Born: 1982;

Place of Birth: Qamishli, Syria;

Nationality: Syrian;

Organization: Al-Qaeda;

Occupation: Facilitator and financier;

Activities:

Khalil, known as Yasin al-Suri, is an Iran-based senior al-Qa’ida facilitator currently living and operating in Iran under an agreement between al-Qa’ida and the Iranian government.

Iranian authorities maintain a relationship with Khalil and have permitted him to operate within Iran’s borders since 2005.

Khalil moves money and recruits from across the Middle East into Iran, then on to Pakistan for the benefit of al-Qa’ida senior leaders, including Atiyah Abd al-Rahman.

Khalil has collected funding from various donors and fundraisers throughout the Gulf and is responsible for moving significant amounts of money via Iran for onward passage to al-Qa’ida’s leadership in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He has also facilitated the travel of extremist recruits for al-Qa’ida from the Gulf to Pakistan and Afghanistan via Iran.

Khalil requires each operative to deliver $10,000 to al-Qa’ida in Pakistan.

As al-Qa’ida’s representative in Iran, Khalil works with the Iranian government to arrange releases of al-Qa’ida personnel from Iranian prisons.

When al-Qa’ida operatives are released, the Iranian government transfers them to Khalil, who then facilitates their travel to Pakistan.

The Iranian government has rejected as “completely baseless” the charges that Khalil is present in Iran and operating within the country.