Settlement Window Closes 31 May
Syria's anti–illegal gains commission will rule on 50 voluntary settlement requests from figures tied to the former regime before the end of May 2026. Cases that fail to reach an agreement will be referred to the courts.
The voluntary disclosure window opened six months ago and shuts on 31 May 2026. Applicants must accept the commission's terms; otherwise the file moves to the judiciary at the close of the month.
Who Qualifies
The voluntary disclosure programme is open to businesspeople — men and women — whose commercial dealings linked them to the inner circle of the former regime. The commission frames it as a transitional-justice mechanism that lets applicants declare assets and correct past violations rather than wait for prosecution.
Members of the former regime's military and security services do not qualify for settlement. Their indictment files are being prepared for the courts, and precautionary seizures are placed on their property and that of their families.
Asset Freezes on Two Former Officials
The commission has placed precautionary seizures on the movable and immovable assets of Firas Maalla, the former head of the General Sports Federation, and his family, alongside a travel ban.
It has also frozen the assets of Brigadier General Hassan Abdul Karim Diab, former chief of the Palestine Branch security service, and his family, and barred them from travel. Diab's full file has been transferred to the judiciary, with the seized assets to be moved into Syrian state ownership once rulings are issued.
Six-Month Legal Track
The programme runs as a six-month exceptional legal track that ends at the close of May 2026. It asks individuals and institutions facing illegal-enrichment suspicions to disclose their financial position voluntarily, submitting documents that allow the commission to assess wealth sources.
Where settlements are reached with businesspeople, the properties covered may be disclosed publicly under a transparency principle. After the window closes, all remaining files will be sent to the courts.
Disputed Figures on Diab
The commission disputed numbers circulating on social media about the scale of property and cash linked to Diab, calling those figures inaccurate while confirming the underlying seizures and travel ban.
Officials repeated that no settlement is available to former military and security personnel, and that the commission's role with that group is limited to preparing indictment files for the judiciary.