UN Updates Three Al-Qaida List Entries to Record Two Militants Held in France
The UN Security Council's ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended three entries on its sanctions list on 26 October 2026. Emilie Edwige Konig, a French woman who joined ISIL in Syria, is now recorded as detained in France; the 2015 French arrest warrant has been removed from her entry and her gender added. Peter Cherif, a member of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, is now recorded in custody in France rather than in Al Mukalla, Yemen, gains the good-quality alias Abou Hamza, and has his 2024 life sentence restated. Oumar Diaby, a Senegalese national, has his alias corrected to Omar Omsen and his armed group linked to Al-Qaida as well as Al-Nusrah Front. All three remain subject to the UN assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo, and all three are also listed by OFAC, the UK and the EU. Separately, the EU renewed two regimes and aligned its DRC regime with resolution 2825.
This issue
- New designations
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- Removals
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- Entries amended
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- Sources monitored
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Same Names, New Particulars
The changes are factual updates rather than new listings. Konig, a French woman who joined ISIL in Syria, is now recorded as detained in France; the 2015 French arrest warrant has gone from her entry and her gender is stated. Cherif, an Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula member, is recorded in custody in France rather than in Al Mukalla, Yemen, and his 2024 life sentence is restated. Diaby, a Senegalese national the UN still places in Syria, has his alias corrected from Oumar Omsen to Omar Omsen and his armed group linked to Al-Qaida as well as Al-Nusrah Front.
The UK amended its matching entries (AQD0167, AQD0284, AQD0286) on 27 October and also delisted the three individuals the UN removed on 24 October, which we reported yesterday. Those UK moves, and the matching updates from Australia, India, Qatar and Taiwan, follow the UN and are not reported again. The OFAC SDN List, the EU file and Canada's list did not change.
Party detail
Every row below was read against the issuing authority's own notice, not against a press report. Aliases are reproduced in full, including non Latin script forms, because the alias field is where a screening run usually fails. Identifiers are published sanctions data.
| Party | Action and instrument | Identifiers | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilie Edwige KONIG | AmendmentUN Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015); measures under paragraph 1 of resolution 2734 (2024) | Date of birth: 9 Dec 1984Place of birth: Ploemeur, FranceNationality: FrancePassport: 05AT521433 (France), issued 30 Nov 2005 in LorientNational ID: 050456101445 (France), issued 19 May 2005 in LorientNational ID: 0205561020089 (France), issued 30 May 2002 under the name Emilie Edwige KonigAddress: France (in detention) | Entry amended by the UN ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee on 26 October 2026 (press release SC/16490); the person remains listed. Listed on 23 Sep 2014. UN narrative: French terrorist fighter who travelled to Syria and joined ISIL, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115); active in radicalising and propagating Al-Qaida's ideology online and inciting violence against France. Also listed by OFAC (SDN entry 18632, KONIG, Emilie), the UK (Unique ID AQD0167) and the EU. |
| Oumar DIABY | AmendmentUN Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015); measures under paragraph 1 of resolution 2734 (2024) | Date of birth: 5 Aug 1975Place of birth: Dakar, SenegalNationality: SenegalAddress: Syrian Arab Republic (located in) | Entry amended by the UN ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee on 26 October 2026 (press release SC/16490); the person remains listed. Listed on 23 Sep 2014. UN narrative: Leader of an armed group linked to Al-Qaida and Al-Nusrah Front and a key facilitator for foreign terrorist fighters travelling to Syria; active in terrorist propaganda online. Also listed by OFAC (SDN entry 20521, DIABY, Omar, a.k.a. DIABY, Oumar), the UK (Unique ID AQD0284) and the EU. |
| Peter CHERIF | AmendmentUN Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015); measures under paragraph 1 of resolution 2734 (2024) | Date of birth: 26 Aug 1982Place of birth: Paris, 20th district, FranceNationality: FranceAddress: France (in custody) | Entry amended by the UN ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee on 26 October 2026 (press release SC/16490); the person remains listed. Listed on 29 Sep 2015. UN narrative: Member of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (QDe.129), sentenced to life imprisonment in France on 3 October 2024 for his involvement in a terrorist organisation. Also listed by OFAC (SDN entry 18633, CHERIF, Peter, a.k.a. 'CHERAF, Abu Hamza'), the UK (Unique ID AQD0286) and the EU. |
What this means for your organisation
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Refresh the three UN records today: Load the new address, alias and narrative fields for Emilie Edwige Konig (QDi.340), Oumar Diaby (QDi.342) and Peter Cherif (QDi.376), and keep the superseded values as historical aliases and addresses.
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Re-screen files that touch France, Senegal, Syria or Yemen: Residence for Konig and Cherif now reads France, so engines that weight country may score existing customers differently; review any alert cleared on a residence mismatch.
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Add Abou Hamza and Omar Omsen to the matching set: Both are new or corrected alias forms; resolve Abou Hamza hits on date of birth (26 Aug 1982) and French nationality, since the name is common.
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Note the EU regime renewals and the new DRC criterion: The EU's autonomous ISIL (Da'esh)/Al-Qaeda and Transnistria regimes now run to 31 October 2027, and EU DRC listings may now rest on obstructing MONUSCO.
Where this issue came from
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Method statement
Each amendment is read from the UN consolidated list generated on 26 October 2026, compared field by field with the list generated on 24 October and checked against the strikethrough and underline text of press release SC/16490. Every name and alias was searched on the OFAC, UK and EU lists.
Corrections
No corrections issued for this issue. Corrections are published on the issue they affect, dated, with the original text retained.Cite this issue
Vyra from Youverify. "UN Updates Three Al-Qaida List Entries to Record Two Militants Held in France." Youverify Sanctions Monitor, issue 155, 27 October 2026. https://youverify.co/en/sanctions/2026-10-27. Accessed 27 October 2026.