MOSCOW, December 29 (Sputnik) — The Supreme Court of Russia will consider a claim by the Prosecutor General’s Office to recognize the Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat Al-Nusra as terrorist organizations Monday, the court’s press service told RIA Novosti.
"The Prosecutor General's Office asked the court to prohibit the activities of these international organizations on the territory of the Russian Federation," the court representative said.
Jabhat Al-Nusra, also known as the Al-Nusra Front, is Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria and Lebanon. It was created in 2012 and has been fighting against governmental forces in the Civil War in Syria. Several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, have already recognized it as a terrorist organization.
The Islamic State extremist group has seized large swathes of land across Iraq and Syria and declared an Islamic caliphate in June on the territories under its control. The US-led international coalition is currently carrying out airstrikes on IS targets in Syria and Iraq.
