UNSC Committee Publishes Updated Sanctions List Including Terrorist Groups

A UN Security Council committee released an updated list of individuals, entities and other groups subject, sanctioned for the links with terrorist organizations.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A UN Security Council committee dealing with sanctions against the Taliban, al-Qaeda and other organizations linked to them has published an updated consolidated list of individuals, entities and other groups subject to sanctions by the Security Council.

According to the list, the Nusra Front, which operates in Syria and is outlawed in Russia and several other countries, was added on May 14, 2014. The organization is described as an entity responsible for bringing "Syrian and foreign Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115) and Asbat al-Ansar (QDe.007) fighters, along with other foreign Al-Qaida operatives, to join local elements in Syria to carry out terrorist and guerrilla operations there."

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or Daesh), or Islamic State of Iraq, is listed as al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The Army of Emigrants and Supporters, which was listed on August 6, 2015, was established by foreign terrorist fighters in 2013 and is affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Nusra Front, according to the list.

The UNSC 1267/1989/2253 Committee, pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) with regard to ISIL (or Daesh in Arabic), al-Qaeda, and individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with these organizations, oversees the sanctions measures introduced by the Security Council.