List of designated terrorist groups

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This is a list of designated terrorist groups by national governments, former governments, and inter-governmental organizations, where the proscription has a significant effect on the group's activities. Many organizations that are accused of being a terrorist organization deny using terrorism as a military tactic to achieve their goals, and there is no international consensus on the legal definition of terrorism.

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

This list is not all inclusive. For more inclusive lists, including people, entities (corporations), and specific vehicles, refer to lists under Process of designation.

Organizations currently officially designated as terrorist by various governments

The list includes references to organisations associated with Al-Qaeda by the United Nations.

Organization		AUS	CAN	EGY	EU	IND	IRN	ISR	KAZ	SAU	PRC	PHL	RUS	TUN	TUR	UKR	UAE	UK	UN	USA
	Abdullah Azzam Brigades
	Abu Nidal Organization
	Abu Sayyaf
	Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
	Ajnad Misr
	Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj
	al-Aqsa Foundation
	al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
	Al-Badr
	al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
	Al Ghurabaa
	al-Haramain Foundation
	Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya
	Al-Mourabitoun
	Al-Nusra Front
	al-Qaeda
	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
	al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
	Al-Shabaab
	Takfir wal-Hijra
	Al-Umar-Mujahideen
	All Tripura Tiger Force
	Ansar al-Sharia (Libya)
	Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia)
	Ansar al-Islam
	Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
	Ansar Bait al-Maqdis
	Ansar Dine
	Ansaru
	Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
	Army of Islam
	Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
	Osbat al-Ansar
	Aum Shinrikyo
	Babbar Khalsa International
	Balochistan Liberation Army
	Boko Haram
	Caucasus Emirate
	Committee for Charity and Solidarity with Palestine
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)
	Communist Party of the Philippines/ New People's Army
	Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist
	Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
	Continuity Irish Republican Army
	Cumann na mBan
	Deendar Anjuman
	Donetsk People's Republic
	Dukhtaran-e-Millat
	East Turkestan Information Center
	East Turkestan Islamic Party
	East Turkestan Liberation Organization
	Egyptian Islamic Jihad
30px	ETA
	Fianna Éireann
	Force 17
	Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front
	Grey Wolves
	Gülen movement
	Hamas
	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
	Haqqani network
	Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
	Harkat-al-Jihad al-Islami in Bangladesh
	Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
	Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen/Alami
	Harakat Sham al-Islam
	Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
	Hezbollah
	Kurdish Hezbollah
	Hezbollah (Military Wing)
	Hezbollah (External Security Organisation)
	Hezbollah Al-Hejaz
	Hilafet Devleti
	Hizb ut-Tahrir
	Hizbul Mujahideen
	Hofstad Network
	Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
	Houthis
	Indian Mujahideen
	International Sikh Youth Federation
	Irish National Liberation Army
	Irish People's Liberation Organisation
	Islamic Jihad – Jamaat Mujahideen
	Islamic Jihad Union
	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province
	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya Province
	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Yemen Province
	Jaish-e-Mohammed
	Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
	Jamaat al Dawa al Quran
	Jamaat Ul-Furquan
	Jamaat Ul-Furquan
	Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
	Jamiat al-Islah al-Idzhtimai
	Jamiat ul-Ansar
	Jamiat-e Islami
	Jemaah Islamiyah
	Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid
	Jund al-Aqsa
	Jund al-Khilafah
	Jund al-Sham
	Jundallah
	Kach and Kahane Chai
	Kangleipak Communist Party
	Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup
	Kata'ib Hezbollah
	Khalistan Commando Force
	Khalistan Zindabad Force
	Khuddam ul-Islam
	Komala
30px	Kurdistan Communities Union
30px	Kurdistan Democratic Party/North
	Kurdistan Freedom Falcons
	Kurdistan Workers' Party
	Lashkar-e-Taiba
	Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
	Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
	Loyalist Volunteer Force
	Lugansk People's Republic
	Manipur People’s Liberation Front
	Maoist Communist Centre of India
	Marxist–Leninist Communist Party
	Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group
	Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
	Mujahidin Indonesia Timur
	Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem
	Muslim Brotherhood
	National Democratic Front of Bodoland
	National Liberation Army
	National Liberation Front of Tripura
	Orange Volunteers
	Palestine al-muslima
	Palestine Liberation Front
	Palestinian Islamic Jihad
	Palestinian Relief Development Fund – Interpal
	Party of Free Life of Kurdistan
	People's Congress of Ichkeria and Dagestan
	People's Liberation Army of Manipur
	People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak
	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
	Provisional Irish Republican Army
	Quds Force
	Real Irish Republican Army
	Red Hand Commando
	Red Hand Defenders
	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
	Revolutionary Organization 17 November
	Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan
	Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front
	Revolutionary Struggle
	Saor Éire
	The Saved Sect
	Tevhid-Selam (Al-Quds Army)
	Shining Path
	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
	Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage
	Stichting Al Aqsa
	Students Islamic Movement of India
	Supreme Military Majlis ul-Shura of the United Mujahideen Forces of Caucasus
	Tahrir al-Sham
	Taliban
	Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
	Tamil Nadu Liberation Army
	Tamil National Retrieval Troops
	Tanzim
	Ulster Defence Association
	Ulster Volunteer Force
	United Liberation Front of Assam
	United National Liberation Front
	United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
	Vanguards of Conquest
	World Tamil Movement
	World Uygur Youth Congress
	Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade

Organizations officially designated as terrorist in the past

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.

Organization		AUS	CAN	EU	RSA	UK	US	IND	PH
	African National Congress				16 December 1961- 11 February 1990	August 1988 – 2008
	Aum Shinrikyo			? – 18 July 2011
	United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia			? – 18 July 2011
	Communist Party of the Philippines							20 June 1957 – October 1992
	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine					10 August 1997 – 10 August 1999	? – ?
	Fatah					? – ?
	Hukbalahap							20 June 1957 to 1965
	Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council						16 November 2000 – 2011
	Kach and Kahane Chai			? – 12 July 2010
	Japanese Red Army					8 October 1997 – 8 October 2001
	Khmer Rouge					8 October 1997 – 8 October 1999
	Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front					8 October 1997 – 8 October 1999
	People's Mujahedin of Iran		? – December 2012	? – 2010		8 July 1997 – 28 September 2012
	New People's Army							29 March 1969 – 1992-10
	Palestine Liberation Front			? – 12 July 2010
	Palestine Liberation Organization					1988 – 1991
	Revolutionary Nuclei					10 August 1997 – 18 May 2009
	Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement					10 August 1997 – 8 October 2001
	Red Brigades			August 1970 – ?
	Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)					? – 6 September 2012

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 fueling radicalism.

Australia

Main article: Outlawed terror organisations in Australia

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

Canada

Since December 18, 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.

Entities are reviewed by the Minister and the Chief Justice of the Federal Court, and finally published in the Canada Gazette. The list is also published on the website of Public Safety Canada.

European Union

The European Union has two lists of designated terrorist organisations that provide for different sanctions for the two groups. The first list is copied from the United Nations, and the second is an autonomous list.

Autonomous list

All other designated organizations.

• the freezing of all funds, other financial assets and economic resources.
• a ban on directly or indirectly making funds, other financial assets and economic resources available.

It is important to note that sanctions are only applicable to EU-external groups regardless of designation. For example, 47 groups are listed as terrorist organizations in the EU but sanctions are only applied to 27 of these. Member States do have an obligation to assist each other in preventing and combating terrorist acts but this is the only action that follows from the designation of an EU-internal organization.

• European Union list of terrorist groups and individuals, 25 June 2012.

Listing process

New organizations are added to the autonomous list following this process:

1. "Designation": Member states and third party states tips about an organization. This state must have solid evidence and must the tip must be sent by the national authority.
2. Scrutinity: The Presidency, or a delegation, gathers basic information, and might require more information from the tipping state.
3. Consultations: Information is shared with other member states for discussion. Everything is still confidential. 15 days after, delegates of the states meet as the CP 931 Working Party, Europol is sometimes invited too.
4. Recommendation: The CP 931 Working Party prepares the listing decision.
5. Decision by EU Council: The council adopts the list. The decision must be unanimous, which means that every state has a veto right.
6. Official Publishing: In the EU Official Journal
7. Notification and Statement of Reason: The council secretariat notifies each designated organization via mail, together with instructions on how to get the decision to be reconsidered.

Delisting process

The EU has similar process to review the list, and to remove organizations for the list.

India

Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs maintains a list of banned organizations: List of organisations banned by the Government of India.

Korea

Main article: National Security Act (South Korea)

• The Democratic People's Republic of Korea outlawed the Aum Shinrikyo as an terrorist group.
• The Republic of Korea, however, has not yet listed a number of designated terrorist groups. Such groups banned under the National Security Act for example, the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea.

People's Republic of China

The Ministry of Public Security maintains a list of terrorist organizations on its website mps.gov.cn. This list has been translated to English by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the USA.

Philippines

The first group to be officially listed as a terrorist organization under the Human Security Act of 2007 is the Abu Sayyaf on September 10, 2015 by the Basilan provincial court.

Russia

Single federal list of organizations recognized as terrorist 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, which named as Federal United list of Terrorist Organizations.

Tajikistan

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

Ukraine

In Ukraine, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are designated as terrorist organizations. Ukrainian authorities claim that the two organizations are made up of a rigid hierarchy, financing channels and supply of weapons with the purpose of deliberately propagating violence, seizing hostages, carrying out subversive activity, assassinations, and the intimidation of citizens.

United Nations

The United Nations does not have a general list of all terrorist organizations. Instead, it has several lists focusing on a particular context.

UN 1267 regime list

The UN 1267 regime list is focused on Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and their associates.

• prohibition of sale or transfer of arms and related materiel.
• the freezing of funds and other financial assets or resources.
• the prevention of entry onto or transit through the territories of member states.
• a prohibition on provision of technical assistance or training in military matters or in the manufacture or maintenance of arms and related materiel.

The EU provides exceptions to the implementation of relevant asset-freezing sanctions per UN resolution 1452 (2002). Upon request, a competent national authority may determine to release funds on the following grounds if, within the time limit provided for, there has been no objection made, or a release has been explicitly approved, by the UN Sanctions Committee.

• necessary to cover basic expenses, intended for the payment of professional fees for legal services or for the payment of fees or services in relation to the maintenance of frozen funds or assets
• necessary for extraordinary expenses

United Kingdom

• United Kingdom Government's Proscribed terrorist groups.
• Text of the Terrorism Act 2000 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database .

United States

• United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• Terror Exclusion List (TEL)
• Executive Order 13224 blocking Terrorist Property and a summary of the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 595 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 596 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations), and Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations)
• US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, 'What you need to know about U.S. Sanctions'
• US Department of State Terrorist Designation Lists
• US Department of State Country Reports on Terrorism 2008
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security – Terrorist Organization Reference Guide January 2004

Yugoslavia and Serbia

The Yugoslav and Serbian authorities regarded the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) as a terrorist group.

See also

• U.K. List of Proscribed Groups
• U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• List of charities accused of ties to terrorism
• Government of India designated terrorist organisations
• List of non-state groups accused of terrorism
• List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates
• List of Islamic terrorist organizations
• Violent non-state actor