Consolidated List · Al-Qaida
AMRU AL-ABSI
- Reference
- QDi.361
- Type
- individual
- Committee
- Al-Qaida
- Listed on
- 2015-09-29
- Last updated
- 2019-05-01
- Nationality
- -
- Date of birth
- 1979 (approximately)
- Place of birth
- Saudi Arabia
- Address
- Homs, Syrian Arab Republic
Also known as
Amr al Absi, Abu al Athir Amr al Absi, Abu al-Athir, Abu al-Asir, Abu Asir, Abu Amr al Shami, Abu al-Athir al-Shami, Abu-Umar al-Absi
Narrative summary
Shura council member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115) and in charge of ISIL’s media arm. ISIL’s provincial leader for Homs, Syrian Arab Republic as of mid-2014. Dubbed as the ISIL’s “kidnapper-in-chief” INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals
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