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In 2018, OFAC designated Syrian regime-affiliated Qatirji Group for facilitating fuel trades between the Syrian regime and the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), including providing oil products to ISIS-controlled territory;
As of early 2020, the Qatirji Group’s Zanganeh continued to work closely with the IRGC-QF to coordinate NIOC’s provision of millions of barrels of oil and petroleum products to be shipped to Syria, as well as millions of dollars in payments back to Iran;
Turkey-based Syrian national Talib ‘Ali Husayn Al-Ahmad al-Rawi facilitated transactions worth millions of dollars to Swaid and Sons, a Yemen-based exchange house associated with the Houthis. Sa’id al-Jamal has used Swaid and Sons to send millions of dollars to IRGC-QF officials deployed in Yemen. Al-Rawi has worked with Sa’id al-Jamal to transfer millions of dollars from Qatirji Group purchases of Iranian petroleum products to Swaid and Sons in Yemen;
OFAC designated Muhammad al-Qatirji and his company Qatirji Company pursuant to E.O. 13582
Industry:
Oil Industry
Also Known As:
Qatirji Company
Al-Qatirji Company
Al-Sham and Al-Darwish Company
Khatirji Group
Country:
Syria
Address:
Mazzah, Damascus, Syria