The US State Department is designating the spokesman for the Islamic State group, which is launching an offensive in Iraq, as a terrorist. The dept on Monday also applied the designation to an Algerian militant who fled house arrest in France and joined the al-Qaida linked group Syria.
The actions prohibit Americans from doing business with Abu Mohammed al-Adnani ,who was born in Syria, and Said Arif, who is from Algeria, and freezes all property they have within US jurisdiction.