Qatar Already Designated Is-Sinai a Terrorist Organization in 2018
The Claim
Qatar has just recently added IS-Sinai to its list of designated terror organizations.
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Social media accounts and pages have recently circulated a claim that Qatar has only recently decided to designate ISIS in the Sinai as a terrorist organization.
Photo Description: The screenshot shows a tweet, dated Oct. 02, 2021, claiming that Qatar has just designated IS-Sinai a terrorist organization.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the claim and verified that it was misleading. Qatar’s national counter-terrorism committee has already added ISIS’s offshoot in the Sinai on its terror watchlist since March 2018.
Photo Description: The photo is a screenshot taken from a news website indicating that IS-Sinai has already been designated a terror group by Qatar.
Qatar’s designation of IS-Sinai as a terrorist organization along with 20 individuals and eight entities was reported in a statement at the time by the country’s counterterrorism committee.
The committee’s statement also said that Qatar remains an active member in the international alliance against ISIS. Its efforts go well beyond merely combating terrorism and into working to eradicate the phenomenon once and for all comprehensively.
Photo Description: The photo shows a screenshot of a news article by a Qatar-based news website dated March 23, 2018.
The Qatari Attorney General also decided on Sept. 29, 2021, to blocklist seven individuals and an entity.
Photo Description: The photo shows a news article reporting Qatar’s newly blacklisted entity and seven individuals.
More information can be found in the statement below published on September 30, 2021.
Translated by: Ahmed N. A. Almassri
