Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Four Names to Its Sanctions List

On 23 January 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

A. Individuals associated with Al-Qaida

QI.U.343.15. Name: 1: ASHRAF 2: MUHAMMAD 3: YUSUF 4: 'UTHMAN 'ABD AL-SALAM
Name (original script): اشرف محمد يوسف عثمان عبد السلام
Title: na  Designation: na  DOB: 1984  POB: Iraq  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Ashraf Muhammad Yusif 'Uthman 'Abd-al-Salam b) Ashraf Muhammad Yusuf 'Abd-al-Salam c) Ashraf Muhammad Yusif 'Abd al-Salam  Low quality a.k.a.: a) Khattab b) Ibn al-Khattab  Nationality: Jordanian Passport no.: a) Jordanian passport number K048787 b) Jordanian passport number 486298  National identification no.: of Qatar national identification number 28440000526  Address: Syrian Arab Republic (located in as at Dec. 2014)  Listed on: 23 Jan. 2015  Other information: A member of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) as of 2012 and a fighter in the Syrian Arab Republic since early 2014.  Provided financial, material, and technological support for Al-Qaida, Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14) and Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QE.J.115.04).

QI.A.344.15. Name: 1: IBRAHIM 2: 'ISA HAJJI 3: MUHAMMAD 4: AL-BAKR
Name (original script): ابراهیم عیسی حاجي محمد البکر
Title: na  Designation: na  DOB: 12 Jul. 1977  POB: Qatar Good quality a.k.a.: a) Ibrahim 'Issa Haji Muhammad al-Bakar b) Ibrahim 'Isa Haji al-Bakr c) Ibrahim Issa Hijji Mohd Albaker d) Ibrahim Issa Hijji Muhammad al-Baker e) Ibrahim 'Issa al-Bakar f) Ibrahim al-Bakr  Low quality a.k.a.: Abu-Khalil Nationality: of Qatar  Passport no.: of Qatar passport number 01016646 National identification no.: na  Address: na  Listed on: 23 Jan. 2015  Other information: Facilitator who provides financial support for and financial services to and in support of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01).

QI.B.345.15. Name: 1: TARKHAN 2: TAYUMURAZOVICH 3: BATIRASHVILI 4: na
Title: na  Designation: na  DOB: a) 11 Jan. 1986 b) 1982  POB: Akhmeta, Village Birkiani, Georgia  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batyrashvili b) Tarkhan Batirashvili  Low quality a.k.a.: a) Omar Shishani b) Umar Shishani c) Abu Umar al-Shishani d) Omar al-Shishani e) Chechen Omar f) Omar the Chechen g) Omer the Chechen h) Umar the Chechen i) Abu Umar j) Abu Hudhayfah  Nationality: Georgian  Passport no.: Georgian passport number 09AL14455 expires on 26 Jun. 2019  National identification no.: Georgian national identification number 08001007864  Address: Syrian Arab Republic, (located in as at Dec. 2014)  Listed on: 23 Jan. 2015  Other information: As of mid-2014, Syria-based senior military commander and shura council member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QE.J.115.04). Led approximately 1,000 foreign fighters for ISIL and committed a number of attacks in northern Syria.

QI.U.346.15. Name: 1: 'ABD AL-MALIK 2: MUHAMMAD 3: YUSUF 4: 'UTHMAN 'ABD AL-SALAM
Name (original script): عبدالملك محمد يوسف عثمان عبد السلام
Title: na  Designation: na  DOB: 13 Jul. 1989  POB: na  Good quality a.k.a.: 'Abd al-Malik Muhammad Yusif 'Abd-al-Salam  Low quality a.k.a.: a) 'Umar al-Qatari b) 'Umar al-Tayyar  Nationality: Jordanian  Passport no.: Jordanian passport number K475336, issued on 31 Aug. 2009 and expired on 30 Aug. 2014  National identification no.: of Qatar national identification number 28940000602  Address: na  Listed on: 23 Jan. 2015  Other information: Facilitator who provides financial, material, and technological support for Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14).

In accordance with paragraph 36 of resolution 2161 (2014), the Committee has made accessible on its website the narrative summary of reasons for listing of the above names, at the following URL: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/individuals_associated_with_Al-Qaida.shtml

The Committee’s Al-Qaida Sanctions List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and international and regional organizations.  This is the second update of the List in 2015.  An updated List is accessible on the Committee’s website at the following URL:  http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/aq_sanctions_list.shtml