U.S., Saudi Arabia Name Al-Haramain Charity Branches Terrorist Financiers
Today the U.S. Treasury Department and Saudi Arabia designated five additional branches of the Saudi-based Al-Haramain charity organization as mechanisms for financing terrorism. The designation affects branches in Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the Netherlands.
Over the past two years, U.S. and Saudi officials have made similar designations regarding Al-Haramain branches in Bosnia, Somalia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Kenya, Pakistan and the United States. The charity's former leader, Aqeel Abdulaziz Al-Aqil, has previously been designated as an individual supporting terrorism.
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia will jointly submitting the named entities to the United Nations' 1267 Committee so that they can be added to the consolidated international list of terrorists.
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