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.
Morad Laaboudi 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” the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
As of early 2015, Morad Laaboudi was a foreign terrorist fighter facilitator for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). As of March 2015, he was a Turkey-based facilitator for ISIL's bureau of immigration and processing, which assisted people in crossing the Turkish-Syria border. As of March 2015, he was an ISIL member in Gaziantep, Turkey, and was involved in ISIL’s outreach to armed opposition groups.