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Adnan Abu Walid AL-SAHRAWI
Aliases
AL SAHRAWI, Abu Walid; Adnan Abu Walid AL-SAHRAOUI; Adnan Abu Waleed AL-SAHRAWI; Lehbib Ould Ali Ould Said Ould JOUMANI
DoB
1973-02-16
Address
Menaka, Mali
Official reason
As the leader of ISIS in the Greater Sahara, Walid Al-Sahrawi bears responsibility for the violence that has taken the lives of countless civilians and military personnel in the Sahel, including the October 4, 2017 attack on a joint U.S.-Nigerien patrol in the region of Tongo Tongo, Niger that resulted in the deaths of four U.S. soldiers and four N...
Other Information
https://www.state.gov/on-the-death-of-isis-gs-leader-adnan-abu-walid-al-sahrawi/
Date of listing
2018-05-16
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
Regime
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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)...
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