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United States Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations

 
Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations play a critical role in America's fight against terrorism and are an effective means of curtailing support from U.S. Citizens, U.S. Business Owners, U.S. Visa Holders, and those U.S. adjacent to stop supporting terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism business. U.S. law does permit the targetted-killing of U.S. Citizens engaged in terrorism; the confiscation of all assets; and imprisonment including the death penalty. The War on Terror established September 11, 2001, Attacks.
Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Date Designated Name
May 5, 2025 Viv Ansanm
May 5, 2025 Gran Grif
March 5, 2025 Ansarallah
February 20, 2025 Cartel de Sinaloa
February 20, 2025 Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG)
February 20, 2025 Cartel del Noreste
February 20, 2025 La Nueva Familia Michoacana
February 20, 2025 Cartel del Golfo (Gulf Cartel)
February 20, 2025 Carteles Unidos
February 20, 2025 Tren de Aragua
February 20, 2025 Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)
December 1, 2021 Segunda Marquetalia
December 1, 2021 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP)
March 11, 2021 ISIS-DRC
March 11, 2021 ISIS-Mozambique
January 14, 2021 Harakat Sawa’d Misr (HASM)
January 10, 2020 Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
April 15, 2019 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
September 6, 2018 Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)
July 11, 2018 al-Ashtar Brigades
May 23, 2018 ISIS in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS)
February 28, 2018 ISIS-West Africa
February 28, 2018 ISIS-Philippines
February 28, 2018 ISIS-Bangladesh
August 17, 2017 Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
July 1, 2016 al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
May 20, 2016 ISIS-Libya
January 14, 2016 Islamic State’s Khorasan Province (ISIS-K)
September 30, 2015 Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi (JRTN)
April 10, 2014 ISIS-Sinai Province (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis)
— ISIL Sinai Province Amendment (September 30, 2015)
January 13, 2014 Ansar al-Shari’a in Benghazi
January 13, 2014 Ansar al-Shari’a in Darnah
January 13, 2014 Ansar al-Shari’a in Tunisia
December 19, 2013 al-Mulathamun Battalion, aka al-Murabitoun
November 14, 2013 Ansaru
November 14, 2013 Boko Haram
March 22, 2013 Ansar al-Dine (AAD)
September 19, 2012 Haqqani Network (HQN)
May 30, 2012 Abdallah Azzam Brigades
— Marwan Hadid Brigades Amendment (November 2, 2017)
March 13, 2012 Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT)
September 19, 2011 Indian Mujahedeen (IM)
May 23, 2011 Army of Islam (AOI)
November 4, 2010 Jaysh al-Adl (formerly Jundallah)
— Jaysh al-Adl Amendment (July 2, 2019)
September 1, 2010 Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
Date Designated Name
August 6, 2010 Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI)
January 19, 2010 al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
— Ansar al-Shari’a Amendment (October 5, 2012)
July 2, 2009 Kata’ib Hizballah (KH)
May 18, 2009 Revolutionary Struggle (RS)
March 18, 2008 al-Shabaab
— al-Hijra Amendment (August 1, 2018)
March 5, 2008 Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
June 17, 2005 Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)
December 17, 2004 ISIS (formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq)
— Islamic State of Iraq Amendment (January 26, 2012)
— al-Hayat Media Center and Amaq News Agency Amendments (March 22, 2019)
July 13, 2004 Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
March 22, 2004 Ansar al-Islam (AAI)
January 30, 2003 Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)
October 23, 2002 Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
August 9, 2002 Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army (CPP/NPA)
March 27, 2002 al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (formerly Salafist Group for Call and Combat)
— AQIM Amendment (February 20, 2008)
March 27, 2002 Asbat al-Ansar (AAA)
March 27, 2002 Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB)
December 26, 2001 Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)
— Tehrik-e-Tahafuz Qibla Awwal, Tehrik-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool, and Al-Anfal Trust Amendments (June 26, 2014)
— Al Muhammadia Students Amendment (December 30, 2016)
— Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir and Milli Muslim League Amendments (April 4, 2018)
— The Resistance Front Amendment (July 18, 2025)
December 26, 2001 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
May 16, 2001 New Irish Republican Army (formerly Real IRA)
— New IRA Amendment (June 30, 2023)
September 25, 2000 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
October 8, 1999 al-Qa’ida (AQ)
October 8, 1997 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
October 8, 1997 HAMAS
October 8, 1997 Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
— Ansar ul-Ummah Amendment (August 8, 2014)
October 8, 1997 Hizballah
October 8, 1997 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
October 8, 1997 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
October 8, 1997 National Liberation Army (ELN)
October 8, 1997 Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
October 8, 1997 Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
October 8, 1997 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
October 8, 1997 PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
October 8, 1997 Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
October 8, 1997 Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)