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US blacklists radical Islamist Syrian rebel group

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 11, 2012 14:53

WASHINGTON - The United States has designated the radical Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is suspected of ties to al-Qaida, as a foreign terrorist organization.

In an order released on Tuesday, the US State Department essentially classified the group, which has advocated for an Islamic state in Syria, as an affiliate of al-Qaida in Iraq.

By blacklisting al-Nusra, authorities now can freeze any assets the group or its members have in US jurisdictions. The designation also prohibits Americans from giving it any material support.

The group has been accused by other rebel factions of indiscriminate tactics in the bloody civil war aimed at ousting President Bashar Assad.

"The secretary of state concludes that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that al-Qaida in Iraq ... uses or has used additional aliases," including Jabhat al-Nusra, the State Department statement said.

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