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Tarkhan Tayumurazovich BATIRASHVILI

Aliases

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich BATYRASHVILI; Tarkhan BATIRASHVILI; Omar SHISHANI; Umar SHISHANI; Chechen Omar; Omar the Chechen; Omar AL-SHISHANI; Omer the Chechen; Abu Umar AL-SHISHANI; Umar the Chechen; Abu Hudhayfah; Abu Umar

DoB

1986-01-11; 1982

Reg. ID

08001007864, National ID No.; 09AL14455, Passport

Official reason

Over the past several years, Syria-based Georgian national Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili has held a number of top military positions within ISIL and has led a number of attacks. As of mid-2014, Batirashvili was a senior ISIL commander and Shura Council member located in al-Raqqah, Syria. He was identified as the ISIL military commander in a p...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2651

Date of listing

2014-09-24

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

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Program URL

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