List of designated terrorist groups

Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations. Such designations have often had a significant effect on the groups' activities.

Many organizations that have been designated as terrorist have denied using terrorism as a military tactic to achieve their goals, and there is no international consensus on the legal definition of terrorism.[1][2]

This listing does not include unaffiliated individuals accused of terrorism, which is considered lone wolf terrorism. This list also excludes groups which might be widely considered terrorist, but who are not officially designated according to the criteria specified above.

Organizations currently officially designated as terrorist organizations by various governments

By the United Nations Security Council Committee

Organizations listed by the United Nations Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da'esh), Al-Qaeda and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities[3]

OrganizationDesignators
Abdullah Azzam BrigadesUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Iraq,[8] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Abu SayyafUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9][17] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Philippines,[19] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Aden-Abyan Islamic ArmyUnited Nations,[20] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom[14]
Al-Itihaad al-IslamiyaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom[14]
Al-Mourabitoun[A]United Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Iraq,[22][8] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[21]
Al-Nusra Front[B]United Nations,[25] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Iran,[26] Iraq,[27][28] Japan,[9] Kazakhstan,[29] Kuwait,[30] Kyrgyzstan[31] Lebanon,[32] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Syria,[33][34] Russia,[35] Saudi Arabia,[36] Tajikistan,[37] Turkey,[38][39] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[40]
al-QaedaUnited Nations,[41] European Union,[42] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Brazil,[43] Canada,[7] China,[44] India,[45] Indonesia,[46] Iran,[47] Ireland,[citation needed]Israel,[48][49] Japan,[50][51][9] Kazakhstan,[29] Kyrgyzstan,[31] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[52] Paraguay,[53] Russia,[35] Saudi Arabia,[54] Tajikistan,[37] Turkey,[55] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
al-Qaeda in the Arabian PeninsulaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Saudi Arabia,[56] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United States[15]
al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Russia,[35] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United States[15]
Ansar al-Sharia (Libya)[C]United Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Iraq,[8] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Turkey,[58] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Ansar al-Sharia in TunisiaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Iraq,[8] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Tunisia,[59] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Ansar al-IslamUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Ansar DineUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Iraq,[60] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United States,[15] Canada[61]
AnsaruUnited Nations,[4] Bahrain,[6] Iraq,[22][8] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Armed Islamic Group of AlgeriaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom[14]
League of PartisansUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] Kazakhstan,[29] New Zealand,[10] Russia,[35] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Boko HaramUnited Nations,[4] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Iraq,[22][8] Japan,[9] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Turkey,[11][12][13] United Arab Emirates,[62] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Caucasus EmirateUnited Nations,[63] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Russia,[35] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[64]
Egyptian Islamic Jihad[D]United Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Russia,[35] United Kingdom[14]
Haqqani networkUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-IslamiUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Harkat-ul-MujahideenUnited Nations,[4] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] India,[45] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Harakat Sham al-IslamUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United States,[65][23] Morocco[66]
Jamiat ul-Ansar[E]United Nations,[4] Australia,[16] Canada,[67] New Zealand,[10] India,[45] Pakistan[52]
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham[F]United Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] New Zealand,[10] Russia,[35] Turkey,[68] United Kingdom,[14] United States,[23] Morocco[69]
Islamic Jihad UnionUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] China,[70] Kyrgyzstan[31] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[71] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Islamic Movement of UzbekistanUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] China,[70] Japan,[9] Kazakhstan,[29] Kyrgyzstan[31] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[71] Russia,[35] Tajikistan,[37] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Islamic State in the Greater SaharaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Canada,[61] Iraq,[72] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United States[15]
Islamic State of Iraq and the LevantUnited Nations,[25] European Union,[73] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Azerbaijan,[74] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] China,[75] Egypt,[76] India,[45] Indonesia,[77]Iraq,[78][79][80] Iran,[81] Israel,[82] Japan,[9] Jordan,[83] Kazakhstan,[29] Kuwait,[30] Kyrgyzstan[31] Lebanon,[32][84] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[71] Paraguay,[53] Russia,[35] Saudi Arabia,[36] Tajikistan,[37] Turkey,[85][86] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan ProvinceUnited Nations,[4] Afghanistan,[87] Argentina,[5] Australia,[88] Canada,[7] Iraq,[89] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] India,[45] United States[15]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya ProvinceUnited Nations,[4] Australia,[16] Iraq,[90] Japan,[9] United States[15]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen ProvinceUnited Nations,[4] Iraq,[90] Japan,[9] United States[91]
Islamic State's West Africa ProvinceUnited Nations,[4] Japan,[9] United States[15]
Jaish-e-MohammedUnited Nations,[4] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] India,[45] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[52] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-AnsarUnited Nations,[4] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United States[65]
Jamaah Ansharut DaulahUnited Nations,[4] Indonesia,[77] Japan[9]
Jamaah Ansharut TauhidUnited Nations,[4] Bahrain,[6] Indonesia,[92] Japan,[9] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] United States[15]
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin[G]United Nations,[4] Canada,[7] Iraq,[93] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Jamaat-ul-AhrarUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[71] United Kingdom,[14] United States[94]
Jemaah IslamiyahUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7]Indonesia,[92]Japan,[95][9][17] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Jund al-AqsaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Japan,[9] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Saudi Arabia,[96] United Kingdom,[14] United States[97]
Jund al-KhilafahUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] Kazakhstan,[29] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom,[14]
Katibat al-Imam al-BukhariUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Iraq,[98] New Zealand,[10] Japan,[9] Kyrgyzstan[31] United States[99]
Katibat al-Tawhid wal-JihadUnited Nations,[4] United States,[100] Russia,[35] Kyrgyzstan[101] Moldova,[102] Israel[103]
Lashkar-e-TaibaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] India,[45] Japan,[50][9] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[52] Tajikistan,[37] Russia,[35] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Lashkar-e-JhangviUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[52] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Libyan Islamic Fighting GroupUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] New Zealand[10]
Moroccan Islamic Combatant GroupUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom,[14] Morocco[104]
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West AfricaUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] United States[15][failed verification]
Mujahidin Indonesia TimurUnited Nations,[105] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] Indonesia,[92]Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] United Kingdom[14]
Society of the Revival of Islamic HeritageUnited Nations,[4] Bahrain,[6] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Russia[35]
Al-Ashtar BrigadesBahrain,[6] Canada,[7] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Tehrik-i-Taliban PakistanUnited Nations,[4] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Japan,[9] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan,[52] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Turkistan Islamic Party[H]United Nations,[4] European Union,[106] Argentina,[5] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] China,[107] Japan,[9] Kazakhstan,[29] Kyrgyzstan[31] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[10] Pakistan[108] Russia,[109] Tajikistan,[37] Turkey,[110] United Arab Emirates,[11][12] United Kingdom[14]

Other organizations

OrganizationDesignators
18th Street gangEl Salvador[111]
Abu Nidal OrganizationEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Japan,[95][17] United Kingdom[14]
AddameerIsrael[113]
Soldiers of Egypt (Ajnad Misr)Egypt,[114] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[115]
Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta SamajIndia[45]
Ansar Al-FurqanIran
Al-Akhtar TrustEuropean Union,[116] United Nations Security Council,[117] United States,[118] United Kingdom,[119] Isle of Man,[120] Pakistan,[121] Panama,[122] Switzerland,[123] South Africa,[124] Thailand,[125] Latvia,[126] Uzbekistan,[127] Cyprus,[128] Argentina,[5] Australia,[129] South Korea,[130] Nigeria,[131] New Zealand,[132] Luxembourg,[133] Liechtenstein,[134] Trinidad and Tobago,[135] Moldova,[136] Israel,[103] Ukraine,[137] Nauru,[138] Taiwan,[139] Namibia,[140] Azerbaijan,[141] Philippines,[142] France,[143] Indonesia[144]
al-Aqsa FoundationEuropean Union[112]
al-Aqsa Martyrs' BrigadesEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Japan,[50][17] New Zealand,[145] United States[15]
Al-Ashtar BrigadesBahrain,[6] Canada,[7] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Al-BadrIndia,[45] United States[146]
Alex Boncayao BrigadeUnited States[147]
al-Jama'a al-IslamiyyaEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Israel,[49] Russia,[35] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Al GhurabaaUnited Kingdom[14]
Al-HaqIsrael[113]
All Tripura Tiger ForceIndia[45]
al-Qaeda in the Indian SubcontinentAustralia,[16] Canada,[7] India,[45] Japan,[17] Pakistan,[71] United States[15]
Al-ShabaabAustralia,[16] Canada,[7] Japan,[17] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[145] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Al-Umar-MujahideenIndia[45]
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of AhvazIran[148]
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis[I]Australia,[16] Canada,[7] Egypt,[149] New Zealand,[145] United Arab Emirates,[11][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Ansar Khalifa Philippines [J]Australia,[150] Malaysia[18]
Ansar ul IslamUnited Kingdom,[14] United States[151]
Arakan Rohingya Salvation ArmyMalaysia,[18] Myanmar[152]
Army of IslamUnited Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United States[15]
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi OrderIraq,[79] United States[15]
Aryan StrikeforceCanada[153]
Asa'ib Ahl al-HaqUnited Arab Emirates,[11] United States[15]
ATK GroupUkraine[154][155]
Atomwaffen DivisionUnited Kingdom,[156] Canada,[61] Australia[157]
Aum ShinrikyoCanada,[7] Kazakhstan,[29] Russia[35]
Azov BattalionRussia[158]
Badr OrganizationUnited Arab Emirates[11]
Babbar Khalsa InternationalEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] India,[45] Japan,[95][17] Malaysia,[18] United Kingdom[14]
Bahrain Freedom MovementBahrain[6]
Balochistan Liberation ArmyEuropean Union,[159] Pakistan,[160] United Kingdom,[14] United States[161][162]
Baluch Liberation FrontPakistan
Baloch Nationalist ArmyPakistan
Baloch Students OrganizationPakistan[163]
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters[K]Australia,[150] Malaysia[18]
The BaseCanada,[61]United Kingdom,[164]Australia,[165]New Zealand[166]
Bisan CenterIsrael[113]
Blood & HonourCanada[7]
Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and StrategiesUnited Arab Emirates[11][12][13]
Redut-AntiterrorUkraine[154][155]
Civil defense of the Republic of SerbiaRepublic of Kosovo[167][168]
Coalition of Patriots for ChangeCentral African Republic[169]
Combat 18Canada[7][164]
Committee for Charity and Solidarity with PalestineIsrael[48]
Communist Party of India (Maoist)India[45]
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's WarIndia[45]
Communist Party of the Philippines/
New People's Army
European Union,[112] Japan,[17] New Zealand,[145] Philippines,[170] United States[15]
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–LeninistTurkey[85]
Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and DagestanRussia[35]
Conspiracy of Fire NucleiUnited States[171]
Continuity Irish Republican ArmyNew Zealand,[145] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Coordinadora Arauco-MallecoChile[172]
Council on American–Islamic RelationsUnited Arab Emirates[173][174]
Cumann na mBanUnited Kingdom[14]
Darul IslamIndonesia[92]
Deendar AnjumanIndia[45]
Defence for Children International Palestine branchIsrael[113]
Democratic Union Party (Syria)Turkey
Donetsk People's RepublicUkraine[175][176]
Dukhtaran-e-MillatIndia[45]
East Turkestan Information CenterChina[107]
East Turkestan Liberation OrganizationChina,[107] Kazakhstan,[29] Kyrgyzstan[31] Saudi Arabia[177]
E.N.O.T. Corp.Ukraine[154][155]
Euskadi Ta AskatasunaEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] New Zealand,[145] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance GroupsEuropean Union[178]
February 14 Youth CoalitionBahrain[6]
Fianna ÉireannUnited Kingdom[14]
Force 17Israel[48]
Freedom of Russia LegionRussia[179]
Free Papua MovementIndonesia[180]
Garo National Liberation ArmyIndia[45]
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' FrontEuropean Union,[112] Turkey[85]
Grey WolvesKazakhstan[181]
Gülen movementGulf Cooperation Council,[182] Pakistan,[183] Turkey,[184]
HamasEuropean Union,[112][185] Argentina,[186] Australia,[187] Canada,[7] Israel,[188] Japan,[50][17] New Zealand,[189] Paraguay,[53] United Kingdom,[190] United States,[15] Organization of American States[191]
Hamas – Al-Qassam Brigades[L]European Union,[112] Australia,[16] Canada,[7] Israel,[192] Japan,[17] New Zealand,[145] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]Organization of American States[191]
Harakat Hezbollah al-NujabaUnited States[193]
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami BangladeshNew Zealand,[145] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen/AlamiJapan,[9] United Kingdom[14]
Hasm MovementCanada,[7] Egypt,[194] United Kingdom,[14] United States[195]
Hezb-e Islami GulbuddinCanada[7]
HezbollahArab League,[196] Gulf Cooperation Council,[197] Argentina,[5] Australia,[198] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Colombia,[199] Germany,[200] Honduras,[199] Israel,[201] Malaysia,[18] Paraguay,[53] Saudi Arabia,[202] United Arab Emirates,[202] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Hezbollah (Military Wing)[M]European Union,[203] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[145] Saudi Arabia,[202] United Arab Emirates,[202] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Hezbollah (External Security Organisation)[M]Argentina,[5] Australia,[16] Bahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Malaysia,[18] Saudi Arabia,[202] United Arab Emirates,[202] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Hezbollah Al-HejazSaudi Arabia,[56] United Arab Emirates[11][12][13]
Hizb ut-TahrirChina,[204] Egypt,[205] Indonesia,[206] Iran,[205] Kazakhstan,[29] Pakistan,[52] Russia,[35] Saudi Arabia,[205] Tunisia,[207] Tajikistan,[37] Turkey,[208][209] United Kingdom[210]
Hizbul MujahideenEuropean Union,[112] India,[45] United States,[15] Canada[61]
Hofstad NetworkEuropean Union[112]
Holy Land Foundation
for Relief and Development
European Union,[112] Japan[17] Israel[48]
HouthisMalaysia,[18] Saudi Arabia,[36] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United States,[211] Yemen (Presidential Leadership Council)[212][213]
Hurras al-DinAustralia[214]
Indian MujahideenCanada,[7] India,[45] Japan,[17] New Zealand,[145] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
International Sikh Youth FederationEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] India[45] Japan[95][17]
Iranian governmentArgentina[215]
Irish National Liberation ArmyUnited Kingdom[14]
Irish People's Liberation OrganisationUnited Kingdom[14]
Islam4UKUnited Kingdom[216]
Islamic Jihad

Jamaat Mujahideen
Japan,[9] Russia[35]
International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy – CanadaCanada[7]
International Union of Muslim ScholarsBahrain,[6] Egypt,[217][218] Saudi Arabia,[218][217] United Arab Emirates[218][217]
Islamic Renaissance Party of TajikistanTajikistan[37]
Islamic Revolutionary Guards CorpsBahrain,[6] Saudi Arabia,[219] Sweden,[220] United States[221]
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds ForceBahrain,[6] Canada,[7] Israel,[222] Saudi Arabia,[219] United States[15]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai ProvinceAustralia,[16] Canada,[7] Japan,[17] Malaysia,[18] New Zealand,[145] Qatar,[223] United States[15]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Central Africa Province[N]United States[224]
Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-SunnahUnited States[225]
Jamaat Ul-FurquanJapan,[9] United Kingdom[14]
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen BangladeshIndia,[45] Malaysia,[18] United Kingdom,[14] Bangladesh[226]
Jamaah Ansharusy SyariahIndonesia[92]
Jamiat al-Islah al-IdzhtimaiRussia[35]
Jamiat-e IslamiRussia[35]
Jund al-ShamRussia[35]
JundallahIran,[227] New Zealand,[145] United States[15]
Kach and Kahane ChaiCanada,[7] Israel,[48][228] Japan,[95][17] United States[229]
Kamtapur Liberation OrganisationIndia[45]
Kangleipak Communist PartyIndia[45]
Kanglei Yawol Kanna LupIndia[45]
Kata'ib HezbollahJapan[230] United Arab Emirates,[11][12][13] United States[15]
Khalistan Commando ForceIndia[45]
Khalistan Liberation ForceIndia[45]
Khalistan Zindabad ForceEuropean Union,[112] India[45]
Khalistan Tiger ForceIndia[231]
Kingdom Assembly of IranIran[232][better source needed]
Iran InternationalIran[233][234]
Komala–PIKIran[235][236]
Komala–CPIIran,[237] Japan[238]
Komala–KTPIran[237]
Krasnoyarsk JamaatRussia[35]
Ku Klux KlanCharleston, South Carolina[239]
Kurdish HezbollahTurkey[85]
Kurdistan Communities UnionTurkey[85]
Kurdistan Democratic Party/NorthTurkey[85]
Kurdistan Democratic Party–IranIran[237]
Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks[O]Australia,[240] United Kingdom,[14] United States[241]
Organization of Iranian Kurdistan StruggleIran[242]
Kurdistan Freedom PartyIran[237]
Kurdistan Workers' Party[P]European Union,[112] NATO,[243] Australia,[16] Austria,[244] Azerbaijan,[245] Bulgaria, Canada,[7] Czech Republic,[246] Finland,[243] Iran,[247] Japan,[95] Kazakhstan,[29] Kyrgyzstan,[31] Netherlands,[248] New Zealand,[145] Poland, Portugal, Spain,[249] Syria,[250] Sweden,[243] Turkey,[85] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Lashkar-e-BalochistanPakistan[251]
LehiIsrael,[252] United Kingdom[253]
LGBTQIA+ CommunityRussia[254]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] India,[45] Malaysia,[18] Sri Lanka,[255] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Liwa FatemiyounCanada[7]
Lord's Resistance ArmyAfrican Union,[256] United States[147]
Loyalist Volunteer ForceEuropean Union,[178] United Kingdom[14]
Luhansk People's RepublicUkraine[175][176]
Macina Liberation FrontCanada[61]
Majelis Mujahidin IndonesiaUnited States[257]
Manipur People's Liberation FrontIndia[45]
Maoist Communist Centre of IndiaIndia[45]
Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)Turkey[85]
MAPUkraine[154][155]
Maute GroupPhilippines, Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan[17]
Meta PlatformsRussia[258]
Mara SalvatruchaEl Salvador[111]
MS GroupUkraine[154][155]
Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem[Q]Canada,[7] United Arab Emirates,[11] United States[15]
Muslim BrotherhoodCollective Security Treaty Organization,[259] Bahrain,[260] Egypt,[261] Libya (House of Representatives),[262] Kazakhstan,[29] Russia,[35] Syria,[263] Saudi Arabia,[36] Tajikistan,[37] United Arab Emirates[11][12][13]
Muslim United Liberation Tigers of AssamIndia
Movement for the self-determination of KabylieAlgeria[264]
National ActionUnited Kingdom[14]
National Council of Resistance of IranIran, Iraq[265][266][267][268]
National Democratic Front of BodolandIndia[45]
National Liberation ArmyEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Japan,[17] New Zealand,[145] United States[15]
National Liberation Front of TripuraIndia[45]
National Liberation Movement of AhwazIran[148]
National Socialism / White PowerRussia[269]
National Socialist Council of NagalandIndia[45]
National Unity Government of MyanmarMyanmar (State Administration Council)[270]
Neo-JMBJapan[17]
Network (Russia)Russia[35]
Orange VolunteersEuropean Union,[178] United Kingdom[14]
Palestine Liberation FrontCanada,[7] Israel,[48] Japan,[95][17] United States[15]
Palestinian Islamic JihadEuropean Union,[112] Australia,[16] Canada,[7] Israel,[271] Japan,[50][17] New Zealand,[145] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Palestinian Relief Development Fund – InterpalIsrael[48]
Paraguayan People's ArmyParaguay,[272] United States[272]
Party of Free Life of KurdistanIran,[237] Turkey,[273] United States[274]
People's Anti-Fascist FrontIndia[275][276]
People's Defence ForcesAustralia,[240] United Kingdom[14]
People's Liberation Army of ManipurIndia[45]
People's Liberation Party-Front of TurkeyUnited Kingdom[14]
People's Mujahedin of IranIran,[277] Iraq[278]
People's Protection UnitsTurkey, Qatar[279]
People's Revolutionary Party of KangleipakIndia[45]
Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Japan,[95][17] United States[15]
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General CommandEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Japan,[95][17] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Promised Day BrigadeUnited Arab Emirates[11]
Proud BoysCanada,[61] New Zealand[166]
Provisional Irish Republican ArmyUnited Kingdom[14]
Real Irish Republican ArmyNew Zealand,[145] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Red Hand CommandoUnited Kingdom[14]
Red Hand DefendersEuropean Union,[178] United Kingdom[14]
Resistência GalegaSpain[280]
Revolutionary Armed Forces of ColombiaCanada,[7] Japan,[17] New Zealand[281]
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia DissidentsUnited States[15]
Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic FrontSpain[282]
Revolutionary NucleiEuropean Union,[178] United Kingdom[283]
Revolutionary Organization 17 NovemberEuropean Union,[178] United Kingdom[14]
Revolutionary Party of KurdistanTurkey[85]
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–FrontEuropean Union,[112] Japan,[95][17] New Zealand,[145] Turkey,[85] United Kingdom,[14] United States[15]
Revolutionary StruggleEuropean Union,[284] United States[15]
Russian Imperial MovementCanada,[61] United States[285]
Russian Orthodox ArmyUkraine[286]
RachadAlgeria[264]
Right Sector (Crimean branch)Russia[35]
RSB Group [ru]Ukraine[154][155]
Russian governmentCzech Republic,[287] Estonia,[288] Latvia,[289] Lithuania,[290] Netherlands,[291] Poland,[292] Slovakia,[293] Ukraine, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,[294] European Parliament[295]
Sadval movementAzerbaijan, Russia[296]
Sabireen MovementCanada,[7] United States[195]
Saor ÉireUnited Kingdom[14]
Saraya al-MukhtarBahrain,[6] Egypt,[297] Saudi Arabia,[297] United Arab Emirates[297]
Severna BrigadaKosovo[168][167]
Sindhudesh Liberation ArmyPakistan[298]
Slavonic CorpsUkraine[154][155]
State Administration CouncilMyanmar (National Unity Government)[299]
Syrian oppositionIran,[300] Russia,[301] Syria[302]
The Saved SectUnited Kingdom[14]
Sect of RevolutionariesUnited States[303]
Shining PathEuropean Union,[112] Canada,[7] Japan,[50][17] New Zealand,[145] United States, United Kingdom, Peru
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries[304]Bahrain,[6] Egypt,[304] Saudi Arabia,[304] United Arab Emirates,[304] United States
Sipah-e-Sahaba PakistanPakistan,[52] United Kingdom[14]
Sonnenkrieg DivisionAustralia,[305] United Kingdom[14]
Students' Islamic Movement of IndiaIndia[45]
Supreme Military Majlis ul-Shura of the United Mujahideen Forces of CaucasusRussia[35]
Tablighi JamaatKazakhstan,[29]Saudi Arabia[306] Tajikistan[37]
Takfir wal-HijraEuropean Union,[112] Kazakhstan,[29] Kyrgyzstan[31]
TalibanCanada,[7] Japan,[50] Kyrgyzstan,[31] Russia,[35] Tajikistan,[37] United Arab Emirates[11][12][13]
Tamil Nadu Liberation ArmyIndia[45]
Tamil National Retrieval TroopsIndia[45]
Tamil Youth OrganisationSri Lanka[307][308]
TanzimIsrael[48]
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-MohammadiPakistan,[52] United Kingdom[14]
Teves GroupPhilippines[309][310]
Tevhid-Selam (Al-Quds Army)Turkey[85]
The Minin and Pozharsky People's MilitiaRussia[35]
Third Republic of VietnamVietnam[311]
Three PercentersCanada[312][313]
Transnational Government of Tamil EelamSri Lanka[307][308]
Ulster Defence AssociationEuropean Union,[178] United Kingdom[14]
Ulster Volunteer ForceUnited Kingdom[14]
Unification movementKyrgyzstan[31]
Union of Agricultural Work CommitteesIsrael[113]
Union of Palestinian Women's CommitteesIsrael[113]
United Liberation Front of AssamIndia[45]
United National Liberation FrontIndia[45]
United Self-Defense Forces of ColombiaJapan[17]






United States Armed ForcesIran[314]
United States Central Command
United States Department of Defense
Vanguards of Conquest[R]Canada[7]
Việt TânVietnam[315]
Wagner GroupEstonia,[316][317] France,[318]Lithuania,[319] Ukraine,[154][155]United Kingdom[320][321]
Weichán Auka MapuChile[172]
West Papua National Liberation ArmyIndonesia[322]
Women's Protection UnitsTurkey
World Tamil MovementCanada[7]
World Uygur Youth CongressChina[107]
Yarmouk Martyrs BrigadeUnited States[323]

YPG / SDFTurkey,[324][325][326][327][328] Qatar[329]

Organizations formerly designated as terrorist

Below is the list of organizations that have officially been designated as terrorist in the past, by the respective parties, but have since been delisted.

OrganizationDesignatorsDate
Abu Nidal OrganizationUnited States8 October 1997–1 June 2017[15]
African National CongressSouth Africa16 December 1961–11 February 1990[330]
United StatesAugust 1988[331]–2008[332][333]
Al-Haramain Foundation United States branchNew Zealand?–2014[281]
¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!Ecuador1984[334]–1991[335]
Azov BattalionJapan2021–2022[336]
Armed Islamic Group of AlgeriaUnited States8 October 1997–15 October 2010[15]
Aum ShinrikyoEuropean Union?–18 July 2011[112][337]
United States8 October 1997–20 May 2022[338]
Democratic Front for the Liberation of PalestineUnited States10 August 1997–10 August 1999[15]
FatahUnited States?–1988
Front de libération du QuébecCanada1 April 1963–1971
Ginbot 7Ethiopia?–2018[339]
Harakat Ansar IranIran[340][better source needed]?–2013 (dissolved)
HouthisUnited States19 January–5 February 2021[341] (planned relistment 16 Feb 2024)[342]
Islamic Army in IraqUnited States, Israel, Iraq, Iranfrom 2003-2013[citation needed]
Hynniewtrep National Liberation CouncilIndia16 November 2000[343]–2011[45][344]
Japanese Red ArmyUnited States8 October 1997–8 October 2001[15]
Kach and Kahane ChaiEuropean Union?–12 July 2010[345][346]
United States8 October 1997–20 May 2022[15]
Khmer RougeUnited States8 October 1997–8 October 1999[15]
Libyan Islamic Fighting GroupUnited Kingdom?–November 2019[347]
United States[15]?
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic FrontUnited States8 October 1997–8 October 1999[15]
Moroccan Islamic Combatant GroupUnited States[15]?
National Council of Resistance of IranUnited States15 August 2003[348]–28 September 2012
Nuclei di Iniziativa ProletariaEuropean Union?–2007[284]
Nuclei di Iniziativa Proletaria Rivoluzionaria [it]European Union?–2007[284]
Nuclei Territoriali AntimperialistiEuropean Union?–2007[284]
Oromo Liberation FrontEthiopia?–2018[339]
Ogaden National Liberation FrontEthiopia?–2018[339]
People's Mujahedin of IranEuropean UnionMay 2002–26 January 2009[349]
Canada24 May 2005[350]–20 December 2012[351]
United Kingdom28 March 2001–24 June 2008[349]
United States8 July 1997–28 September 2012[15]
Palestine Liberation FrontUnited Kingdom?–12 July 2010[345][346]
Palestine Liberation OrganizationUnited Kingdom1988[352]–1991[353]
Revolutionary NucleiUnited States10 August 1997–18 May 2009[15]
Revolutionary Organization 17 NovemberUnited States[15]?
Revolutionary Armed Forces of ColombiaEuropean Union2001–13 November 2017[354]
United States8 October 1997–30 November 2021[15]
TalibanKazakhstanMarch 2005–2023[355]
United States2002–2015[356]
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary MovementUnited States10 August 1997–8 October 2001[15]
Tehreek-e-Labbaik PakistanPakistan2021[357]
Tigray People's Liberation FrontEthiopia[358][359]?
Turkistan Islamic Party[S]United States?–2020[360][361]
uMkhonto we SizweSouth Africa?
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)United States?–6 September 2012[362]
United Baloch ArmyPakistan[363]?–2022 (dissolved)
Switzerland[364][365]?–2022 (dissolved)
United Self-Defense Forces of ColombiaEuropean Union?–18 July 2011[112][337]
United States2001–2014[15]

Process of designation

Among the countries that publish a list of designated terrorist organizations, some have a clear established procedure for listing and delisting, and some are opaque. The Berghof Foundation argues that opaque delisting conditions reduce the incentive for the organization to abandon terrorism, while fuelling radicalism.[366]

Australia

Since 2002, the Australian Government maintains a list of terrorist organizations under the Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002.[16] Listing, de-listing and re-listing follows a protocol[16] that mainly involves the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Attorney-General's Department.[367]

Bahrain

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains a public list of designated terrorist individuals and entities.[6]

Canada

Since 18 December 2001, section 83.05 of the Canadian Criminal Code allows the Governor in Council to maintain a list of entities that are engaged in terrorism, facilitating it, or acting on behalf of such an entity.[368]

A review is conducted every five years by the Minister of Public Safety to determine whether an entity should remain listed. Entities may apply for a judicial review by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Both ministerial and judicial reviews are published in the Canada Gazette.[368] The list is also published on the website of Public Safety Canada.[7]

European Union

The European Union has two lists of designated terrorist organisations that provide for different sanctions for the two groups.[369] The first list is copied from the United Nations, and the second is an autonomous list.[370] As of 13 January 2020, there are 21 organizations in the autonomous list.[371]

India

Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs maintains a list of banned organizations.[45]

Iran

The state maintains a list of designated terror groups; it includes the US Armed Forces, CENTCOM.[372]

Israel

The Israeli list of "Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations" is available at the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel.[373]

Kazakhstan

The Government of Kazakhstan publishes a list of terrorist organizations banned by courts.[29]

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan maintains a consolidated list of "destructive, extremist and terrorist" organizations officially banned by courts. As of 26 December 2018, the list includes 20 organizations and 12 of them are designated as terrorist organizations.[31][374]

Malaysia

The Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia maintains a sanction list of individuals and organizations involved in terrorist activity. The list is regulated by the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds From Illegal Activities Act 2001 and is complementary to the United Nations Security Council sanction lists.[375][376][18]

Myanmar

In Myanmar (formerly Burma), the Anti-Terrorism Central Committee is responsible for designating terrorist organisations in accordance with the country's counter-terrorism law. Designations must be approved by the union government before being official.[377] There are only two groups on Myanmar's terror list: the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and Arakan Army, declared on 25 August 2017[152] and January 2019[378][379]

New Zealand

The New Zealand Police are responsible for coordinating any requests to the Prime Minister for designation as a terrorist entity. The designation of terrorist organizations is also guided by the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002. New Zealand also abides by several United Nations resolutions dealing with counter-terrorism including UN Resolutions 1267, 1989, 2253, 1988, and 1373.[380][10][145]

Pakistan

Government of Pakistan under section 11-B of Anti Terrorism Act can declare an organization believed to be concerned with terrorism as a Proscribed Organization or put it under surveillance. Ministry of Interior issues the formal notification of proscription of an organization. National Counter Terrorism Authority is primarily concerned with monitoring for any signs of re-emergence through intelligence coordination, once an organization is proscribed.[citation needed]

People's Republic of China

In 2003, the Ministry of Public Security published a list of "East Turkestan" terrorist organizations on its website mps.gov.cn. This list was translated to English by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the US.[381]

Philippines

The Department of Foreign Affairs publishes a list of designated terrorist organizations under the Human Security Act or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012.[170]

The passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 automatically recognized all terrorist group designations by the United Nations under Philippine law which includes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[382] Under the same law, the Anti-Terrorism Council was formed to designate groups as terrorists.[383]

Russia

A single federal list of organizations recognized as terrorist is used by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee maintains a list of terrorist organizations on its website nac.gov.ru, named "Federal United list of Terrorist Organizations".[384]

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka bans using the 'Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979 regulations, cited as the Prevention of Terrorism (Proscription of Extremist Organizations).

Tajikistan

The National Bank of Tajikistan publishes national lists of individuals and organizations declared terrorist or extremists by the Supreme Court.[37]

In 2015, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was banned in Tajikistan as a terrorist organization.[385]

United Arab Emirates

The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates periodically issues resolutions to include individuals and organizations on its terrorist list. As of 4 March 2020, issued resolutions are 2014/41,[386] 2017/18,[387] 2017/28,[388] 2017/45,[389] 2018/24[390] and 2018/50.[391]

United Nations

The United Nations does not have a list of all terrorist organizations. Instead, it has several lists focusing on international sanctions in particular contexts.[392] The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 established lists focused Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and their associates. The listing process was later extended to include the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[3][4]

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Home Office maintains a list of proscribed terrorist groups.[14]

United States

The United States Department of State maintains a list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.[15]

See also

Notes

References