UN removes three people from Islamic State and al-Qaida sanctions list

The UN Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee has removed three people from its sanctions list, ending the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo that applied to them under the relevant UN resolution.

The decision was made on 24 October, after the committee considered a delisting request submitted by the state that had designated the individuals, the UN said. The names are Shafi Sultan Mohammed Sultan al-Ajmi, Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri and Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil.

The committee’s notice says al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti national, had been listed as a fundraiser for Al-Nusrah Front, formerly listed by the committee. It records that he was released from prison in Kuwait in November 2023 under an amnesty decree.

The other two men were listed for leadership roles in Al-Nusrah Front in Syria. The UN notice identifies al-Hasri as the group’s leader in southern Syria from July 2016, and Khalil as its leader in the coastal area from March 2016.

The committee said the list is updated using information supplied by UN member states and international and regional organisations. The decision removes these three entries; it does not announce a wider change to the sanctions regime.