EU Court upholds Syria sanctions on entities linked with Rami Makhlouf

The EU General Court has dismissed three applications to annul EU-Syria sanctions listings of Souruh SA, Almashreq Investment Fund and Drex Technologies SA. See judgments: T-440/16, T-415/16 and T-414/16. In each case the Court found the EU had sufficiently proved that the three companies were listed for being controlled or owned by EU-designated Rami Makhlouf under Council Implementing Regulation (EU)...