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Foreign Terrorist Organizations 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 Palestinian Leaders are Terrorists; the Israeli Leaders are Not: The Palestinian leadership – both Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas – are all terrorists. Certainly, anyone paying attention the past few days should understand this, regarding Hamas, which conducted the attack and which the U.S. has designated a foreign terrorist organization. October 8, 1997 HAMAS 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) May 15, 2014 al-Nusrah Front, aka Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (ANF/HTS) — Jabhat Fath al-Sham Amendment (November 14, 2016) — Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Amendment (June 1, 2018) April 10, 2014 ISIS-Sinai Province (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis) — ISIL Sinai Province Amendment (September 30, 2015) November 14, 2013Boko Haram Fact Sheet Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Washington, DC April 8, 2008 Immigration and Nationality Act Section212 Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) defines "terrorist activity" to mean: any activity which is unlawful under the laws of the place where it is committed (or which, if committed in the United States, would be unlawful under the laws of the United States or any State) and which involves any of the following: (I) The highjacking or sabotage of any conveyance (including an aircraft, vessel, or vehicle). (II) The seizing or detaining, and threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain, another individual in order to compel a third person (including a governmental organization) to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the individual seized or detained. (III) A violent attack upon an internationally protected person (as defined in section 1116(b)(4) of title 18, United States Code) or upon the liberty of such a person. (IV) An assassination. (V) The use of any-- (a) biological agent, chemical agent, or nuclear weapon or device, or (b) explosive, firearm, or other weapon or dangerous device (other than for mere personal monetary gain), with intent to endanger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property. (VI) A threat, attempt, or conspiracy to do any of the foregoing. https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/08/103399.htm