The Base, Hezbollah get terrorist designation in Australia

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia intends to add far-right extremist group The Base and the entirety of the Lebanese group Hezbollah to its list of outlawed terrorist organizations as national security services grapple with a surge in neo-Nazi cells and other ideologically motivated extremists.

The Base, a neo-Nazi white supremacist group formed in the United States in 2018, would become only the second far-right group to be designated a terrorist organization in Australia after the British-based Sonnenkrieg Division was listed in August, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said on Wednesday.

The remaining 25 terrorist organizations on Australia’s list are Muslim groups, including Hezbollah’s External Security Organization, which was designated under Australia’s Criminal Code in 2003.

Including all Hezbollah entities as terrorist organizations would make being a member of or supporting those entities a criminal offense.

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