UN updates sanctions records for three ISIL and Al-Qaida-linked individuals

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2026 – The Security Council's ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended the entries of Emilie Edwige Konig (QDi.340), Oumar Diaby (QDi.342) and Peter Cherif (QDi.376) under its counterterrorism sanctions regime.

The amendments update identifying information and biographical details for the three individuals, who remain subject to an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo under Security Council Resolution 2734 (2024). The changes do not constitute new designations or removals from the sanctions list.

Konig, a French national originally designated in September 2014 for her association with ISIL, has had her location updated to France, where she is in detention. Her record previously identified her as being in Syria. The amendments also update information concerning her detention and identifying particulars.

Diaby, a Senegalese national associated with Al-Qaida and the Al-Nusrah Front in Syria, has had his identifying information revised, including an amendment to his alias from Oumar Omsen to Omar Omsen. His listing continues to identify him as a leader of an armed group involved in facilitating the movement of foreign terrorist fighters to Syria.

Cherif, a French national associated with Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, has had his location updated from Yemen to France, where he is in custody. His amended record also reflects his October 2024 life sentence imposed by a French court for involvement in a terrorist organization and adds the alias Abou Hamza.

The committee said the amendments were adopted under its sanctions framework established by resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).

The changes require sanctions screening systems to incorporate revised identifying information to ensure accurate matching against designated individuals. All three remain subject to the existing UN counterterrorism sanctions measures.