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Ali Atwa

Crime · Debarred entity · Export controlled · Military · Sanctioned entity · Wanted

Ali Atwa is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ATWA, Ali · Ali ATWA · Ali Atwa · Ammar Mansour BOUSLIM · Bouslim, Ammar Mansour, · 6 more...				[sources]
Alias	Ammar Mansour BOUSLIM · Ammar Mansour Bouslim · Ammar Mansour Bouslim, Hassan Rostom Salim） · BOUSLIM, Ammar Mansour · Hassan Rostom SALIM · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1960				[sources]
Place of birth	Lebanon · Ливан · レバノン				[sources]
Death date	2021-10-08				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Lebanon · United States				[sources]
Citizenship	Lebanon				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
First name	Ali · Ammar Mansour · Hassan Rostom · Али				[sources]
Hair color	Black				[sources]
Height	5'8"				[sources]
Last name	ATWA · Atwa · BOUSLIM · SALIM · Атуа				[sources]
Physical appearance	None Known				[sources]
Political association	Hezbollah				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`UFNKAV5JX1H6`				[sources]
Weight	150 pounds				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4724683				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Address	Lebanon				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.dans.bg · www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-07	Last processed	2026-04-07	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Ali Atwa was indicted for his role and participation in the June 14, 1985, hijacking of a commercial airliner which resulted in the assault on various passengers and crew members, and the murder of one United States citizen.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Atwa is an alleged member of the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah. He is thought to be in Lebanon.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Build: Medium

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Languages: Arabic

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

(also Ali ATWA , Hassan Rostom SALIM )

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2026-04-04

(also Ammar Mansour BOUSLIM , Ali ATWA )

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2026-03-30

Lebanese terrorist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Data sources

Bulgarian Persons of Interest573

A list of persons and companies sanctioned for involvement with terrorism financing released by the government in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria · OMNIO Compliance · non-official source

US FBI Most Wanted471

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List36,801

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US SAM Procurement Exclusions106,706

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,613

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Taiwan Strategic High-Tech Commodities Entity List10,016

Entities subject to export restrictions due to concerns about the end-use or end-users, particularly relating to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other military applications.

Taiwan · MOEA

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,943

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata328,254

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: omnio-56740b2e97244459a62624307df9f42f91cb5f08 · usgsa-5c216799e80fe5732a161947c91046b050d38fa7 · tw-shtc-daa1721a0f96e1f5f556ad11ec15bdf64c8bfb19 · usgsa-s4mr3p984 · usgsa-s4mr3r2wl · tw-shtc-30f9e4f4c1f2cf2381708201dc0375306713c69b · usgsa-s4mr3r1c3 · us-fbi-ali-atwa · usgsa-ec3b7b40d3318c1080991ff8924b8dc4da8603fc · ofac-6921 · usgsa-3ac47cd422cba674c6f97bc4ba635b10eff4f1c9 · ja-mof-87b7f33b31c7ed311d76d51826113de22b6acf95

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