Last Updated: January 19, 2026
TARKHAN TAYUMURAZOVICH BATIRASHVILI
Aliases
Abu Umar al-Shishani; Omar al-Shishani; Tarkhan Batirashvili; Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batyrashvili; Omar the Chechen; Omer the Chechen; Umar the Chechen; Abu Hudhayfah; Chechen Omar; Omar Shishani; Umar Shishani; Abu Umar
Nationality
Georgia
DoB
1986-01-11
Address
Syria
Reg. ID
08001007864 , issued in Georgia ; 09AL14455 , Georgian. Expires 26 June 2019.
Other Information
As of mid-2014, Syria-based senior military commander and shura council member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115). Led approximately 1,000 foreign fighters for ISIL and committed a number of attacks in northern Syria. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/n...
Date of listing
2015-01-23
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UN, UK horizontal
Target State
Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to give effect to the UK’s obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 2368. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Misc...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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