Foreign Terrorist Organizations

U.S. State Department Designated Index
88 Currently Designated

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