The U.S. Treasury and State Department labeled several individuals “specially designated global terrorists” in an effort to disrupt the financial activities of foreign fighters, as well as their travel in and out of Syria.
The action follows the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous adoption of a resolution focused on stopping the flow of funds to foreign terrorist fighters and thwarting their efforts to travel across borders.
“Eliminating terrorism requires international solidarity,” U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said after the vote.
The targets have worked with a number of terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, al Nusra Front and al Qaeda and its affiliates, to send foreign fighters to Syria and other countries.
Officially designating the individuals and groups as terrorists shuts down their access to U.S.-based property and prohibits anyone in the U.S. from engaging in any transactions with them “or to their benefit,” according to the State Department.
David Cohen, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said the “broadly scoped” designations would disrupt efforts by several terrorist groups to “raise, transport, and access funds that facilitate foreign terrorist fighters.”
“These steps, taken the same day as the adoption of a new United Nations Security Council resolution, affirm the commitment of the United States and our partners to degrade and destroy terrorist access to financing,” he said.
Read the full Treasury list here and the full State Department list here.
This story was first published at 03:12 p.m. and has been updated.
