EU Adds 3 People, 1 Entity to Terrorist Sanctions Regime
The EU added three people and one entity to its terrorist sanctions regime, since the parties were linked to al-Qaida's operations in the Sahel region, the European Council announced June 20. The entries are Sidan Ag-Hitta and Salem ould Breihmatt,…
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senior officials with the al-Qaida affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin, along with the terrorist group's Burkinabe branch Ansarul Islam and its leader Jafar Dicko. The council said the sanctioned parties are responsible for terrorist attacks against civilians at home and in Mali and Burkina Faso, and contribute to the expansion of the terrorist group throughout Western Africa.