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The UN imposes sanctions targeting terrorism under two regimes, one of which targets terrorist actors and organisations generally, and the other specifically targets ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida. It imposed its general terrorism sanctions, on all those participating in terrorist acts or supporting terrorists, in September 2001 by UN Security Council Resolution 1373 following the 9/11 attacks on the US.
The US Department of State has designated Egypt-based Harakat Sawa’d Misr (HASM) as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO), and has added 2 of its Turkey-based leaders Yahya al-Sayyid Ibrahim Musa and Alaa Ali Ali Mohammed al-Samahi to the list of specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs). HASM was listed as an SDGT in January 2018 for “posing a significant risk of …
The US has announced the designations of 3 al-Qaida leaders, who are said to be based in Iran, and 2 leaders of the al-Qaida Kurdish Battalions, which operates on the border between Iran and Iraq, as specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order 13224. See Notice for the list of designations. The State Department press release explains that “Iran …
Today (11 January 2020), HM Treasury revoked 3 general licences for the counter-terrorism regimes which related to the provision of insurance and payment of legal fees by a third party. These licences may no longer be used, and future applications relating to insurance or payment of legal fees by a third party will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. See …
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that Congress will be notified of his intent to designate Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. 3 Houthi leaders, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, …
The United Nations Security Council has adopted Resolution 2560 (2020) to encourage member states to engage more actively with the committee overseeing sanctions targeting ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaida. The resolution calls upon states to submit listing requests of groups, undertakings and entities that meet the designation criteria under Resolution 2368 (2017) to ensure that the sanctions list remains reliable and up …
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