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U.S. Blacklists Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Group, FTO Listing Set for March 16

Washington cites IRGC training, mass killings to justify cutting the group off from financing.

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A member of security stands in front of a destroyed highrise building, as efforts to restore the city's infrastructure resumes after nearly three years of devastation caused by war, in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on January 17, 2025. Sudan's Prime Minister announced on January 11, 2026, the government's return to Khartoum, after nearly three years of operating from its wartime capital of Port Sudan. In the early days of the regular military's war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023, the army-aligned government fled the capital, which was quickly overrun by rival troops. It has pursued a gradual return to Khartoum since the army recaptured the city last March. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The State Department named the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity and said the group will be added to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list on March 16.
  • All assets under U.S. jurisdiction are blocked and U.S. persons are barred from dealings, with potential secondary sanctions for foreign parties that transact with the group.
  • Officials say the network—made up of the Sudanese Islamic Movement and its armed wing, the al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade—has fielded more than 20,000 fighters and carried out mass executions, with many combatants trained and supported by Iran’s IRGC.
  • A video of commander Al-Naji Abdullah vowing to send fighters to defend Iran surfaced last week; Sudan’s armed forces later arrested him and publicly disavowed the brigade.
  • The move drew support from the UAE and fresh calls in Washington and Khartoum to consider terrorism designations for the RSF, while analysts and aid groups warn of new obstacles for ceasefire diplomacy and humanitarian financing.