Hossam Katerji Explained

Hossam Katerji
Native Name:حسام القاطرجي
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:1982
Birth Place:Raqa, Syria
Nationality:Syrian
Citizenship:Syria
Known For:CEO of Katerji Group (a.k.a. al-Qatirji Company/Qatirji Company/ Khatirji Group/Katerji International Group
Nickname:Hussam Katerji, Hossam Ahmed, Mohammed Katerji, Muhammad Katerji
Office:Member of People's Assembly of Syria
Term Start:2020
Relations:Mohammed Baraa Katerji (brother)

Hossam al-Katerji (Arabic: حسام القاطرجي, born 1982), also known as Hossam Katerji, is a Syrian businessman and member of the People's Assembly of Syria, Syria's parliament.[1] [2] He is the proprietor of Katerji Group and involved in the petroleum industry in Syria.[3] He was elected at the 2020 Syrian parliamentary election.[4] He is sanctioned by the European Union[5] in 2019 for his links to the Assad regime, as he "supports and benefits from the regime through enabling, and profiting from, trade deals with the regime in relation to oil and wheat."[6]

Katerji has been described as a member of a new class of brokers that has arisen during the Syrian Civil War that move goods between areas held by the Syrian regime, rebels, and ISIL.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2017-10-11. How a businessman struck a deal with Islamic State to help Assad feed Syrians. en. Reuters. 2021-10-04.
  2. News: Cornish. Chloe. 2019-10-03. The men making a fortune from Syria's war. Financial Times. 2021-10-04.
  3. Web site: Syria: YPG/PKK continues to sell oil to Assad regime. 2021-10-04. www.aa.com.tr.
  4. Web site: Syria's sham elections reveal shifting loyalties. 2023-05-21. Middle East Eye. Areeb. Ullah. 22 July 2020. en.
  5. Web site: 1 February 2022. Mohammed al-Katerji - Sanctioned individual card.
  6. Web site: 2022-01-24. Katerji Signs Contract with Chinese Company to Build Large Machinery Plant. 2022-02-01. The Syrian Observer.
  7. Book: Mazur, Kevin . Revolution in Syria : identity, networks, and repression . 2021 . 978-1-108-91527-4 . Cambridge, United Kingdom . 252 . 1258041341.