The US Department of Treasury announced that they've imposed sanctions on Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf. A Somalia-based businessman with purported ties to I
The US Department of Treasury announced that they’ve imposed sanctions on Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf. A Somalia-based businessman with purported ties to ISIS.
According to the US Department of Treasury, Mr. Yusuf is the head of finance for the ISIS faction in Somalia and played a critical role in the movement of foreign fighters into Somalia.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also designated Yusuf as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) according to the statement.
Similarly, last year the United States designated several Somali nationals under the sanctions list due to there links to ISIS.
ISIS has been operating in Somalia since 2015. Despite being small in number, the insurgents have been able to cause havoc and carry out a reign a terror in Somalia.
The ISIS faction in Somalia is mainly based in the mountains of the Bari region in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland state, with the insurgents also carrying out sporadic attacks in the capital Mogadishu.
Daljir Media Service Desk
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