Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1580 of 31 July 2023 amending for the 338th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1580 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 modifying and thereby entirely replacing the identifying information of two persons which remain subject to asset freezing measures.
##### The affected individuals and the corresponding „new“ identifying information are the following (the name has NOT changed):
Yazid Sufaat (low quality alias: (a) Joe, (b) Abu Zufar). Address: (a) Taman Bukit Ampang, State of Selangor, Malaysia (previous address) (b) Malaysia (in prison since 2013 to 2019). Date of birth: 20.1.1964. Place of birth: Johor, Malaysia. Nationality: Malaysian. Passport No: A 10472263. National identification No: 640120-01-5529. Other information: Founding member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who worked on Al-Qaida’s biological weapons program, provided support to those involved in Al-Qaida’s 11 Sep. 2001 attacks in the United States of America, and was involved in JI bombing operations. Detained in Malaysia from 2001 to 2008. Arrested in Malaysia in 2013 and sentenced to 7 years in Jan. 2016 for failing to report information relating to terrorist acts. Completed detention on 20 November 2019. Served a two-year restricted residence order in Selangor Malaysia until 21 November 2021. Photos included in INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 9.9.2003.’;
Faysal Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Zahrani (good quality alias: Faisal Ahmed Ali Alzahrani; low quality alias: a) Abu Sarah al-Saudi, b) Abu Sara Zahrani). Date of birth: 19.1.1986. Nationality: Saudi Arabia. Address: Syrian Arab Republic. Passport number: (a) K142736 (Saudi Arabian passport number issued 14.7.2011 in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia), (b) Saudi Arabia national identification number G579315. Other information: Reportedly deceased. Was the lead oil and gas division official of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq, for Al Barakah Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic, as of May 2015. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 20.4.2016.’.