Arrest warrant issued by Tunisian Court of First Instance on 23 Aug 2013. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 24 Nov 2020.
Seifallah ben Hassine is the leader of Ansar al-Shari’a in Tunisia (AAS-T) (SSID 10-29152). Under ben Hassine’s leadership, AAS-T has been implicated in attacks against Tunisian security forces, assassinations of Tunisian political figures, and an attempted bombing of a tourist hotel. Ben Hassine has links to the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (SSID 10-17785). Prior to his founding of AAS-T, Seifallah ben Hassine was a founder of the Tunisian Combatant Group (SSID 10-17799), which organized the recruitment of volunteers for training in Al-Qaida (SSID 10-17297) related camps in Afghanistan.
Seifallah ben Hassine was listed on 23 Sep 2014 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2161 (2014) as being associated with Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (SSID 10-17785), the Tunisian Combatant Group (SSID 10-17799) and Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia (AAS-T) (SSID 10-29152).
On 30 Oct 2013, AAS-T attempted to carry out suicide attacks against two tourist sites in Tunisia. The first attack took place when a bomber blew himself up outside a hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, resulting in no other fatalities. That same day, police prevented a suicide bombing in Monastir, Tunisia, when they arrested a would-be bomber at the Tomb of Habib Bourguiba.
In Sep 2012, AAS-T was involved in an attack against the United States Embassy and the American Community School in Tunis, Tunisia. In 2013, AAS-T was implicated in the assassination of two Tunisian politicians: in Feb 2013, Chokri Belaid was assassinated in front of his home by members of AAS-T, and in Jul 2013, Mohamed Brahmi was assassinated outside his home by members of AAS-T.