A list of terrorist organizations and conflict zones designated by the President has been reviewed for the fifth time.
Only Syria was designated as a conflict zone in the list that the president is mandated with compiling based on advice from the National Security Council. One terrorist organization was added to the previous list of 19 groups.
An Indonesian terrorist group called Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) was added to the list. The group was designated as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council in 2020.
The list of terrorist organizations designated by the President has to be reviewed every 12 months according to the anti-terrorism law. The list has to be reviewed by the President with advice from the National Security Council.
The police previously said that Syria, which was designated as a conflict zone, was the country that Maldivians most commonly travel to join and fight with terrorist organizations. Groups such as ISIS and al-Nusrah that Maldivians join were included in the list.
List of terrorist organizations designated by the President:
- Al-Qaida
- Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula
- Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb
- Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent
- Jabhat al-Nusra
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
- Hurras al-Din
- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
- Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISKP)
- Abu Sayyaf
- Boko Haram
- Al Shabaab
- National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ)
- Jama’athe Milla’athe Ibrahim (JMI)
- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET)
- Therik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
- Wilayath As Seylani (WAS)
- Jaish e Mohamed
- Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD)
