UKSL Sanctions designation

ISLAMIC STATE IN THE GREATER SAHARA (ISGS)

Entity · designated 23 February 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
AQD0366
OFSI group ID
13825
UN reference number
QDe.163
Designation type
Entity
Date designated
23 February 2020
Last updated
13 January 2022

Regimes

  • Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UN

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Arms embargo
  • Travel Ban

Other information

  • Formed in May 2015 by Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui (QDi.415). Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). Splinter group of Al-Mourabitoun (QDe.141). Committed terrorist attacks in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities
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