United States Department of State list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The United States Department of State maintains a list with Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA). Most of the terrorist organizations on the list are Islamist extremist groups; the rest are nationalist/separatist groups, Marxist militant groups, drug cartels, or transnational gangs.

The Department of State, along with the United States 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 (OFAC) maintains a separate list of such individuals and entities.

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