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Allies Prepare Final Coalition Push Against IS in Syria
August 03, 2018
As US-led coalition forces prepare to oust Islamic State (IS) fighters from the areas of Syria that remain under the group's control, experts caution that the termination of the IS caliphate in Syria and Iraq will not mean the end of threats by the jihadist entity against civilian and state targets in Syria and beyond.
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Turkey Threatens Retaliation Against US for Sanctions
August 03, 2018
Turkey's government is threatening retaliation against the US for Treasury Department sanctions on the assets of two Ankara officials deemed responsible for the protracted imprisonment of US pastor Andrew Brunson, as pro-Islamist government newspapers call for the US to be banned from using the geostrategically important NATO airbase in Incirlik.
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OIC Denounces Dutch Cartoon Competition
August 03, 2018
The Secretary General of the 57-member-state Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Dutch politician Geert Wilders' announcement of a cartoon competition featuring images of Islam's prophet Mohammed, rejecting Wilders' claim that the contest constitutes an important exercise of free speech.
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IS Uses Slow Peace Process in Philippines to Gain Traction for Jihad
August 03, 2018
Islamic State (IS) militants in the Philippines have taken advantage of the protracted pace of ratifying a peace agreement granting greater autonomy to the Muslim-majority region of Christian-majority Mindanao to carry out jihadist actions like this week's lethal suicide bombing against civilians and soldiers in the southern part of the country.
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Islamist Turkey Uses Economic Aid to Penetrate the Balkans
August 03, 2018
Turkey's Islamist President is reinforcing his declared strategy of neo-Ottoman expansion into Europe by augmenting Ankara's Islamist alliance-building among the EU member states' Muslim communities with economic aid designed to drive a wedge between the EU and development-needy Balkan states in Europe.
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