In accordance with paragraph 36 of resolution 2161 (2014) , 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.
Hamid Hamad Hamid al-‘Ali was listed on 15 August 2014 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 (ISIL), an a.k.a. of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115) and Jabhat al-Nusrah, listed as Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137).
Hamid Hamad Hamid al-‘Ali provides financial support to Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QDe.137) in Syria. Ali referred to himself as an ‘Al-Qaida commando’ who raised money and support for the Al-Nusrah Front and Al-Qaida (QDe.004). As of 2013, Ali coordinated with the Al-Nusrah Front in Syria on the need for funds and supplies and directed donors in Kuwait to send financial and material support to the terrorist organization. By mid-2013, Ali had raised tens of thousands of dollars to help the Al-Nusrah Front purchase weapons and supplies. In 2013, Ali travelled to Syria multiple times to deliver funds for Al-Nusrah Front. In 2013, Ali facilitated the travel to Syria of individuals wishing to fight for the Al-Nusrah Front and provided these individuals with money to deliver to the terrorist organization. In 2014, Ali used students in Kuwait to courier funds to the Al-Nusrah Front. Additionally, Ali attempted to facilitate dialogue between the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, listed as Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai (QDi.299), and the leader of Jabhat al-Nusrah, Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani (QDi.317), in order to settle the dispute between the two groups. He has travelled several times to Syria during the summer of 2013 to meet the two terrorist leaders.