Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Bureau of Counterterrorism
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
January 14, 2026 Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood
December 17, 2025 Clan del Golfo
November 24, 2025 Cartel de los Soles
November 20, 2025 Antifa Ost, aka Hammerbande
November 20, 2025 Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front (FAI/FRI)
November 20, 2025 Armed Proletarian Justice
November 20, 2025 Revolutionary Class Self-Defense
September 24, 2025 Barrio 18
September 18, 2025 Harakat al-Nujaba (HAN)
September 18, 2025 Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS)
September 18, 2025 Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA)
September 18, 2025 Kata’ib al-Imam Ali (KIA)
September 5, 2025 Los Choneros
September 5, 2025 Los Lobos
August 12, 2025 Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)
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 J emaah 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)
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)
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