UN removes three men from ISIL/Al-Qaida sanctions list

The United Nations Security Council, acting under Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), removed three entries from its sanctions listVestnesis on 24 October 2026Vestnesis. The Ārlietu ministrija announced the change in Rīgā on 27 October 2026 and published the information in the official journal Latvijas Vēstnesis, as it does after each Security Council decision on the adoption, amendment or repeal of sanctions. In Latvia, sanctions set in United Nations Security Council resolutions and in European Union regulations are binding and directly applicable.

The first delisted person is QDi.338 Shafi Sultan Mohammed Sultan Al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti national born 1 January 1973 in Warah, Kuveita. He had been on the list since 23 September 2014. The notice identifies him as a physician also known with high confidence as Shafi al-Ajmi, Sheikh Shafi al-Ajmi and SHAFI S. M. S. ALAJMI. It records Kuwaiti passports 03111298, 003111298 and 0216155930 and national identification number 273010101204, with an address at Area 3, Street 327, Building 41, Al-Uqaylah, Kuveita. The notice recalls fundraising for Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant and his release from prison in Kuwait in November 2023 under Special Amiri Decree Pardon No. 225/2023.

The second is QDi.399 Bassam Ahmad Al-Hasri, also rendered with high confidence as Bassam Ahmad Husari, recorded as a Syrian and Palestinian national born on 1 January 1969 or around 1971. He had been listed since 22 February 2017, with recorded birthplaces in the Damascus region including Qalamun, Ghutah and Tadamon. The notice recalls his described role as a leader of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant for the southern Syrian Arab Republic since July 2016.

The third is QDi.400 Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil, also rendered with high confidence as Ayyad Nazmi Salih Khalil and Eyad Nazmi Saleh Khalil, a Jordanian national born in 1974 in Sīrija. He had been listed since 22 February 2017, with Jordanian passports 654781 and 286062. The notice recalls his described role as a leader of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant for the coastal area of the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2016.

For screening, institutions that check clients and transactions against sanctions lists, including kredītiestādes and licensed payment and electronic-money institutions, treat a match resting only on one of these three entries as no longer a true match and record that assessment, with its date and basis, in the screening audit record. Where funds or economic resources were frozen on the basis of one of these three listings, the implementing rules require that they be released immediately once the international sanctions are liftedLikumi, with the registers concerned deleting the restriction marks and ending the freeze enforcement. After 24 October 2026 no freeze attaches to these three entries under the 1267/1989/2253 listVestnesis.

Legal basis: Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Drošības padomes rezolūcijas Nr. 1267 (1999), Nr. 1989 (2011) un Nr. 2253 (2015), applied in Latvia under Starptautisko un Latvijas Republikas nacionālo sankciju likums 11. panta pirmā un pirmā prim daļa.