THE UNITED STATES IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON SAMI AL-URAYDI, A SENIOR AL-QAEDA HURRAS AL-DIN LEADER

  

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• The US Department of State designated Sami Mahmud Mohammed al-Uraydi,[4] the senior religious authority of the Guardians of Religion Organization, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Al-Uraydi is accused of involvement in planning terrorist attacks against the United States and Israel. Economic sanctions were imposed on him, and the US Department of State offered a reward of up to five million US dollars to anyone who provided information leading to his identification or details of his whereabouts (US Department of State, April 11, 2023).