Saudi Arabia adds six people and entities to terrorism blacklist
Saudi Arabia added six names and entities to its terrorism
blacklist for providing Daesh with financial support, Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
reported on Wednesday.
The list was established in consultation with the US and
Gulf neighbors who are part of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC).
Several money transfer businesses were added to the list
including Al-Haram Exchange, Tawasul Company, and Al-Khalidi Exchange.
These businesses have played a vital role in transferring
funds to support Syria-based Daesh fighters and have provided hundreds of
thousands of dollars of liquidity to its terrorist leadership, according to the
TFTC.
The Kingdom also designated Abd Al-Rahman Ali Husayn
Al-Ahmad Al-Rawi, who was selected by Daesh in 2017 to serve as a senior
financial facilitator.
He was one of a few individuals who provided the terrorist
organization significant financial facilitation into and out of Syria.
These entities and Al-Rawi have provided a critical
financial and logistical lifeline to Daesh, its branches, and its global
facilitation networks.
An Afghanistan-based organization and its director who
facilitated the transfer of funds for and to support the activities of Daesh’s
branch in Afghanistan under the auspices of charitable were also added to the
list.
Nejaat Social Welfare Organization and its director Sayed
Habib Ahmad Khan were designated as key Daesh financial facilitators.
Since it was founded in 2017, the TFTC has issued five
rounds of joint designations against over 60 terrorist individuals and entities
around the world.
These designations targeted a wide range of terrorist
organizations including Daesh and its affiliates, Al-Qaeda, Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Taliban.
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