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ABDALLAH AZZAM BRIGADES (AAB)

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity
TypeOrganization[sources]
NameAAB · ABDALLAH AZZAM BRIGADES · ABDALLAH AZZAM BRIGADES (AAB) · Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) · Abdullah Azzam Brigades · 7 more...[sources]
Other nameAAB · ABDALLAH AZZAM BRIGADES · ABDALLAH AZZAM BRIGADES (AAB) · ABDULLAH AZZAM BRIGADES · Abdullah Azzam Brigades · 21 more...[sources]
Weak aliasAbdullah Azzam Brigades · Yusuf al-'Uyayri Battalions of the Abdallah Azzam Brigades) · Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions of the Abdallah Azzam Brigades · アブダッラー・アッザーム・ブリゲイズのズィヤード・アル・ジャラ大隊 · アブダッラー・アッザーム・ブリゲイズのユスフ・アル・ウヤイリ大隊 · 1 more...[sources]
Legal formnot available[sources]
CountryLebanon · Syria[sources]
Registration numberC168ELL4DEK8 · DLRQJ1XMEPR3[sources]
Unique Entity IDC168ELL4DEK8 · DLRQJ1XMEPR3[sources]
Statusnot available[sources]
Address(Operates in Lebanon, Syria and the Arabian Peninsula) · Libanon, Suriah dan Arab · Operates in Lebanon, Syria and the Arabian Peninsula · Péninsule arabique · レバノン、シリア及びアラビア半島にて活動中[sources]
Source linkwww.publicsafety.gc.ca · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023.

Argentina RePET Sanctions,

An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (Qde.137). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023.

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List,

Other information: Operates in Lebanon, Syria and the Arabian Peninsula. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 23.9.2014.

Belgian Financial Sanctions,

The AAB is an Al Qaida affiliated militant group that follows Salafist ideology. The group is a fluid network organized into a number of regional battalions, including the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions based in Lebanon. The AAB has claimed responsibility for several rocket attacks in northern Israel and has also repeatedly articulated its intent to carry out attacks against Western targets in the Middle East. Since the start of protests in Syria, the AAB's communiqués have supported regime overthrow. AAB relies primarily on rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and suicide bombings. In 2014, the AAB claimed joint responsibility with Jabhat al-Nusra for rocket attacks in Hermel, Lebanon. The AAB also claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings near the Iranian cultural centre in Beirut, Lebanon, in February, 2014. AAB continued to operate with limited government control within Lebanon, primarily inside Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee camps. These groups used the Palestinian camps to house weapons, shelter wanted criminals, and plan terrorist attacks. AAB did not claim responsibility for attacks between 2018-2020, and leadership announced its dissolution in the Levant (Syria) in November 2019.

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities,

Abdallah Azzam Brigades was listed on 23 Sep 2014 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2161 (2014) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of”, “recruiting for” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of”Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14). An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14.).

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Operates in Lebanon, Syria and the Arabian Peninsula.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec 2019. available.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

During 2014, AAB carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front. For example, in summer 2014, the two groups carried out a joint attack in the Qalumun area, Syria.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

AAB has also claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in Lebanon linked to the uprising in Syria, including the Nov 2013 attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, which killed 147 people, and the Feb 2014 suicide bomb attack against the Iranian Cultural Center in Beirut that killed 129. After the Iranian Cultural Center bombing, AAB released a statement saying that the attacks were a sign of solidarity with the Syrian uprising.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) was formed in 2009 and is connected to Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14). AAB is divided into two branches, the Lebanon-based Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions and the Arabian Peninsula-based Yusuf al-'Uyayri Battalions.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

AAB also claimed joint responsibility with Al-Nusrah Front in Lebanon for several rocket attacks in Hermel, Lebanon, in Dec 2013, January 2014, and Mar 2014. In Dec 2014, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani (QI.A.317.13), the leader of Al-Nusrah Front, publicly stated that his group now had a Lebanese wing that had claimed responsibility for the Hermel rocket attack.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Other information: Operates in Lebanon, Syria and the Arabian Peninsula. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 23.9.2014.

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF),

groupe armé qui a mené des attaques conjointes avec Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant

French National Asset Freezing System,

An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities.

UK FCDO Sanctions List,

An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019.

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets,

Kelompok bersenjata yang bergabung menyerang bersama Al-Nusra;

Indonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations,

レバントの人々のためのアル・ヌスラ戦線(644.に指定した団体)と共同攻撃を行っている武装集団。国連安全保障理事会決議第2368号(2017年)に基づく見直しは2019年12月4日に終了した。国連安全保障理事会決議第2610号(2021年)に基づく見直しは2023年10月30日に終了した。同団体に対するインターポール(国際刑事警察機構)・国連安全保障理事会特別手配書のウェブ・リンク:

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People,

Adresse : LIBAN, SYRIE, Péninsule arabique

Monaco National Fund Freezing List,

An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023.

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions,

An armed group that has carried out joint attacks with Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019.

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions,

Relationships

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,765

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,251

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,230

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Polish Sanctions Countering Money Laundering and Terror Financing485

Sanctions by Polish Ministry of Finance countering money laundering and terror financing, as well as UN Security Council resolutions 2253 and 1988

Poland · GIIF

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,541

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Argentina RePET Sanctions726

Public Registry of Persons and Entities linked to acts of Terrorism and their Financing

Argentina · MdJ

United Arab Emirates Local Terrorist List282

The UAE's asset freeze list of individuals and legal entities that are suspected of, attempt to, or commit terrorist acts

United Arab Emirates · EOCN

French National Asset Freezing System5,283

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,219

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

Indonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations536

A list of suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations as determined by the Central Jakarta District Court.

Indonesia · PPATK

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,295

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities79

The Canadian governments own list of people and organizations associated with terrorism

Canada · Public Safety Canada

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD697

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List707

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,595

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

US SAM Procurement Exclusions112,248

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,235

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

UNSC

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist868

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · SFMS

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,433

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,376

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,602

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions875

The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions.

South Africa · FIC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,254

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA


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