Foreign Terrorist Organzations
ACCORDING TO BUREAU OF COUNTER TERRORISM,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. FTO designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism business.
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Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations |
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Date Designated |
Name |
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10/8/1997 |
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) |
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10/8/1997 |
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) |
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10/8/1997 |
Aum Shinrikyo (AUM) |
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10/8/1997 |
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) |
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10/8/1997 |
Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) (IG) |
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10/8/1997 |
HAMAS |
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10/8/1997 |
Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) |
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10/8/1997 |
Hizballah |
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10/8/1997 |
Kahane Chai (Kach) |
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10/8/1997 |
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) (Kongra-Gel) |
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10/8/1997 |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) |
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10/8/1997 |
National Liberation Army (ELN) |
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10/8/1997 |
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) |
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10/8/1997 |
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) |
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10/8/1997 |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLF) |
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10/8/1997 |
PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC) |
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10/8/1997 |
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) |
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10/8/1997 |
Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) |
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10/8/1997 |
Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) |
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10/8/1997 |
Shining Path (SL) |
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10/8/1999 |
al-Qa’ida (AQ) |
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9/25/2000 |
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) |
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5/16/2001 |
Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) |
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12/26/2001 |
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) |
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12/26/2001 |
Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LeT) |
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3/27/2002 |
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB) |
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3/27/2002 |
Asbat al-Ansar (AAA) |
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3/27/2002 |
al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) |
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8/9/2002 |
Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) |
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10/23/2002 |
Jemaah Islamiya (JI) |
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1/30/2003 |
Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ) |
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3/22/2004 |
Ansar al-Islam (AAI) |
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7/13/2004 |
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) |
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12/17/2004 |
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) |
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12/17/2004 |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al-Qa'ida in Iraq) |
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6/17/2005 |
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) |
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3/5/2008 |
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) |
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3/18/2008 |
al-Shabaab |
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5/18/2009 |
Revolutionary Struggle (RS) |
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7/2/2009 |
Kata'ib Hizballah (KH) |
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1/19/2010 |
al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) |
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8/6/2010 |
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI) |
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9/1/2010 |
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) |
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11/4/2010 |
Jundallah |
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5/23/2011 |
Army of Islam (AOI) |
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9/19/2011 |
Indian Mujahedeen (IM) |
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3/13/2012 |
Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) |
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5/30/2012 |
Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB) |
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9/19/2012 |
Haqqani Network (HQN) |
| 3/22/2013 |
Ansar al-Dine (AAD) |
| 11/14/2013 |
Boko Haram |
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11/14/2013 |
Ansaru |
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12/19/2013 |
al-Mulathamun Battalion |
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1/13/2014 |
Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi |
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1/13/2014 |
Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah |
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1/13/2014 |
Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia |
| 4/10/2014 |
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis |
| 5/15/2014 |
al-Nusrah Front |
| 8/20/2014 |
Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) |
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Delisted Foreign Terrorist Organizations |
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Date Removed |
Name |
Date Orginally Designated |
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10/8/1999 |
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine -Hawatmeh Faction |
10/8/1997 |
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10/8/1999 |
Khmer Rouge |
10/8/1997 |
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10/8/1999 |
Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Dissidents |
10/8/1997 |
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10/8/2001 |
Japanese Red Army |
10/8/1997 |
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10/8/2001 |
Tupac Amaru Revolution Movement |
10/8/1997 |
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5/18/2009 |
Revolutionary Nuclei |
10/8/1997 |
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10/15/2010 |
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) |
10/8/1997 |
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9/28/2012 |
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) |
10/8/1997 |
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5/28/2013 |
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) | 10/11/2005 |
| 7/15/2014 | United Self Defense Forces of Colombia | 9/10/2001 |