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26 Years After His Death: Precautionary Attachment Imposed on Mahmoud al-Zoubi’s Assets and Those of His Family, Who Are Barred from Travel
Informed sources told Zaman al-Wasl that new judicial decisions were issued in September 2026 ordering the precautionary attachment of all movable and immovable assets belonging to the late former Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abdul Qader al-Zoubi and his family members.
According to the sources, the decision includes al-Zoubi’s wife, his two sons, Muflih and Hammam, and his daughter. It also imposes stringent legal measures, including the freezing of their commercial signatures, a travel ban on the family members named, and a comprehensive prohibition on selling, gifting, or relinquishing any property belonging to them.
The measure comes many years after Mahmoud al-Zoubi’s death in Damascus on May 21, 2000, under circumstances that sparked widespread controversy at the time. The Syrian regime officially announced that he had died by suicide after shooting himself in the head inside his home, just days before he was due to appear before the courts on charges of financial corruption and receiving commissions in what became known as the “Airbus deal” case.
Al-Zoubi served as Syria’s prime minister for 13 years, from November 1, 1987, to March 7, 2000—the longest tenure by any individual in that position in Syria’s modern history—during the rule of the late President Hafez al-Assad.
