[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 29178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09621]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have 
been placed on OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and 
Blocked Persons (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or 
more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are 
blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in 
transactions with them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant 
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action(s)

    On May 2, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests in 
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individuals

    1. ALSHEAK, Omar (a.k.a. AL-SHEIKH, Jihad Issa; a.k.a. ``ZAKKUR, 
Abu-Ahmad''; a.k.a. ``ZAKOUR, Abu Ahmed''), Kilis Province, Turkey; 
DOB 05 Jan 1979; POB Aleppo, Syria; nationality Syria; Gender Male; 
Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as 
amended by Executive Order 13886; Passport 011965412 (Syria) 
(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: AL-NUSRAH FRONT).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of Executive Order 
13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting 
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support 
Terrorism,'' 66 FR 49079, as amended by Executive Order 13886 of 
September 9, 2019, ``Modernizing Sanctions To Combat Terrorism,'' 84 
FR 48041 (E.O. 13224, as amended), for having acted or purported to 
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, AL-NUSRAH FRONT, a 
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to E.O. 13224.
    2. SARI, Kubilay (a.k.a. KUBILAY, Sari; a.k.a. SARI, Kubilav), 
Istanbul, Turkey; DOB 27 May 1991; POB Seyhan, Turkey; nationality 
Turkey; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of 
Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Passport 
A08J00530 (Turkey); National ID No. 21691072558 (Turkey) 
(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: KATIBAT AL TAWHID WAL JIHAD).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 13224, as 
amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or 
services to or in support of, KATIBAT AL TAWHID WAL JIHAD, a person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
E.O. 13224, as amended.

    Dated: May 2, 2023.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-09621 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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