al-Qaeda
United States v. Mahmoud Al Hafyan
Status: Mahmoud Al Hafyan: Charged, November 19, 2024
- District
- District of Columbia
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- al-Qaeda
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- November 19, 2024
Primary Sources
- Syrian National Charged with Diverting $9 Million in U.S.-funded Humanitarian Assistance to a Terrorist Organization Affiliated with Al-Qaida, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, November 19, 2024
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Mahmoud Al Hafyan
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, November 19, 2024)
- From the DOJ release:
According to the indictment, Al Hafyan, aka Abu Abdo Al-Homsi, was the head of a non-governmental organization (NGO-1) in the NGO’s regional office in Syria.
- Age
- 53 (per DOJ release of November 19, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- illegally diverting more than $9 million in U.S.-funded humanitarian aid to armed combatant groups, including the Al-Nusrah Front (ANF), a designated foreign terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaida
- Charged or arrested
- November 19, 2024
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Mahmoud Al Hafyan," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-hafyan-2024/