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Last Stage of Fight Against IS in Syria Underscores Resilience
December 12, 2018
The protracted, high-casualty, final stage of the US-backed coalition to rout the Islamic State (IS) from its remaining strongholds in Syria is underscoring the resilience of the IS fighting forces, while data seized from IS locations is revealing the ongoing threat from the globalization of the Islamist caliphate idea and operational cells.
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Final Effort to Oust IS from Northeastern Syria Faces Pushback
December 10, 2018
Syrian Kurdish Special Forces and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are facing strong pushback from Islamic State (IS) fighters in northeastern Syria, one of the few remaining holdout areas from the territorial caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
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IS Continues Jihadist Activities in Libya
December 10, 2018
Islamic State (IS) cells are active in Libya, with members of the caliphate group suspected in a combined killing-kidnapping incident in a town in the central part of the country, only weeks after Libyan security forces apprehended a local IS operative in the same town.
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Somalia Hosts OIC Summit in Bid for Economic, Financial Assistance
December 10, 2018
The Somalian government recently hosted a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in a bid to seek the global entity’s economic and financial support to the East African state.
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Pakistan Frees Founder of Taliban
December 10, 2018
Pakistan state authorities have released one of the founding members of the Taliban, the Islamist militant group committed to making Afghanistan a sharia state.
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