The Trump administration is boosting sanctions on four Iran-aligned Iraqi militia groups it says are responsible for repeated attacks against American and allied facilities and interests inside Iraq.
The US State Department said Wednesday it had added Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
All four had been previously listed and subject to sanctions, including freezes on any assets they might have that enter US jurisdictions, but the FTO designations make it a criminal offense for any American to provide them with “material support,” a broad term that could include monetary donations or other types of financial or logistical assistance.
