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The State Department will designate four Antifa-linked groups operating in Europe as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specifically Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) — putting them among the likes of ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hezbollah — Fox News Digital has learned.

The decision marks the first time the U.S. government has applied foreign terrorist designations to Antifa-linked groups, expanding President Donald Trump’s previous domestic terrorism directive to an international scale.

The four Antifa-aligned cells active in Europe — in Germany, Italy and Greece — are accused of organizing or carrying out bombings, shootings and other politically motivated attacks.

The designation requires U.S. financial institution

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