Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Abu Hurayrah
Aliases
Abu 'Ammar; Abu Hurayrah al-Sana'ai; Qasim Yahya Mahdi 'Abd al-Rimi; Qassim Mohammad Mahdi Al Rimi; Qasim Mohammed Mahdi Al Remi; Qasim al-Rami; Qassim al-Raymi; Qasim al-Raymi; Qasim Al-Rimi; قاسم محمد مهدي الريمي; QASIM MOHAMED MAHDI AL-RIMI
Position
Leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula since Jun. 2015, pledged loyalty to Aiman al-Zawahiri. As of February 2020, reportedly killed in a counterterrorism operation in Yemen.
Nationality
Yemen
DoB
1978-06-05
Address
Yemen
Reg. ID
973406 (id-National identification card) (on 1996-07-03)(Yemeni national identification number 973406); 00344994 (passport-National passport) (on 1999-07-03)(issued in Sanaa)
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202500611
Other Information
Mother's name: Fatima Muthanna Yahya.
Date of listing
2025-03-21
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures with respect to ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida
Regime
UN, EU-horizontal
Target State
Terrorism
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission, Prohibition to satisfy claims
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - It is prohibited to grant claims to the persons or entities listed in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of C...
Official Information
The UN Security Council has introduced two separate restrictive measures regimes to combat terrorism. On 15 October 1999, restrictive measures were introduced in relation to the Taliban through UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999). On 16 January 2002, the measures were extended to cover the Al-Qaida organization and other individuals, groups,...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02016D1693-20230610