UK sanctions: Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (UN) sanctions
333 designations under Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: 245 people, 88 companies and groups, as listed on the UK Sanctions List dated 03-Nov-2026. The newest designation is dated 31 March 2026.
Names, positions, sanctions and reasons are quoted from the list. Dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses are left out. Being on the list is a government designation, not a criminal conviction.
| Name and position | Type | Designated | Sanctions | UK statement of reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAED MUHAMMAD HASAN MUHAMMAD HIJAZI 32 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | In custody in Jordan since 26 Feb. 2015 for recruitment and support to Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Father’s name is Mohammad Hijazi. Mother’s name is Sakina. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/u |
| OMAR MAHMOUD UTHMAN 16 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Associated with Al-Qaida-related groups in the United Kingdom and other countries. Convicted in absentia in Jordan for involvement in terrorist acts in 1998. Arrested in Feb. 2001 in the United Kingdom, was further detained between Oct. 2002 and Mar. 2005 and between Aug. 2005 and Jun. 2008. In custody since Dec. 2008. Deported to Jordan from the United Kingdom on 7 July 2013 to face terrorism cha |
| Mohammad Hamdi Mohammad SADIQ AL-AHDAL 5 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Responsible for the finances of Al-Qa’ida (QDe.004) in Yemen. Accused of involvement in the attack on the USS Cole in 2000. Arrested in Yemen in Nov. 2003. Sentenced to three years and one month of imprisonment by the specialized criminal court of first instance in Yemen. Released on 25 Dec. 2006 after the completion of his sentence. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was c |
| AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI 84 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Apprehended in July 2004 and in custody for trial in the United States of America, as at October 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individu |
| ABDULLAH AHMED ABDULLAH EL ALFI 3 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Afghanistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals. |
| ABDUL RAHMAN YASIN 8 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Abdul Rahman Yasin is in Iraq. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals. |
| ABDUL MANAN AGHA Haji 3 other names on the list | Individual | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Pakistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010.Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019.INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1423806 |
| RABITA TRUST | Entity | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Banned in Pakistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5235575 |
| JAM'YAH TA'AWUN AL-ISLAMIA 3 other names on the list | Entity | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Founded by Usama Mohammad Awad bin Laden (deceased) in 2001. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2268 (2017) was concluded on 15 November 2021. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5282077 |
| JAISH-I-MOHAMMED 1 other name on the list | Entity | 17 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | |
| THARWAT SALAH SHIHATA 4 other names on the list | Individual | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals. |
| TARIQ ANWAR EL SAYED AHMED 3 other names on the list | Individual | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Reportedly deceased in October 2001. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2268 (2017) was concluded on 15 November 2021. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/ |
| Nashwan Abd Al-Razzaq ABD AL-BAQI 9 other names on the list | Individual | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Joined Al-Qaida in 1996 and was at that time an important liaison to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Received money from Ansar al-Islam (QDe.098) in order to conduct attacks in Kirkuk and Ninveh in Iraq during spring and summer of 2005. Al-Qaida senior official. In custody of the United States of America, as of Aug. 2014. Father’s name: Abd al-Razzaq Abd al-Baqi. Mother’s name: Nadira Ayoub Asaad. Pho |
| MAHFOUZ OULD AL-WALID 3 other names on the list | Individual | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1423438 |
| WAFA HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION 9 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Headquarters was in Kandahar, Afghanistan as at 2001. Wafa was a component of Al-Qaida (QDe.004) in 2001. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notic |
| THE ORGANIZATION OF AL-QAIDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB 24 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Headed by Abdelmalek Droukdel (QDi.232). Zone of operation includes Algeria and parts of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia and Morocco. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278467 |
| MAKHTAB AL-KHIDAMAT 3 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Absorbed into Al-Qaida (QDe.004). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5282030 |
| LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP 1 other name on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Members in Afghanistan merged with Al-Qaida (QDe.004) in Nov. 2007. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5281977 |
| ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN 1 other name on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Associated with the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (QDe.088), Islamic Jihad Group (QDe.119) and Emarat Kavkaz (QDe.131). Active in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, northern Afghanistan and Central Asia. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un |
| ISLAMIC ARMY OF ADEN | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 9 Jul. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2268 (2017) was concluded on 15 November 2021. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278444 |
| HARAKAT UL-MUJAHIDIN (HUM) 6 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Associated with Jaish-i-Mohammed (QDe.019), Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ) (QDe.096) and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (QDe.118). Active in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Banned in Pakistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5282053 |
| EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD 5 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Co-founded by Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QDi.006), who was also its military leader. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5282058 |
| ASBAT AL-ANSAR | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Active in northern Iraq. Associated with Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278387 |
| ARMED ISLAMIC GROUP 3 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5281693 |
| AL-QAIDA 10 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278330 |
| AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA (AIAI) | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Reported to have operated in Somalia and Ethiopia and to have merged with Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahidiin (Al-Shabaab), which was accepted as an affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004) by Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QDi.006) in Feb. 2012, and is also subject to the sanctions measures set out in Security Council resolution 1844 (2008) concerning Somalia and Eritrea (see https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/ |
| AL RASHID TRUST 770 other names on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Reportedly defunct. Headquarters were in Pakistan. Operations in Afghanistan: Herat Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar, Mazar Sherif. Also operations in Kosovo, Chechnya. Involved in the financing of Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Until 21 Oct. 2008, this entity appeared also as 'Aid Organization of the Ulema, Pakistan' (QDe.073), listed on 24 Apr. 2002 and amended on 25 Jul. 2006. The two entries Al R |
| ABU SAYYAF GROUP 1 other name on the list | Entity | 6 October 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo | Associated with Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) (QDe.092). Current leader is Radulan Sahiron (QDi.208). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5278422 |
| MOHAMMED SALAHALDIN ABD EL HALIM ZIDANE 20 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Responsible for Usama bin Laden’s (deceased) security. Hair: Dark. Eyes: Dark. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https |
| SALIM AHMAD SALIM HAMDAN 16 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Driver and private bodyguard to Usama bin Laden (deceased) from 1996 until 2001. Transferred from United States custody to Yemen in Nov. 2008. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 8 Jul. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/ |
| BILAL BIN MARWAN | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Senior lieutenant of UBL. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1423806 |
| Amin Muhammad Ul Haq SAAM KHAN 4 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Security coordinator for Usama bin Laden (deceased). Repatriated to Afghanistan in February 2006. He was in Afghanistan as of August 2021. Arrested in Pakistan 2024 and deported to Afghanistan in 2025. Father’s name: Abdul Rahman. Photo and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.inte |
| AIMAN MUHAMMED RABI AL-ZAWAHIRI Doctor 30 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban | Son of Usama bin Laden (deceased). Announced by Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QDi.006) as an official member of Al-Qaida (QDe.004). Has called for followers of Al-Qaida to commit terror attacks. Was Is seen as the most probable successor of al-Zawahiri. Reportedly killed in a counterterrorism operation as of September 2019 in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special |
Where this comes from
The UK Sanctions List (FCDO, GOV.UK); CSV read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Every UK sanctions regime.