Location: Lebanon;

Address: No. 142 Niha-Main Road, Zahle, Lebanon;

Organization Established Date: 18 Jan 2014;

Known also as: Al-Israa Establishment;

Activities:
Al-Israa Establishment for Import and Export is specializing in general trade and import-export operations that are registered under Daqqou’s name in the Beka’a Valley region of Lebanon.

Al-Israa Establishment for Import and Export is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or indirectly, Daqqou.

Hassan Muhammad Daqqou (Daqqou) is a Lebanese-Syrian dual national dubbed by media as “The King of Captagon.” Daqqou has been linked to drug trafficking operations carried out by the SAA’s Fourth Division, directed by Maher al-Assad, and with cover reportedly provided by Hizballah. He was arrested in Lebanon in 2021 on drug trafficking charges associated with a massive shipment of Captagon interdicted in Malaysia on its way to Saudi Arabia, though Hizballah affiliates have reportedly facilitated Daqqou’s ability to continue to run his businesses while he was in prison. Daqqou developed a reputation as a source for Captagon and facilitator of smuggling across the Syria-Lebanon border under the protection of Hizballah associates.

Daqqou is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hizballah.