Last Updated: October 21, 2026

Ghalib Abdullah al-Zaidi

Aliases

غالب عبدلله الزیدي Abdullah al-Zaidi

Ghalib Abdallah al-Zaydi

Ghalib Abdallah Ali al-Zaydi

Ghalib al Zaydi

Nationality

Yemen

Date of birth

1975; 1970

Place of birth

Raqqah, Marib Governorate, Yemen

Other sanctions regimes

Sender

Additional info

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

Other Information

A leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) (QDe.129) in Marib Governorate, Yemen since 2015. Provided AQAP with weapons, funding and recruits. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023. 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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