United States designates Saraya al-Mukhtar terrorist group

Saraya al-Mukhtar, present in Bahrain and supported by Iran, has planned attacks against U.S. personnel The U.S. State Department, issued a statement last Tuesday in which it included the Saraya al-Mukhtar group as a terrorist group. This is laid down in Executive Order 13224, as it considers that its activities undermine U.S. foreign policy and national security. The al-Mukhtar Brigades are a terrorist group of Shiite ideology which has been present in Bahrain since 2013. It is one of the formations supported by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which has earned it the designation as a terrorist group by the United…