In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Taha Al Khuwayt was listed on 19 November 2018 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2368 (2017) 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” and “recruiting for” the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
Taha Al Khuwayt who is also known as Hajji ‘Abd al-Nasir has held several leadership positions in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Within the past five years up to 2019, al-Nasir has served as an ISIL Military Amir in the Syrian Arab Republic as well as chair of the ISIL Delegated Committee, the council that reports to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, listed as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai (QDi.299), and exercises administrative control of ISIL’s affairs. The Delegated Committee is responsible for planning and issuing orders related to ISIL’s military operations, tax collections, religious police, and commercial and security operations.