Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/249 concerning sanction measures in connection with individuals, firms, or bodies associated with the ISIL and Al-Qaida terrorist organizations has been published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the EU. It amends the list of sanctioned parties set out in Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 by adding the following entity to that list:
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in South-East Asia (ISIL-SEA, ISIL-South-East Asia) (alias: (a) Islamic State East Asia Division; (b) Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Mashriq). Other information: Formed in June 2016 upon announcement by now-deceased Isnilon Hapilon. Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 27 January 2023.
