QI.A.327.14. ABDELRAHMAN MOUHAMAD ZAFIR AL DABIDI AL JAHANI

Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 15.08.14

Abdelrahman Mouhamad Zafir al Dabidi al Jahani was listed on15 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” and “recruiting for” Jabhat al-Nusrah, listed as Al-Nusrah Front for the

People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14).

Additional information:

Abdelrahman Mouhamad Zafir al Dabidi al Jahani, a former senior leader of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), has

performed various administrative duties for Al-Qaida, including arranging fund transfers, passing

messages and arranging meetings for senior Al-Qaida figures. Between 2006 and 2009, al Jahani

provided logistical support to Al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Al Jahani was responsible for Al-Qaida’s

communications courier network in Waziristan in late 2008, and by mid-2009 was in charge of Al-Qaida

administrative affairs for several areas in North and South Waziristan. Before his departure from Pakistan

to Syria in 2012, al Jahani served on Al-Qaida’s central shura council and as the Al-Qaida chief of security

responsible for counterintelligence.

Al Jahani was listed in early 2011 by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as wanted in connection with

membership or association with Al-Qaida or its regional affiliates. He was charged by Saudi Arabian

authorities with calling for armed combat; defining Saudi Arabia as a legitimate field for battle; being a key

Al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan; travelling to Afghanistan to join Al-Qaida; training in the use

of various weapons, explosives and toxins; providing logistical support to Al-Qaida in Afghanistan; calling

for the murder of citizens and residents; and targeting important facilities and residential compounds. Al

Jahani remains on Saudi Arabian list of 47 most wanted criminals.

After travelling to Syria in 2012, al Jahani became a facilitator in charge of foreign fighter networks within

Jabhat al-Nusrah, and took part in the network of Muhsin Fadhil Ayed Ashour al-Fadhli (QI.A.184.05). As

of mid-2013, al Jahani was working with counterparts in Pakistan to acquire heavy weaponry and trainers

to support Al-Qaida efforts in Syria. In December 2013, he was appointed as a commander for the Latakia

Governorate region alongside Abdul Mohsen Abdallah Ibrahim al Charekh (QI.A.324.14). He maintains an

affiliation with Al-Qaida leadership in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

Related listed individuals and entities:

Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01), listed on 6 October 2001

Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14), listed on 14 May 2014

Muhsin Fadhil Ayed Ashour al-Fadhli (QI.A.184.05), listed on 17 February 2005

Abdul Mohsen Abdallah Ibrahim al Charekh (QI.A.324.14), listed on 15 August 2014

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