LONDON—British officials have welcomed a U.N. decision to place four British jihadis who have joined the ISIS group in Syria on a sanctions list.
Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said Tuesday the action “sends a clear deterrent message to those thinking” of going to Syria to join the extremists.
The British government had asked the U.N. to place the four fighters on the sanctions list. It was the first time since 2006 it had sought such action.
The U.N. on Monday placed Aqsa Mahmood, Nasser Ahmed Muthana, Omar Ali Hussain and Sally-Anne Frances Jones on the list. British officials say this designation means they will face a global asset freeze and a travel ban.
It said Mahmood traveled to Syria in November 2013 to join the extremists and said she is “believed to be a key figure” in a female brigade charged with enforcing ISIS’s interpretation of Islamic law. It said she had recruited women for Islamic State online and used social media to offer advice on how to travel to Syria.
