Bahrain designates 68 groups as terrorist
Hezbollah tops the list that also includes Daesh and Al Qaida
Dubai: The Kingdom of Bahrain on Monday published a list of 68 Islamist groups it classified as terrorist, the state news agency BNA said.
Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah movement, already branded as “terrorist” by the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League, topped the list approved by Bahrain’s cabinet, BNA said.
Also on the list was Al Qaida and its branches in Yemen and North Africa, as well as Al Nusra Front in Syria and Daesh.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram, Egypt’s Islamic Jihad and Al Murabitoun in Mali are also on the list.
Also included are the little-known Al Ashtar Brigades and Resistance Brigades, as well as the clandestine February 14 Coalition, all believed to be groups in Bahrain.
A similar list already issued by the United Arab Emirates includes 83 groups.
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are all partners in the US-led coalition that is bombing Daesh militants in Syria and Iraq.
List of banned organisations
- Hezbollah
- Ansar Al Islam/ Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions
- Daesh, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria.)
- Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia/Yemen)
- Al-Nusrah Front (Syria)
- Abu Sayyaf Group (Philippines)
- Harakat Ul Mujahideen (Pakistan)
- Al Qaida
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Pakistan)
- Jaish-e-Mohammed (Pakistan)
- Lashkar-e Tayyiba (Pakistan)
- Osbat/Asbat Al Ansar (Lebanon)
- Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (North Africa)
- Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan/ Pakistani Taliban (Pakistan)
- Abdallah Azzam Brigades (Lebanon)
- Ansar al-Dine (Mali)
- Boko Haram (Nigeria)
- Ansar al-Shari’a in Benghazi (Libya)
- Ansar Al Shari’a in Darnah (Libya)
- Jemaah Islamiya (Indonesia)
- Lashkar i Jhangvi (Pakistan)
- Harakat ul-Jihad-I Islami (Pakistan/ Bangladesh)
- Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (Indonesia)
- Ansaru/ Jamaat Ansaru Al Muslimina fi Bilad Al Sudan (Nigeria)
- Al-Mulathamun Battalion (Algeria)
- Ansar Al-Sharia in Tunisia (Tunisia)
- Al Mourabitoon (Mali)
- Armed Islamic Group (Algeria)
- Jamaat Houmat Al Daawa Al Salafiya
- East Turkistan Islamic Party (Western China)
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad (Egypt)
- Emarat Kavkaz or Caucasus Emirate (Russia)
- Global Relief Foundation (USA)
- Harakat Sham Al Islam – Syrian Islamic Movement (Syria)
- Hilal Ahmar Society Indonesia (Humanitarian wing of Jemaah Islamiya)
- Islamic Army of Aden (Yemen)
- Islamic International Brigade
- Islamic Jihad Group (Associated with Emarat Kavkaz, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan)
- Jamaatu Ahl Al Sunna Liddawati Wal-Jihad (Organization of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb)
- Jund Al-Khilafa (Algeria)
- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (Libya)
- Maktab Al-Khidamat (Afghanistan)
- Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group
- Muhammad Jamal Network (Egypt)
- Mujahidin Indonesian Timur (Indonesia)
- Movement por l’Unification et le Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) Associated with Al Qaida in Islamic Maghreb.
- Rajah Solaiman Movement (Philippines)
- Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (Afghanistan & Pakistan branches)
- Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs (Russia)
- Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (Russia)
- Army of Emigrants and Supporters (Syria)
- Tunisian Combatant Group (Tunisia)
- Ummah Tameer-e-Nau (Pakistan)
- Wafa Humanitatian Organisation (Afghanistan)
- Al Itihaad Al Islamiya (Somalia)
- Al Akhtar Trust International
- Al Haramain Islamic Foundation (Saudi Arabia)
- Afghan Support Committee (Afghanistan)
- Al Mouakone Bil Dam (Mali)
- Al Furqan (Bosnia)
- Al Rashid Trust (Pakistan)
- Benevolence International Foundation
- Jam’yah Ta’awun Al Islamia/ Islamic Society Cooperation (Afghanistan)
- Rabita Trust (Pakistan)
- Taibah International Offices (Bosnia)
- Coalition of February 14th Youth (Bahrain)
- Saraya Al-Ashtar (Bahrain)
- Saraya Al Muqawama Al Sha’biya (Bahrain)
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