Russia Officially Recognizes Islamic State as Terrorist Organization
11:45 29.12.2014(updated 14:31 29.12.2014)
The Russian Supreme Court ruled the international organizations of the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra are terrorist organizations.
MOSCOW, December 29 (Sputnik) – The Russian Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat al-Nusra militant groups are terrorist organizations, the court's press service said.
Following the closed-door ruling, any activity by either group is banned in the Russian Federation.
Earlier in the day, the court's press service stated that the initial proposal came from the Prosecutor General's Office.
Jabhat Al-Nusra or Al-Nusra Front is the name of the Al-Qaeda branch in Syria and Lebanon. It has been active since 2012 and has been fighting against the government in the Syrian civil war. The group has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Turkey.
The IS, a Sunni Muslim group, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria and proclaimed an Islamic caliphate on the territories under its control. The group's rapid advance and notorious human rights atrocities in northern Iraq and Syria triggered a military response from the United States-led international coalition, which carried out a number of airstrikes on IS targets in both countries.
The IS has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the European Union and a number of other countries, including the United States, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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