Last Updated: January 19, 2026
ABOU MOHAMED AL ADNANI
Aliases
Tah al Binchi; Abu Mohamed al-Adnani; Abu Mohammed al-Adnani; Taha al-Banshi; Abu Baker al-Khatab; Abou Sadeq Alrawi; Yaser Khalaf Nazzal Alrawi; Abu Sadek al-Rawi; Yasser Khalaf Hussein Nazal al-Rawi; Abu-Mohammad al-Adnani al-Shami; Jaber Taha Falah; Taha Sobhi Falaha; Hajj Ibrahim; Abou Khattab
Nationality
Iraq
DoB
1977
Other Information
Was the official spokesman of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115), and emir of ISIL in Syria, closely associated with Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani (QDi.317) and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, listed as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai (QDi.299). Reportedly killed in August 2016 in air strike near al-Bab...
Date of listing
2014-08-15
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UN, UK horizontal
Target State
Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to give effect to the UK’s obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 2368. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019, the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Misc...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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