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.
Yassin Syawal was listed on 9 September 2003 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” or “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” Al-Qaida (QDe.004) and Jemaah Islamiyah (QDe.092).
Yassin Syawal is an operative who provided support to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) (QDe.092) and Al-Qaida (QDe.004) in South-East Asia. Syawal received training in the Al-Qaida operated Chaldun Camp in Afghanistan in the l980s or l990s. When he returned to South-East Asia, he became involved in sectarian conflicts in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syawal, who is the son-in-law of JI co-founder Abdullah Sungkar, collaborated with individuals associated with JI and Al-Qaida in South-East Asia to recruit and train individuals for combat in Sulawesi. Syawal also assisted in importing weapons from the Philippines for use in conflicts in Indonesia. In addition, Syawal participated in planning and facilitating Al-Qaida terrorist plots in South-East Asia. In 1999, Syawal attended a planning session to select assassination targets. The targets selected included Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and other Indonesian figures. Syawal’s role in the plot was to procure weapons for use in the assassinations. Syawal remained at large as at December 2003.