According to the Official Journal of the EU, the latest restrictions...[include]: Riyad Chalice...a first cousin of Assad and director of the Military Housing Establishment, a public works company [that] has also been included in the sanctions list...Two business associates of Maher Al-Assad, Khalid Qaddur and Ra'if Al-Quwatli, who both provide funding to the regime...Bena Properties and the Al Mashreq Investment Fund, which are both controlled by Rami Makhlouf and bankrolls Assad’s government....Mohammad Hamcho’s international group has also been included because of the monetary support it gives the regime...There are now 20 officials and associates of the Syrian regime affected by the EU’s sanctions because the organisation believes them to be responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population.