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Sanctions: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

Friday, 17 October 2025

This news release is issued to publicise the amendment of 1 entry under the UN ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions regime.

The ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have effect in the Isle of Man by the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Sanctions) Regulations 2024 ('the Regulations'), which are made under the Sanctions Act 2024. They put in place measures to ensure compliance with United Nations obligations.

Those persons who are designated under this regime are included on the UK Sanctions List.

Types of sanctions applicable under this regime:

  • Asset freeze
  • Trade

On 16 October 2025 the UN Security Council Committee concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida (and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities) amended the entry below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Deleted information appears in [square brackets]. Additional information appears in italics.

Amendment

Individuals

  • QDi.317 Name: 1: AHMAD 2: HUSSAIN 3: AL-SHARAA [1: ABU MOHAMMED 2: AL-JAWLANI 3: na 4: na]
    Name (original script): أبو محمد الجولاني] احمد حسين الشرع]
    Title: na 
    Designation: na 
    DOB: 29 Oct. 1982 [Between 1976 and 1980]
    POB: Syrian Arab Republic 
    Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Mohamed Al-Jawlani (of original script: الجولاني أبو محمد), b) Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani c) Abu Mohammed al-Julani d) Abu Mohammed al-Golani e) Abu Muhammad al-Golani f) Abu Muhammad Aljawlani g) Muhammad al-Jawlani (formerly listed as) h) AMJAD MUZAFFAR HUSSEIN ALI AL-NAIMI born 1980 in Syrian Arab Republic (Mother’s name: Fatma Ali Majour. Address: Mosul, Souq al-Nabi Yunis) 
    Low quality a.k.a.: a) شيخ الفاتح ، الفاتح (transliterations: Shaykh al-Fatih; Al Fatih ) (Translation: The Conqueror) (Nom de guerre) b) ABU ASHRAF 
    Nationality: Syrian Arab Republic 
    Passport no: Syria D00000256 (issued on 1 Feb. 2025) na 
    National identification no: na 
    Address: (Active in Syria as at Jun. 2013 [Jan. 2025]) 
    Listed on: 24 Jul. 2013 (amended on 2 Jun. 2014, 10 Dec. 2015, 1 May 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 14 Nov. 2023, 16 Oct. 2025) 
    Other information: previously listed as Abu Mohamed Al-Jawlani Description: Dark complexion. Height: 1.70 m. Since Jan. 2012, he is the Leader of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137), a Syria-based group listed in May 2014, and previously listed as an alias of Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115) between 30 May 2013 and 13 May 2014. Associated with Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QDi.006). Wanted by the Iraqi security forces. Father’s name: Hussein; Mother’s name: Wedad. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

What you must do

If, through your sanctions compliance programme, you identify a possible match to a person or entity included in the UK Sanctions List, and you hold or otherwise deal with funds or economic resources of that person:

  1. You must freeze the assets immediately

  2. You must review the information you hold for that person against the UK Sanctions List to ensure you do not have a false positive identification

  3. Do not deal with those assets or make them available to, or for the benefit of the designated person unless:
    • You have a legal exemption
    • You have a licence

  4. You must report the frozen assets to the FIU

If you have a suspicion or knowledge that there has been a breach of sanctions law, or any attempted transactions that you have blocked, report your suspicions to the FIU.

Failure to comply with financial and trade sanctions legislation or to attempting to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated person, you are not required to report these details again.

Note: determining if a customer is on the UK Sanctions List includes whether any corporate entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person on the UK Sanctions List.

Further guidance on false positives and delistings and what to do can be found in the Financial Sanctions General Guidance page.

Further information

Further details on the UN measures in respect of ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions can be found on the relevant UN Sanctions Committee webpage.

Further information on the sanctions regime related to ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida and other sanctions related guidance can be found on the Sanctions and Export Control website on the Sanctions Guidance page.

Contact details for enquiries

If you require any further information or guidance, please contact the Sanctions Team on:

Telephone: +44 1624 648109
Email: sanctions@gov.im

Please note: We are unable to provide legal advice. You may need to seek independent legal advice.

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