Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Said ARIF

Aliases

Said Mohamed ARIF; Omar GHARIB; ABDERAHMANE; ABDERRAHMANE; SOULEIMAN; ABDALLAH AL-JAZAIRI; Slimane CHABANI

Nationality

Algeria

DoB

1965-12-05

Address

Syria

Official reason

The Department of State has designated Said Arif as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. Arif is an Algerian army officer deserter, who traveled to Afghanistan in the 1990s, where he trained in al-Qa’ida camps with weapons...

Other Information

https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/230677.htm

Date of listing

2014-08-18

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