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Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as . 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 as a to achieve their goals, and there is no international consensus on the legal definition of terrorism.

(2025). 9780754674030, Ashgate. .
(2025). 9781136810404, Taylor & Francis.

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 designated as terrorist

By the United Nations Security Council Committee
Organizations listed by the United Nations Security Council ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.

Abdullah Azzam Brigades, , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
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Aden-Abyan Islamic Army, , , , ,
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Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, , , ,
Al-Mourabitoun, , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
, Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Entry of One Entity on Its Sanctions List – UN Security Council, 30 May 2013. Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates,
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al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates,
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates,
Ansar al-Sharia (Libya), , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia, , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Ansar al-Islam, , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
, , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
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Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, , , , , ,
, , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
, , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Boko Haram to Its Sanctions List – UN Security Council, 22 May 2014. Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York ,
, , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Egyptian Islamic Jihad, , , , , , ,
, , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, , , , , ,
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, , , , , , , ,
Harakat Sham al-Islam, , , , , ,
, , , , ,
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, , , , , , , ,
Islamic Jihad Union, , , , , ,
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, , , , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, , , , , ,
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, , , , , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
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, , , ,
Islamic State's West Africa Province, , ,
, , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, , , , ,
Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, , ,
Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid, , , , , , ,
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, , , , , ,
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Islamic State – Algeria Province, , , , , , ,
Islamic State – Tunisia Province, , , , , , , , , , Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey, ,, , ,
Katibat al-Imam al-Bukhari, , , , ,
Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, , , , ,
, , , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, , , , , , , , ,
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, , , ,
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, , , , , ,
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, , , , , ,
Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, , , , ,, ,
Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Isle of Man, , , , Trinidad and Tobago
Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage, , , , ,
Tariq Gidar Group, , , Isle of Man, , , , , , , , Trinidad and Tobago , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Turkistan Islamic Party, , , , , , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates,


Other organizations
18th Street gang
48th Assault Battalion
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Abu Nidal Organization, , ,
Soldiers of Egypt (Ajnad Misr), United Arab Emirates, ,
Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj
al-Aqsa Foundation,
al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, , , ,
Al-Ashtar Brigades, , ,
Al-Badr,
Alex Boncayao Brigade
al-Haramain,
Al-Hayat Media Center
al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya, , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Al-I'tisam Media Foundation
Al-Kataib Media Foundation
All Tripura Tiger Force
al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, , , , ,
Al-Shabaab, , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Amaq News Agency
Animal Liberation Front
Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Ansar Khalifa Philippines,
Ansar ul Islam,
Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army,
Army of IslamUnited Arab Emirates,
Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
Aryan Strikeforce
Asa'ib Ahl al-HaqUnited Arab Emirates,
Atomwaffen Division, , , , , ,
A.U.E.
, , ,
Az-Zallaqa Foundation,
(2025). 9789295220898, Publications Office of the European Union. .
, , Isle of Man
Badr OrganizationUnited Arab Emirates
, , , , ,
Bahrain Freedom Movement
Balochistan Liberation Army,, , , , ,
Baloch Students Organization
Bangladesh Chhatra League
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters,
The Base, , , ,
Benevolence International Foundation,
Black Bridge
Blood & Honour
Boat People SOS
Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and StrategiesUnited Arab Emirates
Redut-Antiterror
of Republic of Kosovo
Coalition of Patriots for ChangeCentral African Republic
Cártel del Noreste
Combat 18
Committee for Charity and Solidarity with Palestine
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War
Communist Party of the Philippines, , , ,
New People's Army
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist
Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan
Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
Continuity Irish Republican Army, ,
Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco
Council on American–Islamic RelationsUnited Arab Emirates
Cumann na mBan
Darul Islam
Defence for Children International Palestine branch
Donetsk People's Republic Про Заяву Верховної Ради України "Про визнання Україною юрисдикції Міжнародного кримінального суду щодо скоєння злочинів проти людяності та воєнних злочинів вищими посадовими особами Російської Федерації та керівниками терористичних організацій "ДНР" та "ЛНР", які призвели до особливо тяжких наслідків та масового вбивства українських громадян"// Постанова Верховного Суду щодо визнання діяльності терористичною //Supreme Court of Ukraine
Dukhtaran-e-Millat
East Turkestan Information Center
Earth Liberation Front
East Turkestan Liberation Organization, ,
E.N.O.T. Corp.
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, , , , ,
February 14 Youth Coalition
Fianna Éireann
First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups,
Force 17
Freedom of Russia Legion
Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum
Free Papua Movement
Garo National Liberation Army
Georgian National Legion
Gran Grif gang
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front,
Global Relief Foundation
Grey Wolves
Gülen movementGulf Cooperation Council, ,
, , , , , , , , , , Organization of American States,
Hamas – Al-Qassam Brigades
Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya,
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, ,
Harakat-Ul-Mujahideen/Alami,
, , ,
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Gulf Cooperation Council, , , , , , , , , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
, , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
, , , , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
Hezbollah Al-Hejaz, United Arab Emirates
Hezbollah in Latin America, , ,
, , , , , , , , , , ,
Hizbul Mujahideen, , ,
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
, , United Arab Emirates, , (Presidential Leadership Council),
,
Indian Mujahideen, , , , United Arab Emirates, ,
International Sikh Youth Federation, ,
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish People's Liberation Organisation
Islam4UK
,
International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy – Canada
International Union of Muslim Scholars, , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain announce addition of two entities, eleven individuals to their lists of terrorism , Saudi Press Agency. Arab states blacklist Islamist groups, individuals in Qatar boycott , Reuters. , United Arab Emirates
Iran Internationalagsiw.org
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan,
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, , , , ,
, , , ,
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Sinai Province, , , , , ,
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Central Africa Province
Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah
Jamaat Ul-Furquan,
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, , ,
Jamaah Ansharusy Khalifah
Jamaah Ansharusy Syariah
Kach and Kahane Chai, ,
Jundallah,
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
Kangleipak Communist Party
Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup
Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment
Kata'ib Hezbollah United Arab Emirates,
Khalid ibn al-Walid Army
Khalistan Commando Force
Khalistan Liberation Force
Khalistan Zindabad Force,
Khalistan Tiger Force
Kingdom Assembly of Iran
Komala–PIK
Komala–CPI,
Komala–KTP
Komi Daily
Krasnoyarsk Jamaat
Kurdish Hezbollah
Kurdistan Communities Union
Kurdistan Democratic Party/North
Kurdistan Democratic Party–Iran
Kurdistan Democratic Party
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, ,
Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle
Kurdistan Freedom Party
Kurdistan Workers' Party, , ,
(2004). 9783540212256, Springer. .
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Lashkar-e-Balochistan
La Familia Michoacana
Letzte Verteidigungswelle
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, , , , , ,
Liwa al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar
Lord's Resistance Army,
Loyalist Volunteer Force
Luhansk People's Republic
Macina Liberation Front
Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia,
Maktab al-Khidamat
Maniac Murder Cult,
Maoist Communist Centre of India
Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)
MAP
, , ,
Mara Salvatrucha,
Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, United Arab Emirates,
Muslim BrotherhoodCollective Security Treaty Organization, , , , (House of Representatives), , , , , , United Arab Emirates
Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army
National Action
National Democratic Front of Bodoland
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
National Liberation Army, , , ,
National Liberation Front of Tripura
National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz
National Socialism / White Power
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
National Unity Government of Myanmar ( State Administration Council)
Neo-JMB ,
Nordic Resistance Movement
Network (Russia)
No Lives Matter
Orange Volunteers
Oromo Liberation Army
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement
Palestine Liberation Front, , ,
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, , , , , , ,
, , ,
Palestinian Taliban Group
Paraguayan People's Army,
, ,
People's Anti-Fascist Front
People's Defence Forces,
People's Liberation Army of Manipur
People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey
People's Militia named after Minin and Pozharsky
People's Mujahedin of Iran,
People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, , ,
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command, , , ,
Promised Day BrigadeUnited Arab Emirates
,
Provisional Irish Republican Army
, ,
Rajah Sulaiman Movement
Real Irish Republican Army, ,
Red Hand Commando
Red Hand Defenders
Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche
Resistência Galega
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, ,
Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front
(2025). 9788481503166, Gobierno de España, Ministerio del Interior, Secretaría General Técnica. .
Revolutionary Nuclei
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front, , , , ,
Revolutionary Struggle
Russian Imperial Movement,
Russian Orthodox Army
Russian Volunteer Corps
,
( branch)
Sabireen Movement,
, , ,
Saor Éire
Saraya al-Mukhtar, , , United Arab Emirates
Severna Brigada
Sindhudesh Liberation Army
State Administration Council ( National Unity Government)
The Saved Sect
Sect of Revolutionaries
Sharia4Belgium
, , , , , ,
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, , , United Arab Emirates,
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan,
Sonnenkrieg Division,
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Students' Islamic Movement of India
,
,
, , , , , United Arab Emirates
Tamil Nadu Liberation Army
Tamil National Retrieval Troops
Tamil Youth Organisation
Ta'ang National Liberation Army
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi,
, , ,
Teves Group
Third Republic of Vietnam
The Resistance Front,
Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
Tren de Aragua ,
Tunisian Combatant Group
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Volunteer Force
Ummah Tameer-e-Nau
Union of Agricultural Work Committees
Union of Palestinian Women's Committees
Cárteles Unidos
United Liberation Front of Assam
United National Liberation Front
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia






United States Armed Forces
United States Central Command
United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus
Vanguards of Conquest
Việt Tân
, , , , OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Weichán Auka Mapu
West Papua National Liberation Army
World Tamil Movement
World Uygur Youth Congress
Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade

YPG / SDF


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.
Abu Nidal Organization8 October 1997 – 1 June 2017
African National Congress16 December 1961 – 11 February 1990
Al-Haramain Foundation United States branch?–2014
¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!1984 Un capítulo de la historia del país con dos visiones opuestas. (In Spanish)–1991
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria8 October 1997 – 15 October 2010
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, 1975–1991 ( dissolved)
?–18 July 2011
8 October 1997 – 20 May 2022
2021–2022
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine10 August 1997 – 10 August 1999
?–1988
Front de libération du Québec1 April 1963 – 1971
Ginbot 7?–2018
Harakat Ansar Iran?–2013 ( dissolved)
19 January–5 February 2021 (reenlisted on 16 Feb 2024)
Islamic Army in Iraq, , , from 2003-2013
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council16 November 2000–2011
Jamiat-e-IslamiDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan?–1992
Japanese Red Army8 October 1997 – 8 October 2001
Kach and Kahane Chai?–12 July 2010
8 October 1997 – 20 May 2022
8 October 1997 – 8 October 1999
Lehi,
(2025). 9780231154475, Columbia University Press. .
August 1940 - 1948
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group?–November 2019
?
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front8 October 1997 – 8 October 1999
1983-1999
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group?
National Council of Resistance of Iran15 August 2003
(2025). 9780833047014, . .
–28 September 2012
Nuclei di Iniziativa Proletaria?–2007
?–2007
Nuclei Territoriali Antimperialisti?–2007
Oromo Liberation Front?–2018
Ogaden National Liberation Front?–2018
People's Mujahedin of IranMay 2002–26 January 2009
24 May 2005–20 December 2012
28 March 2001 – 24 June 2008
8 July 1997 – 28 September 2012
Palestine Liberation Front?–12 July 2010
Palestine Liberation Organization, 1988–1991, 1987 – 1988 22 USC CHAPTER 61 – ANTI-TERRORISM – PLO , Office of the Law Revision Counsel (United States). Retrieved 5 December 2006.
Revolutionary Nuclei10 August 1997 – 18 May 2009
Red Army Faction?
Revolutionary Organization 17 November?
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia2001–13 November 2017
8 October 1997 – 30 November 2021
1940s ( dissolved)
March 2005 – 2023
?–2024
2003–2025
2002–2015
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan2021
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-MohammadiDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan?
Tigray People's Liberation Front2021–2023
Turkistan Islamic Party?–2020
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement10 August 1997 – 8 October 2001
uMkhonto we Sizwe?
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)?–6 September 2012
United Baloch Army?–2022 ( dissolved)
?–2022 ( dissolved)
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia?–18 July 2011
2001–2014


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.


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.


Bahrain
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains a public list of designated terrorist individuals and entities.


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.

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 . 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. there are 21 organizations in the autonomous list.


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


Iran
The state maintains a list of designated terror groups; it includes the US Armed Forces, , Iran International.


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


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


Kyrgyzstan
maintains a consolidated list of "destructive, extremist and terrorist" organizations officially banned by courts. the list includes 21 organizations and 12 of them are recognized as terrorist organizations.


Malaysia
The Ministry of Home Affairs of 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.


Myanmar
In (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. There are only two groups on Myanmar's terror list: the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and Arakan Army, declared on 25 August 2017 and January 2019


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.


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.


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.


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.

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


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, named "Federal United list of Terrorist Organizations".


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.

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


United Arab Emirates
The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates periodically issues resolutions to include individuals and organizations on its terrorist list. issued resolutions are 2014/41, 2017/18, 2017/28, 2017/45, 2018/24 and 2018/50.


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. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 established lists focused , the and their associates. The listing process was later extended to include the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.


United Kingdom
The maintains a list of proscribed terrorist groups.


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


See also
  • List of charities accused of ties to terrorism
  • List of non-state groups accused of terrorism
  • List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and syndicates
  • List of fascist movements
  • List of guerilla movements
  • List of Islamic terrorist organizations
  • List of Ku Klux Klan organizations
  • List of neo-Nazi organizations
  • List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups
  • List of white nationalist organizations
  • Violent non-state actor


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