81 FR 79554 - In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of Al-Nusrah Front (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 219 (November 14, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 79554]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27324]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9787]


In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of Al-Nusrah 
Front (and Other Aliases) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant 
to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled pursuant 
to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (8 
U.S.C. 1189) (``INA''), and in consultation with the Attorney General 
and the Secretary of the Treasury, I have concluded that there is a 
sufficient factual basis to find that Al-Nusrah Front (and other 
aliases) uses the additional alias Jabhat Fath al Sham, also known as 
Jabhat Fath al-Sham, also known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, also known as 
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, also known as Fatah al-Sham Front, also known as 
Fateh Al-Sham Front, also known as Conquest of the Levant Front, also 
known as The Front for liberation of al Sham, also known as Front for 
the Conquest of Syria/the Levant, also known as Front for the 
Liberation of the Levant, also known as Front for the Conquest of 
Syria.
    Therefore, pursuant to Section 219(b) of the INA, as amended (8 
U.S.C. 1189(b)), I hereby amend the designation of Al-Nusrah Front as a 
foreign terrorist organization to include the following new aliases: 
Jabhat Fath al Sham, also known as Jabhat Fath al-Sham, also known as 
Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, also known as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, also known as 
Fatah al-Sham Front, also known as Fateh Al-Sham Front, also known as 
Conquest of the Levant Front, also known as The Front for liberation of 
al Sham, also known as Front for the Conquest of Syria/the Levant, also 
known as Front for the Liberation of the Levant, also known as Front 
for the Conquest of Syria.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: October 19, 2016.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2016-27324 Filed 11-10-16; 8:45 am]
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