<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><swiss-sanctions-list list-type="amendment" date="2026-02-27"><sanctions-program ssid="500" version-date="2026-03-02" predecessor-version-date="2025-11-07"><program-key lang="eng">ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida</program-key><program-key lang="ger">ISIL (Da'esh) und Al-Kaida</program-key><program-key lang="fre">EIIL (Daech) et Al-Qaïda</program-key><program-key lang="ita">ISIL (Da'esh) e Al-Qaeda</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance on measures against persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung über Massnahmen gegenüber bestimmten Personen, Gruppen, Unternehmen und Organisationen, die mit den Organisationen ISIL (Da’esh) und Al‑Kaida in Verbindung stehen</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance instituant des mesures à l’encontre de personnes, groupes, entreprises et entités liés aux organisations EIIL (Daech) et Al‑Qaïda</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti delle persone, dei gruppi, delle imprese e delle entità legati alle organizzazioni dell’ISIL (Da’esh) e di Al‑Qaeda</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="47224" lang="eng">article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 (Financial sanctions) and articles 4 (Travel ban)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="47224" lang="ger">Art. 3 Abs. 1 und 2 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 4 (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="47224" lang="fre">art. 3, al. 1 et 2 (Sanctions financières) et art. 4 (Interdiction de séjour et de transit)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="47224" lang="ita">art. 3 cpv. 1 e 2 (Sanzioni finanziarie) e art. 4 (Divieto di entrata e di transito)</sanctions-set><origin>UN</origin></sanctions-program><target ssid="88079"><sanctions-set-id>47224</sanctions-set-id><foreign-identifier>QDe.137</foreign-identifier><entity><identity ssid="88081" main="true"><name ssid="88084" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Al-Nusrah Front For The People Of The Levant</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">جبھة النصرة لأھل الشام</spelling-variant></name-part></name><name ssid="88085" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">هيئة تحرير الشام</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Hayat Tahrir al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Assembly for the Liberation of Syria</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Liberation of al-Sham Commission</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Liberation of the Levant Organisation Tahrir al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at</spelling-variant></name-part></name><name ssid="88086" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>The Victory Front</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">جبهة النصرة</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Jabhat al-Nusrah</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Jabhet al-Nusra</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Al-Nusrah Front</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Al-Nusra Front</spelling-variant></name-part></name><name ssid="88087" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Jabhat Fath al Sham</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">جبھة فتح الشام</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Jabhat Fath al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Jabhat Fatah al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Fatah al-Sham Front</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="ENG" script="LATN" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Fateh al-Sham Front</spelling-variant></name-part></name><name ssid="88088" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Conquest of the Levant Front</value></name-part></name><name ssid="88089" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>The Front for the Liberation of al Sham</value></name-part></name><name ssid="88090" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Front for the Conquest of Syria/the Levant</value></name-part></name><name ssid="88091" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Front for the Liberation of the Levant</value></name-part></name><name ssid="88092" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Front for the Conquest of Syria</value></name-part></name><name ssid="88093" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Ansar al-Mujahideen Network</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">شبكة أنصار المجاھدین</spelling-variant></name-part></name><name ssid="88094" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Levantine Mujahideen on the Battlefields of Jihad</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">مجاھدو الشام في ساحات الجھاد</spelling-variant></name-part></name><address ssid="88082" place-id="220" quality="good"><remark>Operates in</remark></address><address ssid="88083" place-id="108" quality="good"><remark>Support network</remark></address></identity><other-information ssid="88080">Associated with Al-Qaida (QDe.004). Brought Syrian and foreign Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115) and Asbat al-Ansar (QDe.007) fighters, along with other foreign Al-Qaida operatives, to join local elements in Syrian Arab Republic to carry out terrorist and guerrilla operations there. Previously associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115), and its leader Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai (QDi.299) but separated from that group in 2013. In Jul. 2016, Abu Mohammed Al-Jawlani (QDi.317), the leader of Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, announced the group had changed its name to Jabhat Fath al-Sham and was no longer affiliated with any external entity. Despite the announcement and attempts to distinguish itself from Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, the group remains aligned with Al-Qaida and continues to carry out terrorist operations under this new name. In January 2017, Al-Nusrah Front created Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a vehicle to advance its position in the Syrian insurgency and further its own goals as Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria. Previously listed between 30 May 2013 and 13 May 2014 as an aka of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 15 November 2021. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.</other-information></entity><modification modification-type="de-listed" enactment-date="2026-03-02" publication-date="2026-03-02" effective-date="2026-02-27"/></target><place ssid="108"><country iso-code="IQ">Iraq</country></place><place ssid="220"><country iso-code="SY">Syrian Arab Republic</country></place></swiss-sanctions-list>