Person

Sami Ben Khemais Essid

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

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

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

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

• United States

  Sami Ben Khemais ESSID

  Reference

  OFAC entry 7208

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  SDGT

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1968-02-10

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1968-02-10) (with EU entry EU.625.43)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• UN Security Council

  SAMI BEN KHAMIS BEN SALEH ELSSEID

  Reference

  QDi.064

  Listing date

  April 24, 2002

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1968-02-10

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1968-02-10) (with EU entry EU.625.43)
  • UN reference number QDi.064 (with UK entry AQD0311)

  Source

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

• United Kingdom

  SAMI BEN KHAMIS BEN SALEH ELSSEID

  Reference

  AQD0311

  Listing date

  April 24, 2002

  Program or regime as stated

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

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDi.064
  Date of birth 1968-02-10

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1968-02-10) (with EU entry EU.625.43)
  • UN reference number QDi.064 (with UN entry QDi.064)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  Omar El Mouhajer

  Reference

  EU.625.43

  Listing date

  Not stated on the entry; earliest regulation cited was published January 16, 2015

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1968-02-10
  Regulations 2015/64 (OJ L11)

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1968-02-10) (with UK entry AQD0311)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

Program Assignment

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

Names and Aliases on the Lists (7)

• Omar El Mouhajer
• Saber
• SAMI BEN KHAMIS BEN SALEH ELSSEID
• Sami Ben Khamis Ben Saleh ELSSEID
• Sami Ben Khamis Ben Saleh Elsseid
• Sami Ben Khemais ESSID
• سامي بن خميس بن صالح الصيد

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Sami Ben Khemais Essid," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-7208/.