UK amends four ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions entries

LONDON, August 14, 2026 — The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office varied four entries under the UK’s UN-backed ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions regime, without removing any of the subjects or lifting their restrictions.

The changes cover three individuals and Ummah Tameer E-Nau, an entity banned in Pakistan. The entity remains subject to an asset freeze and arms embargo. All three individuals remain under asset freezes, arms embargoes and travel bans.

The listed individuals are associated with distinct activity: one with the Islamic Jihad Union, another with providing security for Usama bin Laden, and the third with fundraising for Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant. The entity’s listed information identifies former directors and an address in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Asset-freeze measures prohibit dealing with designated parties’ funds or economic resources or making them available for their benefit, unless an exception or license applies. The notice also says relevant findings must be reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.

Variations can affect sanctions screening and list maintenance because they change information attached to an existing designation. However, the extracted version of the notice does not preserve the formatting needed to determine precisely which names, aliases, addresses, identifiers or other details changed in each entry.