Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim ALI AL-BADRI AL-SAMARRAI

Aliases

Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim al-Samarra'i; Abu Du'a; Abu Duaa; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Husayni al-Quraishi; Ibrahim 'Awad Ibrahim al-Badri al-Samarrai; Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai'; Ibrahim 'Awwad Ibrahim 'Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai'; Ibrahim

Nationality

Iraq

DoB

1971

Address

Iraq; Syria

Reg. ID

0134852 , Ration card no.

Other Information

Description: Height: 1.65 m. Weight: 85 kg. Black hair and eyes. White skin. Leader of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115). Was based in Iraq and Syria. Declared himself “caliph” in Mosul in 2014. Responsible for managing and directing AQI large scale operations. Wife's name: Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi. Wife’...

Date of listing

2011-10-05

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.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/466