Sa'd bin Sa'd Muhammad Shariyan Al Ka'bi

Sa’d bin Sa’d Muhammad Shariyan Al Ka’bi (also: Sa'd Sa'd Muhammad Shiryan al-Ka'bi and Sa'd al-Sharyan al-Ka'bi) is a known Qatari financier and facilitator of financial services that support the Qatari branch of Al-Qaeda, as well as Al-Nusra Front (ANF) for the People of the Levant (ANF), an al-Qaeda Syria based affiliate, which is listed by the United States as a terrorist group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries/individual/sa'd-bin-sa'd-muhammad-shariyan-al-ka'bi|title=Sa'd bin Sa'd Muhammad Shariyan al-Ka'bi|publisher=United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Organs|access-date=2016-06-29}}

According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Al Ka’abi was designated to the list because he has been involved in complex schemes to continue the flow of funds that aid violent terrorist activities networks in Syria, Pakistan, and Sudan since at least 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/250318-us-slaps-sanctions-on-financial-supporters-of-al-qaeda/|title=US slaps sanctions on al Qaeda supporters|last=Shabad|first=Rebecca|date=2015-08-05|access-date=2016-06-29}}

In early 2014, al- Ka’abi arranged donation campaigns in Qatar, as requested of him by an ANF associate. He helped raise significant funds, by which the money raised was used for the purchase of arms and food for al-Nusra.{{Cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0143|title=Treasury Designates Financial Supporters of Al-Qaida and Al-Nusrah Front|website=U.S. Department of the Treasury|date=2015-08-05|access-date=2016-06-29}}

He was also involved in hostage exchange incidents with ANF. He was officially requested by the organization to act as an intermediary in collecting and facilitating a ransom payment in exchange for the release of a hostage held by ANF.

Al-Ka’bi was involved in the Madad Ahl al-Sham campaign, which posed as a charity organization by which supporters of Al-Nusra Front could provide funding.{{Cite web|url=http://stopterrorfinance.org/stories/510649691-getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends|title=Getting By With A Little Help From Our Friends|website=Consortium Against Terror Financing|access-date=2016-06-29|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818051541/http://stopterrorfinance.org/stories/510649691-getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends}}{{Cite web|url=http://dohanews.co/report-qatar-boosting-anti-terrorism-efforts-amid-new-threats/|title=Report: Qatar boosting anti-terrorism efforts amid new threats|date=2015-06-20|access-date=2016-06-29|last=Kovessy|first=Peter}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/syrian-conflict-said-to-fuel-sectarian-tensions-in-persian-gulf/2013/12/18/e160ad82-6831-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html|title=Syrian conflict said to fuel sectarian tensions in Persian Gulf|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2016-06-29|last=Warrick|first=Joby}}

He has also been linked to and worked closely with controversial individuals including Hamid Hamad Hamid al-'Ali, a Kuwaiti ANF fundraiser, in 2013 when he received funding from him to support ANF and Abd al-Latif al-Kawari, who he worked with on the Mahid Ahl Sham campaign.{{cite web|url=https://press.un.org/en/2019/sc13799.doc.htm|title=Security Council ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends 80 Entries on Its Sanctions List|date=2019-05-01|publisher=United Nations|access-date=2022-08-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.derechos.org/peace/syria/doc/qat1.html|title=Equipo Nizkor - Analysis: Qatar still negligent on terror finance.|publisher=Equipo Nizkor|last=Weinberg|first=David|access-date=2016-06-29}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/08/analysis-qatar-still-negligent-on-terror-finance.php|title=Analysis: Qatar still negligent on terror finance|last=Weinberg|first=David ANdrew|date=2015-08-19|publisher=The Long War Journal|access-date=2016-06-29}}

As of August 2015, he has been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1198626|title=US sanctions financiers of Syrian rebels with links in Pakistan|date=2015-08-06|access-date=2016-06-29}} and been placed on the United States Treasury sanctions list for designated financiers of terrorism for his illicit financial activities in an effort to target the funding networks of terrorist organizations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/americas/us-names-two-qatari-nationals-as-financiers-of-terrorism|title=US names two Qatari nationals as financiers of terrorism|publisher=The National|last=Khan|first=Taimur|date=5 August 2015 |access-date=2016-06-29}} He has since been placed on numerous sanctions lists for the same reasons including those of the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Australia, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and others.{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52015XC0930(03)|title=Notice for the attention of Abd Al-Aziz Aday Zimin Al-Fadhil, Abd Al-Latif Bin Abdallah Salih Muhammad Alkawari, Hamad Awad Dahi Sarhan Al-Shammari and Sa'd Bin Sa'd Muhammad Shariyan Al-Ka'bi which were added to the list referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaeda network, by virtue of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1740|date=2015-09-30|publisher=EUR-Lex|access-date=2022-08-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/security/sanctions/sanctions-regimes|title=Sanctions regimes|website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=2016-06-29}}{{cite web|url=http://cdcpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gazette-Of-Pakistan-%E2%80%93-S.R.O-No-967I2015.compressed.pdf|title=Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan|date=2015-10-06|publisher=CDC Pakistan|access-date=2022-08-14|url-status=live|archive-date=2021-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724221419/https://cdcpakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gazette-Of-Pakistan-%E2%80%93-S.R.O-No-967I2015.compressed.pdf}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-list-of-designated-persons-al-qaida|title=Financial sanctions, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=2016-06-29|date=2022-06-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20162008/egn201620081004.pdf|title=United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance (Chapter 575)|date=2016-08-20|publisher=GLD.gv.hk|url-status=live|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119165806/http://gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20162008/egn201620081004.pdf}}

These sanctions allow to US Department of Treasury to confiscate any of his assets under American jurisdiction, as well as forbid any commercial interaction between him and any United States citizens.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/world/middleeast/us-imposes-sanctions-on-2-qataris-for-qaeda-ties.html|title=U.S. Imposes Sanctions on 2 Qataris for Qaeda Ties|date=2015-08-05|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-06-29}} Under the UN's Security Council's Al-Qaida Sanctions he is under similar restrictions with having his assets frozen and a travel ban and arms embargo placed on him.{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12053.doc.htm|title=Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Names of Four Individuals to Its Sanctions List|access-date=2016-06-29|date=2015-09-21|publisher=United Nations}}