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Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada

  • Al-QaedaAl-Qaeda's emir, Osama bin Laden, once sent a Portuguese convert to Islam to Rome with orders to kill an exiled king. The target was Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan. Bin Laden wanted to stop him from returning home and possibly heading…
  • Islamic StateThe Islamic State, known variously as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, governed roughly 12 million people by the end of 2015. Its commanders directed more than 30,000 fighters. No government recognised it as a state, and the United Nations designated…
  • HamasHamas is an acronym, and the Arabic word it happens to spell means zeal, strength or bravery. The letters stand for Ḥarakah al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah, which means Islamic Resistance Movement. The group's own 1988 covenant pointed out the…
  • TalibanIn August 2021, the Taliban took Kabul's Presidential Palace after President Ashraf Ghani fled.
  • Jalisco New Generation CartelThe Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known by its initials CJNG, lost its founder on the 22nd of February 2026. Mexican soldiers killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as El Mencho, in Tapalpa, Jalisco. He had founded this Mexican…
  • HezbollahHezbollah operates hospitals and schools in Lebanon, holds seats in the national parliament, and commands an armed force that one 2016 assessment placed on par with a medium-sized army. The name means party of God in Arabic. Its political…
  • Wagner GroupRussia swore the Wagner Group did not exist, then admitted paying it.
  • HouthisOn the 31st of October, during the Gaza war, the Houthis launched ballistic missiles from Yemen toward Israel. Israel's Arrow missile defense system shot them down, and Israeli officials claimed it was the first combat ever to take place…
  • Aum ShinrikyoAum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday movement founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987, once published comics and animated cartoons. The cartoons tied its religious ideas to anime and manga staples such as space missions, powerful weapons and world…
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is an Iranian military force that also behaves like a corporation. In September 2009, a consortium affiliated with the Guards bought 51 percent of the shares in the Telecommunication Company of Iran.…
  • Tren de AraguaIn September 2023-11,000 members of Venezuela's security forces moved on a prison that doubled as the headquarters of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan crime syndicate whose name means Aragua Train. The prison was the Aragua Penitentiary…
  • Sinaloa CartelThe Sinaloa Cartel lost two of its senior figures on the 25th of July 2024, when United States authorities arrested Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López in El Paso, Texas. Guzmán López is a son of the better-known Joaquín "El…

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