U.S. Designates Three Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Terrorist Organizations

The State Department has designated the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood (LMB) – also known as al-Jamaa al-Islamiyah – as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). LMB’s secretary general, Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, received an individual SDGT designation.

In a coordinated action, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood as SDGTs, citing their material support to Hamas.

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