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Official designation(s) issued by the U.S. Department of State listing the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and SDGT, and Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh as an SDGT.
An official January 13, 2026 State Department press statement titled "Terrorist Designations of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters" states that "the Department of State is designating the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), and the group’s leader Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh as an SDGT." A concurrent Treasury Department press release confirms that State is designating the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as both an FTO under the Immigration and Nationality Act and an SDGT under Executive Order 13224, and that State is also designating its secretary general, Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, as an SDGT. Independent reporting from major news outlets, including ABC News/Associated Press and Kurdistan24, likewise reports that the U.S. has designated the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as both an FTO and SDGT and has designated Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh as an SDGT. The verdict is True because multiple official U.S. government documents and independent news reports consistently confirm that, on January 13, 2026, the State Department designated the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and designated Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.