Mr Rubio stated in a statement, “Today, we are designating the Lebanese, Egyptian, and Jordanian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups.”
The declaration document cited the Muslim Brotherhood’s link to Hamas and the Jihad ideology of its founder.
“Today, I designated the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations,” Mr Abbott said on X.
“The perpetrators killed, on different occasions from 2013 to 2015, six policemen and wounded 25 officers, security men, and civilians.”
