Last Updated: October 18, 2026

Elshafee El Sheikh

Aliases

El Shafee Elsheikh

Alshafee El-Sheikh

Nationality

United Kingdom

Date of birth

1988-07-16

Place of birth

London, United Kingdom

Address

United States

Reg. ID

Passport, 801121547, issuer: United Kingdom, issued: 2009-06-16, remark: issued by UK Passport Office with expiry date of 16 Jun. 2019, cancelled in Dec. 2014

Other sanctions regimes

Sender

Additional info

article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 (Financial sanctions) and articles 4 (Travel ban)

Other Information

Foreign terrorist fighter with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115), in the Syrian Arab Republic. Sentenced to life imprisonment on 19 August 2022 in the United States of America, Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate number 11698-509. Physical description: eye colour: dark brown; hair colour: black; complexion: dark. Distinguishing marks: beard. Mother’s name: Maha Elgizouli. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.

Date of listing

2025-05-15

Program information

Authority

Program

Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (SR 946.231.08)

Regime

UN, Switzerland horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Official Information

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (SR 946.231.08). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council.

Program URL

https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2025/194/de

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