In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Mohammed Abdel-Halim Hemaida Saleh was listed on 29 February 2016 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2161 (2014) as being associated with 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” Al-Qaida (QDe.004).
Mohammed Abdel-Halim Hemaida Saleh is a member of Al-Qaida (QDe.004). He has been involved in recruiting suicide bombers to go to Syrian Arab Republic and planning terrorist activities against targets in Europe.
In May 2013, Saleh was arrested with others in Egypt for plotting to attack foreign embassies in Cairo. Authorities seized 22 pounds of explosive materials and instructions on how to make bombs and build rockets and model airplanes to use in the attacks.