AhlulBayt News Agency - Hezbollah topped a list of 68 "terrorist" groups published by the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain Monday, the state news agency BNA said.
Hezbollah has already been branded as "terrorist" by the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League.
Also on the list was Al-Qaeda and its branches in Yemen and North Africa, as well as the Nusra Front in Syria and ISIS.
Nigeria's Boko Haram, Egypt's Islamic Jihad and Al-Murabitoun in Mali are also on the list.
Also included are the little-known Al-Ashtar Brigades and Resistance Brigades, as well as the clandestine February 14 Coalition, all believed to be Shiite groups in Bahrain.
A similar list already issued by the United Arab Emirates includes 83 groups.
Before this the decision by the [P]GCC to blacklist Hezbollah has been met with opposition and criticism with Algeria refusing to classify the movement as a terrorist organization.
Palestinian resistance movement, Islamic Jihad, also praised Hezbollah as a resistance movement which has a history in the struggle against the Israeli regime as well as in supporting the Palestinian cause. Iran, Syria, Bahraini people, Tunisia, Iraq and Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement have also slammed the move by the [P]GCC.
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