United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Date added Date removed Name Region Area of operations Notes
October 8 , 1997 October 8 , 1999 DFLP-Hawatmeh Faction ( DFLP ) Middle East Palestinian Territories 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 October 8 , 1999 Khmer Rouge Asia Cambodia 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 October 8 , 1999 Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front - Dissidents ( FPMR-D ) South America Chile 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 October 8 , 2001 Japanese Red Army ( JRA ) Asia Japan 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 October 8 , 2001 Tupac Amaru Revolution Movement ( MRTA ) South America Peru 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 October 8 , 2001 Revolutionary Nuclei Europe Greece 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 October 15 , 2010 Armed Islamic Group ( GIA ) Arab World , Africa Algeria 62 FR 52650
October 8 , 1997 September 28 , 2012 Mujahedin-e Khalq ( MEK ) Asia , Middle East Iraq , Iran 62 FR 52650
October 11 , 2005 May 28 , 2013 Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group ( MICG ) Arab World , Africa Morocco
September 10 , 2001 July 15 , 2014 United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( AUC ) South America Colombia
October 8 , 1997 September 3 , 2015 Revolutionary Organization 17 November Europe Greece 62 FR 52650
March 27 , 2002 December 9 , 2015 Libyan Islamic Fighting Group ( LIFG ) Africa Libya
October 8 , 1997 June 1 , 2017 Abu Nidal Organization ( ANO ) Middle East Palestinian Territories 62 FR 52650
Delisted FTOs
The following groups have been removed from the Department of State 's list as of June 1 , 2017 , [ 7 ] most due to having been disbanded and thus being no longer active .
Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) is a designation for non-United States-based organizations deemed by the United States Secretary of State, in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA), to be involved in what US authorities define as terrorist activities. Most of the organizations on the list are Islamist extremist groups, nationalist/separatist groups, or Marxist militant groups. The Department of State, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, also has the authority to designate individuals and entities as subject to counter-terrorism sanctions according to Executive Order 13224. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control maintains a separate list of such individuals and entities.