DOJ: $2 Billion Going to Victims of Terrorism

The Justice Department plans to disburse more than $2 billion to victims of state-sponsored terrorism.

The money will be distributed by the government's managing fund by January 2026.

The program, known as the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, helps victims of terrorist actions, including family members of those injured or killed going back as far as the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 American airmen and left more than 400 people injured.

That bombing and the terrorist attack against the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in October 1983 led to the creation of the original victim support fund, which has been replaced with the current program. The Beirut attack killed 220 Marines, 18 Navy sailors, and 3 U.S. Army soldiers.

The fund also supports 9/11 victims, spouses, and dependents.

"Today's announcement of a distribution of at least $2 billion to victims in 2026 is the largest general distribution in the Fund's history and will make a significant difference in victims' lives," Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the Justice Department Criminal Division, said in the DOJ release.

The Justice Department continues to accept applications to the fund.

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