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HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS

حسن ظاهرعويس

UN reference
QDi.042
Sanctions regime
ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (1267 Committee)
Type
Individual
Nationality
Somalia
Date of birth
1935
Place of birth
Somalia
Address
(Active in Southern Somalia as of Nov. 2012.)
(Also reported to be in Eritrea as of Nov. 2007.)
Aliases
Ahmed Dahir Aweys; Ali, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys; Awes, Shaykh Hassan Dahir; Aweys Hassan Dahir; Hassan Dahir Awes; Hassan Tahir Oais; Hassan Tahir Uways; Hassen Dahir Aweyes; Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim; Sheikh Aweys (low quality); Sheikh Hassan (low quality); Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (low quality)
Listed on
9 November 2001
Updated by the UN
30 October 2023

Other information (UN original text)

Family background: from the Hawiye's Habergidir, Ayr clan. Senior leader of Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya (AIAI) (QDe.002) and Hizbul Islam in Somalia. Since 12 April 2010, also subject to the sanctions measures set out in Security Council resolution 1844 (2008) concerning Somalia and Eritrea (seehttps://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/751) INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

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