<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><swiss-sanctions-list list-type="amendment" date="2018-06-05"><sanctions-program ssid="10" version-date="2018-06-06" predecessor-version-date="2018-05-30"><program-key lang="eng">«Al-Qaïda», Taliban</program-key><program-key lang="ger">«Al-Qaïda», Taliban</program-key><program-key lang="fre">«Al-Qaïda», Taliban</program-key><program-key lang="ita">«Al-Qaïda», Taliban</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 2 October 2000 on measures against individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the group «Al-Qaïda» or the Taliban (SR 946.203), annex 2</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 2. Oktober 2000 über Massnahmen gegenüber Personen und Organisationen mit Verbindungen zu Usama bin Laden, der Gruppierung «Al-Qaïda» oder den Taliban (SR 946.203), Anhang 2</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 2 octobre 2000 des mesures à l’encontre de personnes et entités liées à Oussama ben Laden, au groupe «Al-Qaïda» ou aux Taliban (RS 946.203), annexe 2</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza del 2 ottobre 2000 che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti delle persone e delle organizzazioni legate a Osama bin Laden, al gruppo «Al-Qaïda» o ai Taliban (RS 946.203), allegato 2</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="13477" lang="eng">article 3 paragraphs 1 and 2 (Financial sanctions) and articles 4 and 4a (Travel ban)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="13477" lang="ger">Art. 3 Abs. 1 und 2 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 4 sowie 4a (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="13477" lang="fre">art. 3, al. 1 et 2 (Sanctions financières) et art. 4 et 4a (Interdiction de séjour et de transit)</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="13477" lang="ita">art. 3 cpv. 1 e 2 (Sanzioni finanziarie) e art. 4 e 4a (Divieto di entrata e di transito)</sanctions-set><origin>UN</origin></sanctions-program><target sanctions-set-id="13477" ssid="27843"><foreign-identifier>QE.A.137.14.</foreign-identifier><entity><identity ssid="27846" main="true"><name ssid="36565" 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="39052" 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" 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