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EU delists 3 people from ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions list

4 November 2026

EU delists 3 people from ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions listMelnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock.com

The EU has removed 3 people from its Regulation (EC) 881/2002 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list. They were all delisted by the UN and the UK in October 2026.

The delisted people are:

  • Shafi Sultan Mohammed Sultan Al-Ajmi, a Kuwaiti national listed in 2014 for being a fundraiser for Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant;
  • Bassam Ahmad Al-Hasri, a Syrian and Palestinian national listed in 2017 for being a leader of Al-Nusrah Front in southern Syria;
  • Iyad Nazmi Salih Khalil, a Jordanian national listed in 2017 for being a leader of Al-Nusrah Front in coastal Syria.

See our Terrorism - EU page for more information on this sanctions regime.

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Maya Lester KC
By Maya Lester KC

Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. She is the…

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