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Abu Sulayman AL-ADANI

Aliases

Sulayman AL-ADANI; Muhammad Qan'an AL-SAY'ARI; Muhammad Ahmed AL-SAY'ARI; Nashwan AL-SAY'ARI; Muhsin Ahmad Salah MUTHANNA; Mohsen Ahmed Saleh MUTHANA; Nashwan AL-ADANI; Nashwan al-Adani ABU-SULAYMAN; AL-MUHAJIR, Abu Usama; Muhammad Salih Muhammad QAN'AN; Abu Ma'ali AL-HASHIMI

DoB

1988-01-13

Address

Yemen

Reg. ID

05867398, Passport; 04988639, Passport

Official reason

OFAC designated Abu Sulayman al-Adani (al-Adani) for acting for or on behalf of ISIS-Y.   As of early March 2017, al-Adani was the overall head of ISIS-Y, who was reportedly nominated in 2013 by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to be the amir of ISIS-Y and was also a reported ISIS-Y military commander as of late 2016. The State Department designated al-Baghd...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0187

Date of listing

2017-10-25

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396

Official Information

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-13969/global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations