Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations of Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Kata'ib al-Imam Ali

Based upon a review of the Administrative Records assembled in this matter, 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 the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter “INA”) (8 U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to: Harakat al-Nujaba (also known as Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, Movement of the Noble Ones Hezbollah, Golan Liberation Brigade, Ammar ibn Yasir Brigade, Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba Brigade, al-Hamad Brigade, al-Nujaba TV, The Movement of the Noble Ones); Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (also known as KSS, Battalion of the Sayyid's Martyrs, The Master of the Martyrs Brigade, Kata'ib Abu Fadl al-Abbas, Kata'ib Karbala); Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (also known as Harakat Ansar Allah al Awfiya fi Souriya, Ansar Alah Alofia, Kayan al-Sadiq wa al-Ataa, Harakat Al-Sadiq wa al-Ataa, God's Loyal Supporters, The Movement of the Loyal Partisans of God, Honesty and Giving Entity); and Kata'ib al-Imam Ali (also known as al-Imam Ali Battalions, Imam Ali Brigades, Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam).

Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organizations and their respective aliases as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant to section 219 of the INA.

This determination shall be published in the Federal Register . The designations go into effect upon publication.