United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) is a title given by the United States government to groups outside of the United States said to be involved in what the government says are terrorist activities. The United States secretary of state uses section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA) to give this title. Most groups on the list are Islamist extremist groups. The rest are nationalist/separatist groups or Marxist militant groups.

 Groups called FTOs 
 the groups are called Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
+FTOsDate addedNameRegionArea of operationsNotesOctober 8, 1997Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)AsiaPhilippines62 FR 52650Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)Middle EastPalestinian TerritoriesHarakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)AsiaPakistanHezbollahMiddle EastLebanonKongra-Gel (formerly Kurdistan Workers' Party) (KGK)Turkey, Iraq, Iran, SyriaFormerly PKK, KADEK. 62 FR 52650.Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)AsiaSri Lanka, India62 FR 52650National Liberation Army (ELN)South AmericaColombiaPalestine Liberation Front (PLF)Middle EastPalestinian TerritoriesIslamic Jihad GroupPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)TurkeyShining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)South AmericaPeruOctober 8, 1999al-Qa'idaWorldwideAfghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia64 FR 55112September 25, 2000Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)AsiaUzbekistan, AfghanistanMay 16, 2001Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)EuropeIreland, United KingdomAssociated with 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM)December 26, 2001Jaish-e-Mohammed (Army of Mohammed) (JEM)AsiaPakistanLashkar-e Tayyiba (Army of the Righteous) (LET)Later amended to include the Milli Muslim League.March 27, 2002Al-Aqsa Martyrs' BrigadesMiddle EastPalestinian TerritoriesAsbat an-AnsarLebanonal-Qa'ida in the Islamic MaghrebAfrica, Middle EastAlgeria, Mali, Niger(formerly GSPC)August 9, 2002Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)AsiaPhilippinesOctober 23, 2002Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)IndonesiaAlso in Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, SingaporeJanuary 30, 2003Lashkar i JhangviPakistanMarch 22, 2004Ansar al-IslamMiddle EastIraqJuly 13, 2004Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)EuropeIreland, United KingdomDecember 17, 2004Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly Al-Qaeda in Iraq aka Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (QJBR))WorldwideIraq, Syria, Libya, NigeriaBefore were the Jama'at al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad, JTJ, al-Zarqawi Network. Al-Nusra Front is said to be a different name of Al-Qaeda in IraqJune 17, 2005Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)AsiaUzbekistanMarch 5, 2008Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI-B)BangladeshMarch 18, 2008Al-ShabaabAfricaSomalia, Yemen, MozambiqueMay 18, 2009Revolutionary StruggleEuropeGreeceJuly 2, 2009Kata'ib HezbollahMiddle EastIraqJanuary 19, 2010al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)Saudi ArabiaAugust 6, 2010Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI)AsiaBangladeshSeptember 1, 2010Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP)PakistanNovember 4, 2010Jaish ul-Adl (formerly Jundallah)IranMay 23, 2011Army of Islam (Palestinian)Middle EastPalestinian TerritoriesSeptember 19, 2011Indian Mujahideen (IM) (India)AsiaIndiaJamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT)IndonesiaMay 30, 2012Abdullah Azzam BrigadesMiddle EastIraqSeptember 19, 2012Haqqani Network (HQN)AsiaAfghanistan, PakistanMarch 22, 2013Ansar Dine (AAD)AfricaMaliNovember 14, 2013Boko HaramNigeriaAnsaruDecember 19, 2013al-Mulathamun BrigadeAlgeriaJanuary 13, 2014Ansar al-Shari'a in BenghaziLibyaAnsar al-Shari'a in DarnahAnsar al-Shari'a in TunisiaTunisiaApril 10, 2014ISIL Sinai Province (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis)Africa, Middle EastEgyptMay 15, 2014Al-Nusra FrontMiddle EastSyriaAugust 20, 2014Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of JerusalemAfrica, Middle EastEgyptSeptember 30, 2015Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al Naqshabandi (JRTN)Middle EastIraqJanuary 14, 2016ISIL-KhorasanAsiaAfghanistanMay 19, 2016ISIL-LibyaAfricaLibyaJune 30, 2016Al-Qa'ida in the Indian SubcontinentAsiaBangladesh, India, PakistanAugust 16, 2017Hizbul MujahideenKashmirFebruary 28, 2018ISIS-BangladeshBangladeshISIS-PhilippinesPhilippinesISIS-West AfricaAfricaMaghreb and West AfricaMay 23, 2018ISIS-Greater SaharaMaghreb and West AfricaJuly 11, 2018al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB)AsiaBahrainSeptember 6, 2018Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM)AfricaMaghreb and West AfricaApril 15, 2019Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsAsiaIranPart of Iran's military.January 3, 2020Asa'ib Ahl al-HaqIraqMarch 10, 2021ISIS-Democratic Republic of the CongoAfricaDemocratic Republic of the CongoISIS-MozambiqueMozambiqueDecember 1, 2021Segunda MarquetaliaSouth AmericaColombiaRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP)January 20, 2025Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)Central AmericaMexico, California, and TexasPlaced by Executive Order of POTUS.Tren de AraguaSouth AmericaVenezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and United StatesJanuary 22, 2025AnsarallahMiddle East, AsiaYemenPlaced again by President Donald Trump in his second term. He first placed them on the list in January 11, 2021. The Biden government took them off the list on February 16, 2021.

 FTOs removed from list 
The groups below have been removed the list as of December 1, 2021. This is because they quit or are no longer active.
+FTOs removedDate addedDate removedNameRegionArea of operationsNotesOctober 8, 1997October 8, 1999DFLP-Hawatmeh Faction (DFLP)Middle East, AsiaPalestinian Territories62 FR 52650Khmer RougeAsiaCambodiaManuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front – Dissidents (FPMR-D)South AmericaChileOctober 8, 2001Japanese Red Army (JRA)AsiaJapanTupac Amaru Revolution Movement (MRTA)South AmericaPeruRevolutionary NucleiEuropeGreeceOctober 15, 2010Armed Islamic Group (GIA)Maghreb, AfricaAlgeriaSeptember 28, 2012Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)Middle East, AsiaIraq, IranOctober 11, 2005May 28, 2013Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (MICG)Maghreb, AfricaMoroccoSeptember 10, 2001July 15, 2014United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)South AmericaColombiaOctober 8, 1997September 3, 2015Revolutionary Organization 17 NovemberEuropeGreece62 FR 52650March 27, 2002December 9, 2015Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)Maghreb, AfricaLibyaOctober 8, 1997June 1, 2017Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)Middle EastPalestinian Territories62 FR 52650October 8, 1997November 30, 2021Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)South AmericaColombia62 FR 52650August 20, 2014May 20, 2022Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC)Middle EastPalestinian TerritoriesOctober 8, 1997Kahane Chai (Kach)IsraelGama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group – IG)EgyptBasque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)EuropeIberian PeninsulaAum Shinrikyo (AUM)AsiaJapan

 References 

Category:United States Department of State