Consolidated List · Al-Qaida
AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA / AIAI
- Reference
- QDe.002
- Type
- entity
- Committee
- Al-Qaida
- Listed on
- 2001-10-06
- Last updated
- 2007-12-21
- Nationality
- -
- Address
- -
Also known as
-
Narrative summary
Reported to have operated in Somalia and Ethiopia and to have merged with Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahidiin (Al-Shabaab), which was accepted as an affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004) by Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QDi.006) in Feb. 2012, and is also subject to the sanctions measures set out in Security Council resolution 1844 (2008) concerning Somalia and Eritrea (see https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/751). Leadership included Hassan Dahir Aweys (QDi.042). AIAI has received funds through the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (Somalia) (QDe.072) INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities
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