# Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
**AGENCY:**
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**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.