(VOVworld) – On Thursday, the US Department of State added Islamic State’s (IS) branch in Libya and Sunni militants in Yemen and Saudi Arabia to its Foreign Terrorist Organizations List.

Belgian police and emergency staff arrive in after an explosion at the Maalbeek metro station. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The Department designated IS’s branch in Libya as a foreign terrorist organization and Sunni militants as specially designated global terrorists.

The State Department said the US will impose sanctions on foreign individuals involved in acts of terrorism that pose threats to US citizens or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the US. The list of terrorist groups was announced by President George Bush two weeks after the attacks of September 11, 2001.