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The Hamza Division

Listed by OFAC SDN (US), UK Sanctions List, EU Consolidated List
Syria
First listed 2025-05-28
10 aliases

List entries (3)

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EU Consolidated ListActive listingID 176040

Source

Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

Source: EU Consolidated List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2025-05-28
Extractor: eu-xml-parser

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<sanctionEntity designationDate="2025-05-28" designationDetails="" unitedNationId="" euReferenceNumber="EU.13194.15" logicalId="176040">
        <regulation regulationType="amendment" organisationType="council" publicationDate="2025-05-28" entryIntoForceDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" programme="HR" logicalId="213999">
            <publicationUrl>https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111</publicationUrl>
        </regulation>
        <subjectType code="enterprise" classificationCode="E"/>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="The Hamza Division" function="The Hamza Division is an armed militia created in 2016 and operating in Syria. Throughout the Syrian civil war, the Hamza Division has been responsible for numerous acts of torture in its detention centres, for extortion and for forced displacement of civilians, especially in the region of Afrin and Aleppo." title="" nameLanguage="EN" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176042">
            <remark>Associated individual(s): Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr</remark>
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Μεραρχία Hamza" function="" title="" nameLanguage="EL" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176055">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Rannán Hamza" function="" title="" nameLanguage="GA" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176056">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Hamza Hadosztály" function="" title="" nameLanguage="HU" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176057">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Dywizja Hamzy" function="" title="" nameLanguage="PL" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176058">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Divizia Hamza" function="" title="" nameLanguage="RO" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176059">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="дивизия Hamza" function="" title="" nameLanguage="BG" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="176060">
            <regulationSummary regulationType="amendment" publicationDate="2025-05-28" numberTitle="2025/1111 (OJ L202501111)" publicationUrl="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111"/>
        </nameAlias>
        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="فرقة الحمزة" function="" title="" nameLanguage="AR" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en"

Name on list: The Hamza Division
Programmes / regimes: HR
Listed on: 2025-05-28
Last updated: 2025-05-28
Aliases: فرقة الحمزة
Identifiers: EU reference: EU.13194.15
Legal act: 2025/1111 (OJ L202501111) – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202501111
Remarks: Associated individual(s): Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr

OFAC SDN (US)Active listingID 44623

Source

Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

Source: OFAC SDN (US)
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Extractor: ofac-xml-parser

Raw evidence

<sdnEntry>
    <uid>44623</uid>
    <lastName>HAMZA DIVISION</lastName>
    <sdnType>Entity</sdnType>
    <programList>
      <program>PAARSSR-EO13894</program>
    </programList>
    <akaList>
      <aka>
        <uid>68973</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>AL-HAMZA DIVISION</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68974</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>AL-HAMZAT DIVISION</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68975</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>HAMZAT DIVISION</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68976</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>FIRQA AL-HAMZA</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68977</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>HAMZA BRIGADE</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68978</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>HAMZA DIVISION SPECIAL FORCES</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68979</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>HAMZA TUMENI OZEL KUVVETLER</lastName>
      </aka>
      <aka>
        <uid>68980</uid>
        <type>a.k.a.</type>
        <category>strong</category>
        <lastName>FERQAT AL-HAMZA</lastName>
      </aka>
    </akaList>
    <addressList>
      <address>
        <uid>66418</uid>
        <address1>Al-Bab District</address1>
        <stateOrProvince>Aleppo Governorate</stateOrProvince>
        <country>Syria</country>
      </address>
      <address>
        <uid>66419</uid>
        <address1>Afrin District</address1>
        <stateOrProvince>Aleppo Governorate</stateOrProvince>
        <country>Syria</country>
      </address>
    </addressList>
  </sdnEntry>

Name on list: HAMZA DIVISION
Programmes / regimes: PAARSSR-EO13894
Aliases: AL-HAMZA DIVISION · AL-HAMZAT DIVISION · HAMZAT DIVISION · FIRQA AL-HAMZA · HAMZA BRIGADE · HAMZA DIVISION SPECIAL FORCES · HAMZA TUMENI OZEL KUVVETLER · FERQAT AL-HAMZA
Countries: Syria
Addresses: Al-Bab District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Afrin District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria

UK Sanctions ListActive listingID SYR0424

Source

Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

Source: UK Sanctions List
Retrieved: 2026-09-29
Source date: 2025-12-19
Extractor: uk-xml-parser

Raw evidence

<Designation>
    <LastUpdated>19/12/2025</LastUpdated>
    <DateDesignated>19/12/2025</DateDesignated>
    <UniqueID>SYR0424</UniqueID>
    <OFSIGroupID>17254</OFSIGroupID>
    <Names>
      <Name>
        <Name6>HAMZA DIVISION</Name6>
        <NameType>Primary Name</NameType>
      </Name>
      <Name>
        <Name6>al-Hamza Division</Name6>
        <NameType>Primary Name Variation</NameType>
      </Name>
      <Name>
        <Name6>Hamzat Division</Name6>
        <NameType>Primary Name Variation</NameType>
      </Name>
    </Names>
    <NonLatinNames>
      <NonLatinName>
        <NameNonLatinScript>فرقة الحمزة </NameNonLatinScript>
        <NonLatinScriptType>Arabic</NonLatinScriptType>
        <NonLatinScriptLanguage>Arabic</NonLatinScriptLanguage>
      </NonLatinName>
    </NonLatinNames>
    <RegimeName>The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019</RegimeName>
    <IndividualEntityShip>Entity</IndividualEntityShip>
    <DesignationSource>UK</DesignationSource>
    <SanctionsImposed>Asset freeze</SanctionsImposed>
    <SanctionsImposedIndicators>
      <AssetFreeze>true</AssetFreeze>
      <ArmsEmbargo>false</ArmsEmbargo>
      <TargetedArmsEmbargo>false</TargetedArmsEmbargo>
      <CharteringOfShips>false</CharteringOfShips>
      <ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>false</ClosureOfRepresentativeOffices>
      <CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>false</CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>
      <Deflag>false</Deflag>
      <PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>false</PreventionOfBusinessArrangements>
      <ProhibitionOfPortEntry>false</ProhibitionOfPortEntry>
      <TravelBan>false</TravelBan>
      <PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShips>
      <PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>
      <TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>false</TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>
      <TrustServicesSanctions>false</TrustServicesSanctions>
      <DirectorDisqualificationSanction>false</DirectorDisqualificationSanction>
    </SanctionsImposedIndicators>
    <UKStatementofReasons>
The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Hamza Division is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: the Hamza Division is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population in Syria. 
</UKStatementofReasons>
    <EntityDetails>
      <Entity>
        <TypeOfEntities>
          <TypeOfEntity>Militia </TypeOfEntity>
        </TypeOfEntities>
      </Entity>
    </EntityDetails>
  </Designation>

Name on list: HAMZA DIVISION
Programmes / regimes: Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Listed on: 2025-12-19
Last updated: 2025-12-19
Aliases: al-Hamza Division · Hamzat Division · فرقة الحمزة
Identifiers: OFSI group ID: 17254
Remarks: The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the Hamza Division is an involved person under the Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: the Hamza Division is or has been involved in repressing the civilian population in Syria. Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze

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