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US working to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

It follows a request from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

(L-R): Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood representatives: Ex-president Mohammed Mursi, Essam el-Arian, and Saad al-Katatni

Source: AAP

The Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, the White House says, which would bring sanctions against Egypt's oldest Islamist movement.

The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email.

Read more here via SBS.


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By Ali Bahnasawy

Source: AFP, SBS



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