UN Narrative Summary for Hamid Hamad Hamid al-Ali

QI.A.326.14. HAMID HAMAD HAMID AL-‘ALI

Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 15.08.14

Hamid Hamad Hamid al-‘Ali was listed on 15 August 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” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an a.k.a. of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04) and

Jabhat al-Nusrah, listed as Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14).

Additional information:

Hamid Hamad Hamid al-‘Ali provides financial support to Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant

(QE.A.137.14) in Syria. Ali referred to himself as an ‘Al-Qaida commando’ who raised money and support

for the Al-Nusrah Front and Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01). As of 2013, Ali coordinated with the Al-Nusrah Front in

Syria on the need for funds and supplies and directed donors in Kuwait to send financial and material

support to the terrorist organization. By mid-2013, Ali had raised tens of thousands of dollars to help the

Al-Nusrah Front purchase weapons and supplies. In 2013, Ali travelled to Syria multiple times to deliver

funds for Al-Nusrah Front. In 2013, Ali facilitated the travel to Syria of individuals wishing to fight for the Al

-Nusrah Front and provided these individuals with money to deliver to the terrorist organization. In 2014,

Ali used students in Kuwait to courier funds to the Al-Nusrah Front. Additionally, Ali attempted to facilitate

dialogue between the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, listed as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri

al-Samarrai (QI.A.299.11), and the leader of Jabhat al-Nusrah, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani (QI.A.317.13),

in order to settle the dispute between the two groups. He has travelled several times to Syria during the

summer of 2013 to meet the two terrorist leaders.

Related listed individuals and entities:

Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001

Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04), listed on 18 October 2004

Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14), listed on 14 May 2014

Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai (QI.A.299.11), listed on 5 October 2011

Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani (QI.A.317.13), listed on 24 July 2013

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