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IS Unleashes Car Bombs During Final Siege in Syria
March 07, 2019
Islamic State (IS) forces unleashed a series of car-bomb attacks against US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces laying siege to the final IS holdout town of Baghouz on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
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Saudi Repression Includes Alleged Torture of US Citizen
March 07, 2019
Attorneys for a physician and American citizen detained without charges in Saudi Arabia are pushing the US government to take action on his behalf based on their allegations that Saudi authorities rounded him up and tortured him during a recent crackdown aiming to stifle criticism against the Islamist authoritarian monarchy.
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Maldives Experiences Consolidation of Radical Islamism
March 07, 2019
The Indian Ocean state of Maldives has experienced a steady consolidation of extremist Islamism in the country’s constitution, education system, and, most recently, support for Islamic State and al-Qaeda activities.
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IS Gangs Operate Unfettered in Rural Iraq
March 07, 2019
Islamic State (IS) roving gangs remain a serious threat to long-term stability in Iraq, particularly in the country’s rural and provincial areas where the Baghdad government has failed to move decisively to provide a regular security presence and to provide for urgent development and reconstruction needs.
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Al Shabaab Militants Lay Siege to Hotel in Mogadishu
March 07, 2019
Militants from the al Shabaab Islamist extremist group have laid siege to a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, as the high casualties are the most recent in the jihadist group’s ongoing battle to impose sharia law across the country.
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