5,000,000 SYP, established 2018 under Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Decision No. 407, licensed for PET blow-molded plastic fillings and plastic/aluminium bottle caps. Lists four founding partners: Nazek Khalil Jawad, Karim Wael Al-Ghabra, Reda Khalil Jawad, Nahed Khalil Jawad.الشكل القانوني: محدودة المسؤولية، المدينة الصناعية بعدرا، رأس المال 5,000,000 ليرة سورية، التأسيس عام 2018 بموجب القرار رقم 407 لوزارة التجارة الداخلية وحماية المستهلك، مرخصة لإنتاج الحشوات البلاستيكية المعدة للنفخ من PET وأغطية بلاستيكية/ألمنيوم لعبوات المشروبات. يسرد أربعة شركاء مؤسسين: نازك خليل جواد، كريم وائل الغبرة، رضا خليل جواد، ناهد خليل جواد.
  • شركة الاتحاد للعبوات والتغليف — Syrian Chemical Industries Directory listingشركة الاتحاد للعبوات والتغليف المحدودة المسؤولية — الدليل الصناعي السوري الإلكتروني (الصناعات الكيميائية) industrysy.com (Syrian Industrial Directory, chemical industries section) · retrieved 2026-08-12 Lists landlines 4434981 / 5855052, mobiles 0932532232 / 0930333733, city Rural Damascus, address 'Daraa International Highway', and contact email info@dakfood.net (rendered as a Cloudflare-obfuscated mailto; decoded from data-cfemail). dakfood.net is already in this register's domain list, mail-hosted on Server B alongside the rest of the Hamsho/Sama Alsham/Union estate — not previously linked to an entity.يذكر هاتفين أرضيين 4434981 / 5855052، وموبايلين 0932532232 / 0930333733، المدينة: ريف دمشق، العنوان: أوتوستراد درعا الدولي، والبريد الإلكتروني info@dakfood.net (مُظهَر بصيغة معماة عبر خدمة Cloudflare؛ تم فك تشفيره من data-cfemail). النطاق dakfood.net مسجل مسبقاً في هذا الأرشيف، وبريده يعمل على الخادم B إلى جانب بقية تركة حمشو / سما الشام / الاتحاد — لم يكن مرتبطاً بأي كيان قبل هذا التحديث.
  • LinkedIn post on Unipacمنشور على LinkedIn عن شركة يونيباك LinkedIn · retrieved 2026-08-12 Posted ~10 months before retrieval by an individual reported to have worked at Sama Alsham Group at the time. Promotional text: Unipac describes itself as a leading PET blow-molded packaging maker offering preforms for mineral water and soft-drink bottling and caps, to ISO9001:2015/ISO22000:2018.نُشر قبل نحو 10 أشهر من تاريخ الاطلاع، من قِبل شخص أفاد بأنه كان يعمل في مجموعة سما الشام في حينه (لم يتم التحقق من ذلك بشكل مستقل هنا — حاجز تسجيل الدخول في LinkedIn يمنع الوصول إلى ملفه الشخصي وسجل عمله). نص ترويجي: تصف يونيباك نفسها بأنها شركة رائدة في تصنيع العبوات البلاستيكية بالنفخ، تقدّم مجموعة من منتجات البريفورم لتعبئة المياه المعدنية والمشروبات الغازية وأغطيتها، وفق معايير ISO9001:2015 / ISO22000:2018.
  • شركة الاتحاد للبلاستيك (Union Plastic Company) — company profileشركة الاتحاد للبلاستيك — الملف التعريفي للشركة manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 English name 'UNION Plastic Company', Rural Damascus, phone +963-11-9259, fax +963-11-585-4447, P.O. Box 2494, website union-pvc.com, email info@union-pvc.com (decoded from Cloudflare-obfuscated mailto). Names it a subsidiary of مجموعة الاتحاد للكهرباء (Union Electrical Group); describes plasticized and non-plasticized PVC compounds in granule/powder form, custom-specified, plus PVC compounds and colour masterbatch concentrates.الاسم بالإنجليزية 'UNION Plastic Company'، ريف دمشق، هاتف +963-11-9259، فاكس +963-11-585-4447، صندوق بريد 2494، الموقع الإلكتروني union-pvc.com، البريد الإلكتروني info@union-pvc.com (تم فك تشفيره من صيغة Cloudflare المعماة). تُسمّى إحدى شركات مجموعة الاتحاد للكهرباء؛ تصف مركبات PVC الملدنة وغير الملدنة على هيئة حبيبات/بودرة، حسب مواصفات العميل، إضافة إلى مركزات التلوين (الماسترباتش).
  • مجموعة الاتحاد للكهرباء (Union Electrical Group) — company profileمجموعة الاتحاد للكهرباء — الملف التعريفي للشركة manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 English name 'Union Electrical Group', address مدينة عدرا العمالية (Adra industrial city), Rural Damascus, phone +963 11 9259, fax +963 11 5854447, website union-electricalgroup.com, email info@union-electricalgroup.com (decoded from Cloudflare-obfuscated mailto). Lists Rashad Basatna (رشاد بساتنة) as Marketing Director. Names only three subsidiaries — Union Cables, Union Transformers, Union Plastic — omitting Union Copper and Union Winding, which are separately documented here.الاسم بالإنجليزية 'Union Electrical Group'، العنوان: المدينة الصناعية بعدرا، ريف دمشق، هاتف +963 11 9259، فاكس +963 11 5854447، الموقع الإلكتروني union-electricalgroup.com، البريد الإلكتروني info@union-electricalgroup.com (تم فك تشفيره من صيغة Cloudflare المعماة). يذكر رشاد بساتنة كمدير للتسويق. يسرد ثلاث شركات تابعة فقط — الاتحاد للكابلات، الاتحاد للمحولات، الاتحاد للبلاستيك — متجاهلاً الاتحاد للنحاس والاتحاد للبوبيناج الموثقتين هنا بشكل منفصل.
  • شركة المتحدة للاستثمارات الصناعية (UCII) — company profileشركة المتحدة للاستثمارات الصناعية (UCII) — الملف التعريفي للشركة manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Legal form محدودة المسؤولية (L.L.C.), Damascus, capital 1,000,000 SYP, registered 2016-02-17 under Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Decision No. 371; amended 2021-03-14 (Decision No. 820) to add olive-oil filtering/packaging. Charter also permits car assembly and tire manufacturing, import/export. Founding partners Ibrahim bin Majed Mashael and Mohammed Samer Qasim Al-Mulhem; company manager Ammar Younes Younes (عمار يونس يونس).الشكل القانوني: محدودة المسؤولية، دمشق، رأس المال 1,000,000 ليرة سورية، التسجيل بتاريخ 2016-02-17 بموجب القرار رقم 371 لوزارة التجارة الداخلية وحماية المستهلك؛ تعديل بتاريخ 2021-03-14 (القرار رقم 820) لإضافة فلترة وتعبئة زيت الزيتون. يجيز نظامها الأساسي أيضاً تجميع السيارات وتصنيع الإطارات والاستيراد والتصدير. الشريكان المؤسسان إبراهيم بن ماجد مشاعل ومحمد سامر قاسم الملحم؛ مدير الشركة عمار يونس يونس.
  • عمار يونس يونس (Ammar Younes Younes) — profileعمار يونس يونس — الملف الشخصي manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Syrian national, resident in Syria. Founding partner and Company Manager (مدير الشركة) of شركة المتحدة للاستثمارات الصناعية, holding 334 shares (33.4%, 334,000 SYP). Separately a founding partner holding 50% (25,000 shares, 2,500,000 SYP) of شركة ماركوم (Marcom Company).مواطن سوري، مقيم في سوريا. شريك مؤسس ومدير الشركة (مدير الشركة) في شركة المتحدة للاستثمارات الصناعية، يمتلك 334 حصة (33.4%، بقيمة 334,000 ليرة سورية). كما أنه شريك مؤسس يمتلك 50% (25,000 حصة، بقيمة 2,500,000 ليرة سورية) من شركة ماركوم.
  • من هو أحمد صابر محمد حمشو؟ — profile manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Names Ahmad Saber Hamcho as a founding partner of شركة سيف الشام (Seif Alsham Company) holding 27 shares (9%), and of شركة جوبيتر للاستثمارات (Jupiter for Investments) holding 1,100 shares (11%). Records his father Mohammed Hamsho as General Manager and founding partner of Al-Shahba Communications (الشهباء للاتصالات), Dawa (دوا), Hamsho for Investments (حمشو للاستثمارات), Tatweer (تطوير) and Seif Alsham (سيف الشام). Also covers Ahmad's equestrian career: first Syrian in Olympic equestrian competition (2012, 2020).
  • من هو محمد فادي الدباس؟ — profile manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Profile of Mohammed Fadi Al-Dabbas (b. 1972, Syrian). Names him a founding partner (شريك مؤسس) in "شركة دار الخير للاستيراد والتصدير" (Dar Al-Khair Import and Export Company) — corroborating DAK's own ownership record. Also covers his football administration career: president of the Syrian Arab Football Federation (May 2018–August 2019), director of the Syrian national team (2014–2018), and roles at Al-Jaish and Al-Wehda clubs — unrelated to the Hamsho estate.
  • من هو نعيم أحمد الخير؟ — profile manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Registry-style profile of Naeem Ahmad Al-Khair (Syrian). Records him as a founding partner (شريك مؤسس) in "شركة دار الخير للاستيراد والتصدير" (Dar Al-Khair Import and Export Company) holding 25 shares (25%) worth 1,000,000 SYP — corroborating DAK's own ownership record and the sinalco-hamsho-dabbas-report. Separately names him a founding partner in "شركة سما القابضة" (Sama Holding Company) holding 3,330,000 shares (33.3%) worth 333,000,000 SYP, alongside a second named founding partner, Mohammed Maher Mohammed Ghanmeh (also 33.3%) — not yet an entity in this register.
  • من هو أيمن جابر؟ — profile manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-13 manhom.com directory profile: describes Jabir as heading ("يرأس") "the Iron and Steel Council in Syria," with contracting investments, a Cham Holding stake, and co-founding Al-Dunya TV; also a member of the Arab Union for Iron and Steel and chairman of ESCO in Jableh. Its related-persons module lists "Khaled Al-Majthoub" as the Council's Treasurer and "Muhammad Hamash" (محمد حمش, missing the final و) as a member -- unconfirmed, not a match to Hamcho/Hamsho. Conflicts with the Chairman attribution to Mohammed Hamcho on syrian-council-metals-steel.