President Trump is pushing on designating the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, according to a New York Times report published Tuesday. This comes after Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has long decried the Muslim Brotherhood that has opposed his rule in the country, the report said. By designating the movement as a terror group, it would immediately become the target of American sanctions and restrictions, including travel bans and other limits on economic activity. But the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization has been floated around the White House at least since 2017. The Iranian group was finally designated as a terror group only earlier this month.

Source: Fox News April 30, 2019 09:56 UTC