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Al-Nusrah Front

Designation status by government

Listed by the European Union; not on the UN or UK lists as of 16 Oct 2026, or the US SDN list as of 18 Oct 2026.

  • UN Security CouncilNot on the list as of 16 Oct 2026
  • United StatesNot on the list as of 18 Oct 2026
  • European UnionOn the list; file date 2014
  • United KingdomNot on the list as of 16 Oct 2026

A designation is a government act, not an MEF finding. Each line below quotes the list and links the government’s own notice.

Listing Timeline

Listing timeline for Al-Nusrah Front Earliest dated act and later amendments carried in each list file, 2010 to 2026. The table below gives every dated event. 2010 2015 2020 2025 EU 29 May 2014
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Status on Each List

  1. UN Security Council Consolidated ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on UN list as of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on the UN Security Council Consolidated List as of 16 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

  2. U.S. OFAC SDN ListAs of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on US SDN list as of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on the U.S. OFAC SDN List as of 18 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

  3. EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions ListAs of 15 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The Council of the European Union lists Al-Nusra Front (entry EU.3802.38).

    Program as written on the list: “TAQA”

    Council of the European Union, "Al-Nusra Front," EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, EU.3802.38, file of 15 Oct 2026.

  4. UK Sanctions ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on UK list as of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on the UK Sanctions List as of 16 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

  5. U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated ListAs of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on US non-SDN list as of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on the U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated List as of 18 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

Listing History

Dated events as carried in each list file. OFAC dates are the entry-creation dates in OFAC’s advanced SDN file.
DateListEventAct or source
29 May 2014EUEU act amending the entry583/2014 (OJ L160)
14 Jun 2017EUEU act amending the entry2017/998 (OJ L150)
11 Jun 2018EUEU act amending the entry2018/855 (OJ L146)

Names as Listed

  • Al-Nusra Front
  • Al-Nusrah Front
  • Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant
  • Ansar al-Mujahideen Network
  • Assembly for the Liberation of Syria
  • Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant
  • Conquest of the Levant Front
  • Fatah al-Sham Front
  • Fateh al-Sham Front
  • Front for the Conquest of Syria
  • Front for the Conquest of Syria/the Levant
  • Front for the Liberation of the Levant
  • Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
  • Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham
  • Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
  • Jabhat Fatah al-Sham
  • Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham
  • Jabhat Fath al Sham
  • Jabhat Fath al-Sham
  • Jabhat al-Nusrah
  • Jabhet al-Nusra
  • Levantine Mujahideen on the Battlefields of Jihad
  • Liberation of al-Sham Commission
  • Liberation of the Levant Organisation Tahrir al-Sham
  • Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at
  • The Front for the Liberation of al Sham
  • the Victory Front

Identifiers

EU:7351

Entries are joined across lists only by a shared UN reference number, IMO number or an editor’s hand-checked crosswalk (this entity is in the crosswalk).