U.S. State Department Designated Index tracking all Foreign Terrorist Organizations designated under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
About This Index: This database tracks all Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) designated by the U.S. Department of State. FTO designations are a critical tool in combating terrorism by curtailing financial and material support to these groups.
Legal Implications of FTO Designation:
| Organization Name | Also Known As | Date Designated | Status | Region | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood | al-Jamaa al-Islamiyah, The Islamic Group, al-Fajr Forces | 2026-01-14 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Lebanese Islamist organization linked to Hamas and Hizballah |
| Clan del Golfo | Gulf Clan, Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia | 2025-12-17 | Active | Americas | Colombian drug trafficking organization |
| Cartel de los Soles | Cartel of the Suns | 2025-11-24 | Active | Americas | Venezuelan drug trafficking network |
| Antifa Ost | Hammerbande | 2025-11-20 | Active | Europe | German far-left militant group |
| Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front | FAI/FRI | 2025-11-20 | Active | Europe | Transnational anarchist network |
| Armed Proletarian Justice | APJ | 2025-11-20 | Active | Europe, South & Central Asia | European far-left militant group |
| Revolutionary Class Self-Defense | RCSD | 2025-11-20 | Active | Europe | European far-left militant organization |
| Barrio 18 | 18th Street Gang, M-18 | 2025-09-24 | Active | Americas | Transnational gang |
| Harakat al-Nujaba | HAN | 2025-09-18 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Shia militia backed by Iran |
| Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada | KSS | 2025-09-18 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Shia militia backed by Iran |
| Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya | HAAA | 2025-09-18 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Shia militia backed by Iran |
| Kata'ib al-Imam Ali | KIA | 2025-09-18 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Shia militia backed by Iran |
| Los Choneros | Chone Killers | 2025-09-05 | Active | Americas | Ecuadorian criminal organization |
| Los Lobos | The Wolves | 2025-09-05 | Active | Americas | Ecuadorian criminal organization |
| Balochistan Liberation Army | BLA | 2025-08-12 | Active | South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based Baloch separatist group |
| Viv Ansanm | Living Together | 2025-05-05 | Active | Americas | Haiti gang coalition |
| Gran Grif | Big Claw | 2025-05-05 | Active | Americas | Haiti armed group |
| Ansarallah | Houthis | 2025-03-05 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Yemen-based Shia militant group |
| Cartel de Sinaloa | Sinaloa Cartel | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Mexican transnational criminal organization |
| Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion | CJNG | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Mexican transnational criminal organization |
| Cartel del Noreste | CDN, Northeast Cartel | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Mexican transnational criminal organization |
| La Nueva Familia Michoacana | New Michoacan Family | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Mexican transnational criminal organization |
| Cartel del Golfo | Gulf Cartel | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Mexican transnational criminal organization |
| Carteles Unidos | United Cartels | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Mexican criminal alliance |
| Tren de Aragua | Aragua Train | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Venezuelan transnational criminal organization |
| Mara Salvatrucha | MS-13 | 2025-02-20 | Active | Americas | Transnational gang |
| Segunda Marquetalia | Second Marquetalia | 2021-12-01 | Active | Europe, Americas | Colombian FARC dissident group |
| Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army | FARC-EP | 2021-12-01 | Active | Americas | Colombian dissident faction |
| ISIS-DRC | Islamic State in the Democratic Republic of Congo | 2021-03-11 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | ISIS affiliate in Central Africa |
| ISIS-Mozambique | Islamic State in Mozambique | 2021-03-11 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | ISIS affiliate in Southern Africa |
| Harakat Sawa'd Misr | HASM, Arms of Egypt Movement | 2021-01-14 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Egyptian militant group |
| Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq | AAH, League of the Righteous | 2020-01-10 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Shia militia |
| Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | IRGC | 2019-04-15 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iranian state military organization |
| Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin | JNIM, Group for Support of Islam and Muslims | 2018-09-06 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | Al-Qaeda affiliate in Sahel region |
| al-Ashtar Brigades | AAB | 2018-07-11 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Bahraini Shia militant group |
| ISIS in the Greater Sahara | ISIS-GS | 2018-05-23 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | ISIS affiliate in Sahel region |
| ISIS-West Africa | ISWAP | 2018-02-28 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | ISIS affiliate, Boko Haram splinter group |
| ISIS-Philippines | ISAP, Daesh Philippines | 2018-02-28 | Active | Asia-Pacific | ISIS affiliate in Southeast Asia |
| ISIS-Bangladesh | ISB | 2018-02-28 | Active | South & Central Asia | ISIS affiliate in South Asia |
| Hizbul Mujahideen | HM | 2017-08-17 | Active | South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based Kashmir separatist group |
| al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent | AQIS | 2016-07-01 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa | Al-Qaeda affiliate in South Asia |
| ISIS-Libya | ISIL Libya | 2016-05-20 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | ISIS affiliate in North Africa |
| Islamic State's Khorasan Province | ISIS-K, ISKP | 2016-01-14 | Active | South & Central Asia | ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan/Pakistan |
| Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi | JRTN, Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order | 2015-09-30 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Sunni insurgent group |
| ISIS-Sinai Province | Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis | 2014-04-10 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | ISIS affiliate in Egypt |
| Ansar al-Shari'a in Benghazi | ASB | 2014-01-13 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Libyan jihadist group |
| Ansar al-Shari'a in Darnah | ASD | 2014-01-13 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Libyan jihadist group |
| Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia | AST | 2014-01-13 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Tunisian jihadist group |
| al-Mulathamun Battalion | al-Mourabitoun, The Masked Brigade | 2013-12-19 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | North African jihadist group |
| Ansaru | Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan | 2013-11-14 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | Nigerian jihadist group, Boko Haram splinter |
| Boko Haram | Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad | 2013-11-14 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | Nigerian jihadist group |
| Ansar al-Dine | AAD, Defenders of Faith | 2013-03-22 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | Malian jihadist group |
| Haqqani Network | HQN | 2012-09-19 | Active | South & Central Asia | Afghan/Pakistan Taliban-affiliated network |
| Abdallah Azzam Brigades | AAB, Marwan Hadid Brigades | 2012-05-30 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Al-Qaeda affiliate in Lebanon |
| Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid | JAT | 2012-03-13 | Active | Asia-Pacific, South & Central Asia | Indonesian jihadist group |
| Indian Mujahedeen | IM | 2011-09-19 | Active | South & Central Asia | Indian jihadist group |
| Army of Islam | AOI, Jaysh al-Islam | 2011-05-23 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian militant group |
| Jaysh al-Adl | Jundallah, Army of Justice | 2010-11-04 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based Sunni militant group |
| Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan | TTP, Pakistani Taliban | 2010-09-01 | Active | South & Central Asia | Pakistani Taliban umbrella organization |
| Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami | HUJI | 2010-08-06 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based jihadist group |
| al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula | AQAP, Ansar al-Shari'a in Yemen | 2010-01-19 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa | Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen |
| Kata'ib Hizballah | KH, Hizballah Brigades | 2009-07-02 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iraqi Shia militia backed by Iran |
| Revolutionary Struggle | RS, Epanastatikos Agonas | 2009-05-18 | Active | Europe | Greek far-left militant group |
| al-Shabaab | al-Hijra | 2008-03-18 | Active | Sub-Saharan Africa | Somali jihadist group, al-Qaeda affiliate |
| Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh | HUJI-B | 2008-03-05 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia | Bangladeshi jihadist group |
| Islamic Jihad Union | IJU | 2005-06-17 | Active | Transnational | Central Asian jihadist group |
| ISIS | Islamic State, ISIL, Daesh, al-Qa'ida in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq | 2004-12-17 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Transnational jihadist organization |
| Continuity Irish Republican Army | CIRA | 2004-07-13 | Active | Europe | Irish republican paramilitary group |
| Ansar al-Islam | AAI | 2004-03-22 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Kurdish Sunni Islamist group in Iraq |
| Lashkar i Jhangvi | LJ | 2003-01-30 | Active | South & Central Asia | Pakistani Sunni sectarian group |
| Jemaah Islamiya | JI | 2002-10-23 | Active | South & Central Asia | Southeast Asian jihadist network |
| Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army | CPP/NPA | 2002-08-09 | Active | Asia-Pacific | Philippine communist insurgency |
| al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb | AQIM, formerly GSPC | 2002-03-27 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa | North African al-Qaeda affiliate |
| Asbat al-Ansar | AAA, League of Partisans | 2002-03-27 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Lebanese Sunni extremist group |
| Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | AAMB | 2002-03-27 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian militant group |
| Lashkar-e-Tayyiba | LeT, Army of the Pure | 2001-12-26 | Active | South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based Kashmir-focused group |
| Jaish-e-Mohammed | JEM, Army of Mohammed | 2001-12-26 | Active | South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based Kashmir-focused group |
| New Irish Republican Army | New IRA, Real IRA | 2001-05-16 | Active | Europe | Irish republican paramilitary group |
| Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan | IMU | 2000-09-25 | Active | South & Central Asia | Central Asian jihadist group |
| al-Qa'ida | AQ, The Base | 1999-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa | Global jihadist network |
| Abu Sayyaf Group | ASG | 1997-10-08 | Active | Asia-Pacific | Philippine jihadist group |
| Hamas | Islamic Resistance Movement | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian Islamist organization |
| Harakat ul-Mujahidin | HUM, Ansar ul-Ummah | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia | Pakistan-based Kashmir-focused group |
| Hizballah | Hezbollah, Party of God | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Lebanese Shia militant group backed by Iran |
| Kurdistan Workers Party | PKK | 1997-10-08 | Active | Europe | Turkish Kurdish separatist organization |
| Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | LTTE, Tamil Tigers | 1997-10-08 | Active | South & Central Asia | Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group (militarily defeated 2009) |
| National Liberation Army | ELN | 1997-10-08 | Active | Americas | Colombian Marxist guerrilla group |
| Palestine Liberation Front | PLF | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian militant faction |
| Palestine Islamic Jihad | PIJ | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian Islamist organization |
| Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | PFLP | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organization |
| PFLP-General Command | PFLP-GC | 1997-10-08 | Active | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian militant splinter group |
| Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front | DHKP/C | 1997-10-08 | Active | Europe | Turkish Marxist-Leninist militant group |
| Shining Path | Sendero Luminoso, SL | 1997-10-08 | Active | Americas | Peruvian Maoist insurgent group |
| al-Nusrah Front | ANF, Jabhat Fath al-Sham, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, HTS | 2014-05-15 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate (delisted 2025) |
| Aum Shinrikyo | AUM, Aleph | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Asia-Pacific | Japanese doomsday cult (delisted 2022) |
| Basque Fatherland and Liberty | ETA | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Europe | Basque separatist group (delisted 2022) |
| Gama'a al-Islamiyya | Islamic Group, IG | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Egyptian jihadist group (delisted 2022) |
| Kahane Chai | Kach | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Transnational | Israeli far-right group (delisted 2022) |
| Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem | MSC | 2014-08-20 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Gaza jihadist group (delisted 2022) |
| Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia | FARC | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Americas | Colombian guerrilla group (delisted 2021 after peace deal) |
| Abu Nidal Organization | ANO | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian militant group (delisted 2017) |
| Libyan Islamic Fighting Group | LIFG | 2004-12-17 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Libyan jihadist group (delisted 2015) |
| Revolutionary Organization 17 November | 17N | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Europe | Greek far-left group (delisted 2015) |
| United Self Defense Forces of Colombia | AUC | 2001-09-10 | Delisted | Americas | Colombian paramilitary group (delisted 2014) |
| Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group | GICM | 2005-10-11 | Delisted | Transnational | Moroccan jihadist group (delisted 2013) |
| Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization | MEK, MKO | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa, Europe | Iranian opposition group (delisted 2012) |
| Armed Islamic Group | GIA | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Algerian jihadist group (delisted 2010) |
| Revolutionary Nuclei | RN | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Europe | Greek anarchist group (delisted 2009) |
| Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement | MRTA | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Americas | Peruvian Marxist group (delisted 2001) |
| Japanese Red Army | JRA | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Asia-Pacific | Japanese communist militant group (delisted 2001) |
| Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Dissidents | FPMR/D | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Transnational | Chilean communist group (delisted 1999) |
| Khmer Rouge | Party of Democratic Kampuchea | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Transnational | Cambodian communist regime (delisted 1999) |
| Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - Hawatmeh Faction | DFLP | 1997-10-08 | Delisted | Middle East & North Africa | Palestinian Marxist group (delisted 1999) |