Employees and officers of international organizations designated under the Act also receive benefits.

Lending support to an organization designated by the government as terrorist is a federal crime.

Hezbollah was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department in 1997.

Al-Qaeda has been designated a terrorist organization by the following countries and international organizations:

Being designated a "foreign terrorist organization" also brings sanctions and stigmatizes a regime.

Al-Shabaab has been designated a terrorist organization by several Western governments and security services.

"WikiLeaks could be designated a foreign terrorist organization."

In December 2012, the shabiha were designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

Harkat was designated a terrorist organization by the United States in October 2001.

The paramilitary umbrella group was recently designated a terrorist organization with global reach by the American State Department.