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Targeted financial sanctions obligations and designated lists relating to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and proliferation financing

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30 October 2026UN Security Council updates the sanctions list (30/10/2026)

AMRU AL-ABSI

UN reference
QDi.361
Sanctions regime
ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (1267 Committee)
Type
Individual
Date of birth
1979 (approximately)
Place of birth
Saudi Arabia
Address
Homs, Syrian Arab Republic (location as at Sep. 2015)
Aliases
Abu al Athir Amr al Absi; Amr al Absi; Abu al-Asir (low quality); Abu al-Athir (low quality); Abu al-Athir al-Shami (low quality); Abu Amr al Shami (low quality); Abu Asir (low quality); Abu-Umar al-Absi (low quality)
Listed on
29 September 2015
Updated by the UN
8 November 2022

Other information (UN original text)

Shura council member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115) and in charge of ISIL’s media arm. ISIL’s provincial leader for Homs, Syrian Arab Republic as of mid-2014. Dubbed as the ISIL’s “kidnapper-in-chief” INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

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