Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani
Faysal Ahmad Bin 'Ali al-Zahrani (
Early life
He was born on 18–19 January 1986 in Saudi Arabia. He is also known as Abu Sara al-Jazrawi, Abu Sarah al-Saudi and Abu Sarah al-Zahrani.[1]
Islamic State
He joined Islamic State in June 2014. In July 2014, he joined the natural resources ministry (Diwan al-Rikaz), which oversees the Islamic State's trade in oil and gas.[citation needed]
In January 2015, he controlled five oil fields. As head of IS's oil and gas division in Al-Hasakah Governorate, he oversaw the activities of seven IS oil and gas officials. He sent the IS treasury tens of millions of dollars in oil and gas revenues between September 2014 and March 2015.[citation needed]
As of May 2015, he was the IS oil and gas division official for
By August 2015, he was in charge of all IS oil and gas activities in al-Barakah Province, which included supervising oil auctions to local merchants. As of December 2015, al-Zahrani remained responsible for ISIL oil and gas activities in the areas around Al-Shaddadah.[2]
US and UN sanctions
He was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury on 11 February 2016.
He was listed by the United Nations Security Council on 20 April 2016 "as being associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq".[3]
References
- ^ "Counter Terrorism Designation". Treasury.gov. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Key ISIL Leaders and Facilitators Including a Senior Oil Official". Treasury.gov. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Faysal Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Zahrani | United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Organs". Un.org. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.