AMRU AL-ABSIPerson

Also known as

• Amr al Absi
• Abu al Athir Amr al Absi
• Abu al-Athir
• Abu al-Asir
• Abu Asir
• Abu Amr al Shami
• Abu al-Athir al-Shami
• Abu-Umar al-Absi

Designations

• Designated by UN Security Council under program Al-Qaida since 2015-09-29. Other entities under Al-Qaida

Source remarks: QDi.361 — Shura council member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115) and in charge of ISIL’s media arm. ISIL’s provincial leader for Homs, Syrian Arab Republic as of mid-2014. Dubbed as the ISIL’s “kidnapper-in-chief”. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 Feb. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals (official source)

Key properties

Date of birth

1979

Place of birth

Saudi Arabia

Addresses

Source list & list version

Last confirmed present in UN Security Council Consolidated List list version un_sc_sanctions@2026-06-19, observed 2026-06-19.

Source: United Nations Security Council Consolidated List (scsanctions.un.org), used under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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