Branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan on Wednesday condemned a US move to blacklist them as terrorist organisations, calling it political and pledging to contest it through legal channels.
Several Middle East governments, however, welcomed the US decision as a long overdue recognition of the group’s “extremist ideology”.
The US Treasury and State Departments announced the sanctions on Tuesday, accusing the three branches of the Brotherhood of providing material support to Hamas. That support, they said, included attempts to arrange financial and logistical aid for Hamas's fight against Israel in Gaza.
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the Egyptian and Jordanian branches provided “material support” to Hamas, including fund-raisi
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