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Talha AL-LIBI

Aliases

Sidi Mohamed Ould MOHAMED SALEM; Abderrahmane Ould MOHAMED SALEM; AL-AZAWADI, Abu Talha; AL-BARBOUCI, Abu Talha

Nationality

Mauritania

DoB

1974

Address

Mali

Official reason

The Department is designating four leaders of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and al-Murabitoun as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended. Talha al-Libi, also known as Sidi Mohamed Ould Mohamed Salem, is the JNIM emir of Timbuktu and leader of the al-Furqan Battalion. Al-Libi...

Other Information

https://www.state.gov/terrorist-and-hostage-taking-related-designations-of-jnim-and-al-murabitoun-leaders/

Date of listing

2024-04-23

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