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Foreign Terrorist Organizations
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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.
Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Date Designated
Name
10/8/1997
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
10/8/1997
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
10/8/1997
Aum Shinrikyo (AUM)
10/8/1997
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
10/8/1997
Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) (IG)
10/8/1997
HAMAS
10/8/1997
Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
10/8/1997
Hizballah
10/8/1997
Kahane Chai (Kach)
10/8/1997
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) (Kongra-Gel)
10/8/1997
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
10/8/1997
National Liberation Army (ELN)
10/8/1997
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
10/8/1997
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
10/8/1997
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLF)
10/8/1997
PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
10/8/1997
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
10/8/1997
Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
10/8/1997
Shining Path (SL)
10/8/1999
al-Qa’ida (AQ)
9/25/2000
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
5/16/2001
Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)
12/26/2001
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
12/26/2001
Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LeT)
3/27/2002
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB)
3/27/2002
Asbat al-Ansar (AAA)
3/27/2002
al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
8/9/2002
Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)
10/23/2002
Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
1/30/2003
Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)
3/22/2004
Ansar al-Islam (AAI)
7/13/2004
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
12/17/2004
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al-Qa'ida in Iraq)
6/17/2005
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)
3/5/2008
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
3/18/2008
al-Shabaab
5/18/2009
Revolutionary Struggle (RS)
7/2/2009
Kata'ib Hizballah (KH)
1/19/2010
al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
8/6/2010
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI)
9/1/2010
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
11/4/2010
Jundallah
5/23/2011
Army of Islam (AOI)
9/19/2011
Indian Mujahedeen (IM)
3/13/2012
Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT)
5/30/2012
Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)
9/19/2012
Haqqani Network (HQN)
3/22/2013
Ansar al-Dine (AAD)
11/14/2013
Boko Haram
11/14/2013
Ansaru
12/19/2013
al-Mulathamun Battalion
1/13/2014
Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi
1/13/2014
Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah
1/13/2014
Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia
4/10/2014
ISIL Sinai Province (formally Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis)
5/15/2014
al-Nusrah Front
8/20/2014
Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC)
9/30/2015
Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi (JRTN)
1/14/2016
ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-K)
5/20/2016
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's Branch in Libya (ISIL-Libya)
Delisted Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Date Removed
Name
Date Orginally Designated
10/8/1999
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine -Hawatmeh Faction
10/8/1997
10/8/1999
Khmer Rouge
10/8/1997
10/8/1999
Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Dissidents
10/8/1997
10/8/2001
Japanese Red Army
10/8/1997
10/8/2001
Tupac Amaru Revolution Movement
10/8/1997
5/18/2009
Revolutionary Nuclei
10/8/1997
10/15/2010
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
10/8/1997
9/28/2012
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
10/8/1997
5/28/2013
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
10/11/2005
7/15/2014
United Self Defense Forces of Colombia
9/10/2001
9/3/2015
Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
10/8/1997
12/9/2015
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
12/17/2004
Identification
The Bureau of Counterterrorism in the State Department (CT) continually monitors the activities of terrorist groups active around the world to identify potential targets for designation. When reviewing potential targets, CT looks not only at the actual terrorist attacks that a group has carried out, but also at whether the group has engaged in planning and preparations for possible future acts of terrorism or retains the capability and intent to carry out such acts.
Designation
Once a target is identified, CT prepares a detailed "administrative record," which is a compilation of information, typically including both classified and open sources informa