UK updates 21 ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions entries

LONDON, August 20, 2026 — The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said the changes comprise 21 variations to the UK Sanctions List under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida regime. The notice covers 13 individuals and eight entities. No entry was removed from sanctions as part of the update.

The individuals remain subject to asset freezes, arms embargoes and travel bans. The listed entities remain subject to asset freezes and arms embargoes. A variation changes information attached to an existing designation following an official decision-making process and does not itself remove the designation.

Among the updated individual entries is Indonesian national Umar Patek, a senior Jemaah Islamiyah member convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings. His entry now records that he was released on parole in 2022 and, as of late 2025, operated a business in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Other varied individuals include Riduan Isamuddin, also known as Hambali; Salim Y Salamuddin Julkipli; Isnilon Hapilon; Yahia Djouadi; Ahmed Deghdegh; Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri; Muhammad Jabril Abdul Rahman; Monir Chouka; Mochammad Achwan; Boubaker Ben Habib Ben al-Hakim; Peter Cherif; and Abu Ubaydah Yusuf al-Anabi.

The eight entities include Wafa Humanitarian Organization, Ummah Tameer E-Nau, Afghan Support Committee, Lashkar I Jhangvi, Al-Haramain Foundation (Pakistan), Islamic Jihad Group, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and MUJAO. The Al-Haramain Foundation entry now states that, as of late 2025, it was inactive and had no structures in Pakistan.

UK rules require funds or economic resources belonging to designated persons to be frozen and generally prohibit making funds or resources available to them without an applicable exception or Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation license.