UN Security Council Adds Two People to ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions List

The United Nations Security Council added two people to its ISIL (Da’esh) and al-Qaida Sanctions List, the council said in an Aug. 14 press release. Ali Maychou, a Moroccan national and member of al-Qaida, and Bah Ag Moussa, a founding member of Ansar Eddine, a militant Islamist group, were sanctioned. The sanctions imposed asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes on Maychou and Moussa.