[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2240-2241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00410]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8586]


In the Matter of the Designation of Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia; 
Also Known as Al-Qayrawan Media Foundation; Also Known as Supporters of 
Islamic Law; Also Known as Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia; Also Known as 
Ansar al-Shari'ah; Also Known as Ansar al-Shari'ah in Tunisia; Also 
Known as Ansar al-Sharia; as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant 
to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended

    Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this 
matter and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, I conclude that there is a sufficient factual basis to 
find that the relevant circumstances described in

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section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended 
(hereinafter ``INA'') (8 U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to Ansar al-
Shari'a in Tunisia, also known as Al-Qayrawan Media Foundation, also 
known as Supporters of Islamic Law, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in 
Tunisia, also known as Ansar al-Shari'ah, also known as Ansar al-
Shari'ah in Tunisia, also known as Ansar al-Sharia.
    Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organization and 
its aliases as a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 219 
of the INA.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

     Dated: December 31, 2013.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-00410 Filed 1-10-14; 8:45 am]
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