[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 27972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11210]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8732]


In the Matter of the Amendment of the Designation of al-Qa'ida in 
Iraq, aka Jam'at al Tawhidwa'al-Jihad, aka The Monotheism and Jihad 
Group, aka The al-Zarqawi Network, aka al-Tawhid, aka Tanzim Qa`idat 
al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, aka The Organization of al-Jihad's Base 
of Operations in Iraq, aka al-Qaida of Jihad in Iraq, aka al-Qaida in 
Iraq, aka al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, aka al-Qaida in the Land of the Two 
Rivers, aka al-Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka 
al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers, aka al-
Qaida Group of Jihad in Iraq, aka al-Qaida Group of Jihad in the Land 
of the Two Rivers, aka The Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country 
of the Two Rivers, aka The Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the 
Two Rivers, aka The Organization of al-Jihad's Base in the Land of the 
Two Rivers, aka The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia, aka The 
Organization of al-Jihad's Base of Operations in the Land of the Two 
Rivers, aka Tanzeem qa'idat al Jihad/Bildad al Raafidaini, aka Islamic 
State of Iraq, 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 pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
as amended (8 U.S.C. 1189 (``INA''), and in consultation with the 
Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, I have concluded 
that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that al-Qa'ida in 
Iraq, also known under the aliases listed above, uses the additional 
alias Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Islamic State 
of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, 
also known as ad-Dawla al-Islamiyya fi al-'Iraq wa-sh-Sham, also known 
as Daesh, also known as Dawla al Islamiya, also known as Al-Furqan 
Establishment for Media Production, as its primary name. I have further 
concluded that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that Al-
Nusrah Front, also known as Jabhat al-Nusrah, also known as Jabhet al-
Nusra, also known as The Victory Front, also known as Al Nusrah Front 
for the People of the Levant is no longer part of al-Qa'ida in Iraq.
    Therefore, pursuant to Section 219(b) of the INA, as amended (8 
U.S.C. 1189(b)), I hereby amend the designation of al-Qa'ida in Iraq as 
a foreign terrorist organization to include the following new aliases: 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Islamic State of 
Iraq and al-Sham, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also 
known as ad-Dawla al-Islamiyya fi al-'Iraq wa-sh-Sham, also known as 
Daesh, also known as Dawla al Islamiya, also known as Al-Furqan 
Establishment for Media Production; and remove the following aliases: 
Al-Nusrah Front, also known as Jabhat al-Nusrah, also known as Jabhet 
al-Nusra, also known as The Victory Front, also known as Al Nusrah 
Front for the People of the Levant.
    This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: May 7, 2014.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2014-11210 Filed 5-14-14; 8:45 am]
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