May 21-22, 2026: Playing Follow the Leader with UN Al-Qaida sanctions removals…


First, the UN made changes yesterday:

Then, today… Canada:

Greetings, 

On May 21st, 2026, the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee removed seven individuals from its sanctions list. For more information, consult the Press Release.

This amendment takes effect immediately under Canadian sanctions legislation, pursuant to the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Taliban, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

For further information on UN Security Council sanctions list, consult List of updates to the UNSC Consolidated List | Security Council.

Sincerely,

and the UK:

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Today, Friday 22 May, the UK Government has delisted the following individuals under the Isil (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

De-Listing:

Name:Unique ID:
Aamir Ali CHAUDHRYAQD0087
Hafiz Abdul SALAM BHUTTAVIAQD0182
Majeed Abdul CHAUDHRYAQD0222
Maulana FAZLULLAHAQD0225
Mohammed TUFAILAQD0246
Mustafa Hajji Muhammad KHANAQD0267
Abdul Rehman MAKKIAQD0379

and its sanctions notice:

And lastly, SECO/FINMA:

NEWS

22 May 2026 

Financial sanction 

2026

Updated sanction message: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has amended the list of sanctioned natural persons, undertakings and organizations of the Regulation of 21. March 2025 on measures against persons and organizations associated with the organizations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda (SR 946.231.08).

By decision of 21. In May 2026, the responsible UN Sanctions Committee changed the list of persons, companies and organizations sanctioned in this context. The amendment is directly applicable in Switzerland. SECO therefore, on 22. May 2026 adapted the sanctions database SESAM (SECO Sanctions Management), which is relevant for Switzerland, and published the adjustment on its website.

and its PDF update:

and links to its XML update and consolidated program listings.


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