US State Dept lists Saraya al-Mukhtar as an SDGT

The US State Department has designated the Bahrain-based Saraya al-Mukhtar group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (asset freeze) on the basis that it poses a “significant risk of committing acts of terrorism that threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States”. The press release says that Saraya al-Mukhtar receives financial and …