[In a press statement](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/01/terrorist-designations-of-muslim-brother-chapters/) State Secretary, Marco Rubio, we can read that on January 13, the State Department entered Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood on the American list of terrorist organizations. The main reason for specified a decision is to intensify late the support provided by these branches to Hamas.