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Husayn AL-KHALIL

Aliases

Husain KHALIL; Hossein KHALIL; Hussein KHALIL

Position

Political Adviser to the Secretary General of Hizballah

DoB

1955

Address

Lebanon

Official reason

OFAC and the TFTC designated Husayn Al-Khalil, Hasan Nasrallah’s political advisor, for acting for or on behalf of Hizballah.  Previously, he was one of several senior Hizballah commanders who shared responsibility for the group’s special operations in Europe.

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0387

Date of listing

2018-05-16

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