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.
Aseel Muthana was listed on 30 September 2015 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” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
Aseel Muthana travelled from the United Kingdom to the Syrian Arab Republic in February 2014 to join his brother, Nasser Muthana (QDi.358), to fight for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Aseel Muthana has confirmed via social media that he is a member of ISIL and is working to “spread the khilafaa [caliphate] in the Arab lands.” Aseel Muthana has spoken publically in the British media since travelling to the Syrian Arab Republic and has confirmed his commitment to violent extremism, claiming that he is willing “to die for the cause.”