Entity

Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Listed by UN Security Council, United Kingdom and Canada. No matched entry on the United States and European Union lists. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US No matched entry
• UN Listed
• EU No matched entry
• UK Listed
• CA Listed

Entries on Each List

• UN Security Council

  AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP)

  Reference

  QDe.129

  Listing date

  January 19, 2010

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Match basis

  • Official name match (hand-checked): "Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)", see the Public Safety Canada entry (with CA entry Criminal Code listed entity 7)
  • UN reference number QDe.129 (with UK entry AQD0029)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 12, 2026

• United Kingdom

  AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

  Reference

  AQD0029

  Listing date

  January 19, 2010

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDe.129

  Match basis

  • UN reference number QDe.129 (with UN entry QDe.129)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• Canada

  Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

  Reference

  Criminal Code listed entity 7

  Listing date

  December 23, 2010

  Program or regime as stated

  Criminal Code listed entity

  Match basis

  • Official name match (hand-checked): "Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)", see the Public Safety Canada entry (with UN entry QDe.129)

  Source

  Canada Criminal Code Listed Terrorist Entities, file of December 10, 2025

Same Name, No Shared Identifier

These entities carry an identical name or alias but no identifier ties them to this one, so they are kept separate. They may describe the same subject.

• Al-Qaida i Yemen (EU only)
• Al-Qa'Ida in the Arabian Peninsula (US only)

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (18)

• Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula
• Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
• AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
• AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP)
• Al-Qaida in the South Arabian Peninsula
• Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY)
• Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula
• Al-Qaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
• Al-Qaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP
• Al-Quaida in the South Arabian Peninsula
• Al-Quaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
• Ansar al-Shari'a (AAS)
• Ansar al-Shari'a AAS
• AQAP
• Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al- Arab
• Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al-Arab
• Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al-Arab
• القاعدة في جزيرة العرب

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/un-qde-129/.