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Rubin: Turkey's Transregional Support for Islamist Extremism Endangers U.S. Geopolitical Interests
November 03, 2021
Writing in The National Interest, Michael Rubin explains how NATO-member Turkey's record of ideological and material support for Islamist extremism in Eurasia and Africa is undermining U.S. geopolitical interests and security strategy.
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German IS Woman Convicted for Crimes against Humanity for Enslaving Yazidi Child
October 27, 2021
A Munich court has sentenced a German woman who supports the Islamic State in Syria to ten years in prison for participating in the purchase, enslavement, and death of a Yazidi woman and child captured by jihadist group in its caliphate operations in Iraq and Syria.
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Pentagon Official: IS Could Attack U.S. in Six Months
October 27, 2021
In remarks to Congress, Colin Kahl, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, testified that Islamic State in Afghanistan intends to attack the United States and, in six months, will have the capacity to do so.
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Tajikistan Rejects Engagement with Taliban Regime as Threat to Central and South Asian Stability
October 20, 2021
The President of Tajikistan has taken a categorical position against recognition of the Taliban Islamist regime of Afghanistan, warning that the Taliban is a clear and present threat of Islamist radicalization and security destabilization for all of Central and South Asia.
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IS in Afghanistan Escalates Islamist Sectarian Violence
October 20, 2021
Islamist extremist groups are using high-casualty sectarian attacks to intensify what is developing as a low-level jihadist civil war in Afghanistan, as Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K) carried out a series of attacks on Shiite mosques.
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Iran’s New Cabinet Signals Strength of Islamist Hardliners
October 13, 2021
Iran’s new Cabinet under President Ebrahim Raisi is comprised of Islamist hardliners who are veterans of the security and military-intelligence apparatus, as well as individuals sanctioned by Western governments because of human rights violations and terrorist-related economic activities.
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Globalized Al-Qaeda Threat Keeps United States in Africa as Afghan Outcome Echoes
October 13, 2021
The globalized nature of the security threat from al-Qaeda has United States special forces hunkered down in the Horn of Africa, where the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan may embolden al-Shabab, a branch AQ in Solamia.
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Taliban Reject Cooperation with US in Combatting IS Extremism
October 13, 2021
Taliban officials have rejected the possibility of cooperation with America in countering the influence of Islamic State (IS) influence in operations within and from Afghanistan, despite the uptick in IS anti-Shiite sectarian violence in the South Asian country.
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Boko Haram Expands Control in Nigeria
October 06, 2021
Operating since 2009 in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous, oil-rich state, the Boko Haram jihadist group is demonstrating operational resilience and ideological staying power.
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IS Shows Durability and Sustained Threat in Syria
October 06, 2021
Islamic State (“IS”) forces continue to demonstrate durability and resilience that makes the group a sustained threat in Syria.
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