Counter Terrorism Designations

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published a press release to inform about new sanction measures. Specifically, the Office added eight individuals and two entities to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) pursuant to existing sanction regulations (31 CFR Part 594 and Executive Order 13224) for their engagement in or the financing of terrorist organization Hamas. The following persons and entities are affected and now subject to asset freezing measures:
### Newly sanctioned individuals
ABU SHARIF, Nasser (Arabic: ناصر ابو شریف) (a.k.a. AL-JAMUS, ‚Abd-al-Nasr Sharif; a.k.a. JAMOOS, Abdal Nasser Sharif Mohammed Said (Arabic: عبد الناصر شریف محمد سعید جاموس)), Iran; DOB 14 Jan 1966; POB Tulkarm, West Bank; alt. POB Thennaba, West Bank; nationality Palestinian; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; National ID No. 000083063 (Palestinian) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD – SHAQAQI FACTION).
AL-AJOURI, Akram (a.k.a. AL-‚AJURI, Abu Muhammad; a.k.a. AL-‚AJURI, Akram; a.k.a. AL-AJURI, Akram Muhammad Salih; a.k.a. HASAN, ‚Abd al-Karim Ahmad), Damascus, Syria; DOB 1958; POB Jabaliya, Gaza Strip; nationality Palestinian; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD – SHAQAQI FACTION).
AL-ATILI, Ma’ad Ibrahim Muhammad Rashid (Arabic: معاد إبراهيم محمد رشيد العتيلي) (a.k.a. IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD RASHID, Ma’ad), West Bank; DOB 15 Mar 1980; nationality Palestinian; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; National ID No. 906168711 (Palestinian) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HAMAS).
’ALIYAN, Jamil Yusuf Ahmad (Arabic: جمیل یوسف احمد علیان) (a.k.a. ALAYAN, Jamil; a.k.a. ALIAN, Jamil), Gaza; DOB 01 Jan 1955; nationality Palestinian; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; National ID No. 907811152 (Palestinian) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD – SHAQAQI FACTION).
CHOUMAN, Khaled (a.k.a. SHOMAN, Khaled Khalil), 529 Moussaitbeh St., Beirut, Lebanon; DOB 02 Apr 1987; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HAMAS).
CHOUMAN, Nabil Khaled Halil (a.k.a. CHOUMAN, Nabil; a.k.a. SHOMAN, Nabil Khaled Khalil; a.k.a. SHUMAN, Nabil), Moussaitbeh St., Beirut, Lebanon; DOB 01 Sep 1954; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HAMAS).
KHAMIS, Reda Ali, Al-Halusiyah 34, Tyre, Lebanon; DOB 20 Sep 1967; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; National ID No. 3194104 (Lebanon) (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: HAMAS).
ZAHHAR, Mahmoud Khaled (a.k.a. AL ZAHAR, Mahmoud Khaled; a.k.a. „AL-ZAHAR, Mahmoud“; a.k.a. „ZAHAR, Mahmoud“), Gaza; DOB 1945; POB Gaza Strip; nationality Palestinian; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (individual) [SDGT] [NS-PLC] (Linked To: HAMAS).
### Newly sanctioned entities
MUHJAT ALQUDS FOUNDATION (Arabic: مؤسسة مهجة القدس) (a.k.a. MUHJAT AL-QUDS FOUNDATION FOR MARTYRS, PRISONERS, AND WOUNDED (Arabic: مؤسسة مهجة القدس للشهداء والأسری والجرحی); a.k.a. MUHJAT AL-QUDS FOUNDATION FOR PRISONERS; a.k.a. MUHJAT AL-QUDS INSTITUTION; a.k.a. „AL-MUHJA“; a.k.a. „JERUSALEM MOVEMENT FOUNDATION FOR THE MARTYRS, PRISONERS, AND WOUNDED“), Gaza; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 2002; Registration Number 8040 (Palestinian) [SDGT] (Linked To: PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD – SHAQAQI FACTION).
NABIL CHOUMAN & CO (a.k.a. NABIL CHOUMAN AND CO; a.k.a. NABIL SHOMAN AND PARTNERS EXCHANGE COMPANY; a.k.a. SHUMAN CURRENCY EXCHANGE; a.k.a. SUMAN CURRENCY EXCHANGE SARL; a.k.a. „SHUMAN GROUP“), Property Number 351, Al-Hamra Street Strand building ground floor, Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Safi Village, Beirut, Lebanon; Nabatieh, Beirut, Lebanon; Tyre, Beirut, Lebanon; Website shuman-exchange.business.site; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 13 Mar 1989; alt. Organization Established Date 1980; Organization Type: Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities, n.e.c.; C.R. No. 55789 (Lebanon) [SDGT] (Linked To: HAMAS).
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OFAC has also published a corresponding statement to announce the reasoning behind the new sanction measures.
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Finally, OFAC has made the following changes to its „Non-SDN Palestinian Legislative Council List“:
ZAHHAR, Mahmoud Khaled (a.k.a. AL ZAHAR, Mahmoud Khaled); DOB 1945 (individual) [NS-PLC]. -to- ZAHHAR, Mahmoud Khaled (a.k.a. AL ZAHAR, Mahmoud Khaled; a.k.a. „AL-ZAHAR, Mahmoud“; a.k.a. „ZAHAR, Mahmoud“), Gaza; DOB 1945; POB Gaza Strip; nationality Palestinian; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (individual) [SDGT] [NS-PLC] (Linked To: HAMAS).