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Treasury has announced the imposition of sanctions on three key terrorist financiers under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. Two of the individuals designated, Shafi Sultan Mohammed al-Ajmi and Hajjaj Fahd Hajjaj Muhammad Sahib al-'Ajmi, are Kuwait-based and support the Syria-based, al-Qaida-linked terrorist organization Al Nusrah Front (ANF); one individual, 'Abd al-Rahman Khalaf 'Ubayd Juday' al-'Anizi, is a financier and facilitator of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), previously known as al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI). Each has been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Information regarding the individuals has been posted in a BOL OFAC Update.