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Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Two Entries on Its Sanctions List | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

On 01 April 2022, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted amendments to an entry under the heading ‘Individuals’ and to an entry under the heading ‘Entities and other groups’ in ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Sanctions List as follows:

A. Individuals

QDi.430 Name: 1: EMRAAN 2: ALI 3: 4: na Title: na Designation: na DOB: 4 Jul. 1967 POB: Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: Abu Jihad TNT Nationality: a) Trinidad and Tobago b) United States of America Passport no: a) Trinidad and Tobago number TB162181 (issued on 27 January 2015, expired 26 January 2020) b) United States of America number 420985453 (expired 6 February 2017) National identification no: Trinidad and Tobago 19670704052 Address: a) United States of America (in detention, Federal Detention Center – Miami, Register Number: 10423-509) b) #12 Rio Claro Mayaro Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago (previous location 2008-March 2015) c) #7 GUAYAGUAYARE Road, Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago (previous location circa 2003) d) United States of America (previous location- January 1991-2008) Listed on: 23 Nov. 2021 (Amended on 1 Apr. 2022) Other information: Senior member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Recruited for ISIL and instructed individuals to perpetrate terrorist acts via online video. Physical description: height 176 cm, weight 73 kg, medium built, colour of eyes- brown, colour of hair- black/bald, complexion- brown. Speaks English.

INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice linked here.

B. Entities and other groups

QDe.161 Name: ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT -KHORASAN (ISIL-K) A.k.a.: a) ISIL KHORASAN b) ISLAMIC STATE’S KHORASAN PROVINCE c) ISIS WILAYAT KHORASAN d) ISIL’S SOUTH ASIA BRANCH e) SOUTH ASIAN UNITED NATIONS | NATIONS UNIES | PAGE 2 CHAPTER OF ISIL f) The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham—Khorasan Province g) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—Khorasan h) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Khorasan Province i) Islamic State Khurasan j) ISIS-K k) ISISK l) IS-Khorasan F.k.a.: na Address: na Listed on: 14 May 2019 (Amended on 1 Apr. 2022) Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Khorasan (ISIL - K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (QDe.132) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). ISIL – K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice linked here. 

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