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Burial of Remains in Iraq Reveals Prevalence of IS Foreign Fighters
June 22, 2018
The process of recovering and burying the remains of Islamic State (IS) fighters in Iraq areas liberated from the caliphate is revealing the prevalence of foreign fighters from countries of the Caucasus, including Russian Chechnya and Georgia, as well as Western countries.
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US Envoy Advocates Anti-ISIS Stabilization Strategy
June 22, 2018
The US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (Islamic State) is convening a meeting in Morocco to discuss a stabilization strategy in Syria as a key to the permanent defeat of the caliphate and to focus on global counter-measures, especially in Africa, to push back ISIS relocation and operations.
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Turkey Fuels Political Islamism in Balkans
June 22, 2018
The intensification and consolidation of anti-Christian political Islamism in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reveals the impact of a deliberate strategy of neo-Ottoman expansionism into the Balkans by Turkey’s Islamist government.
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NGO Legal Settlement Shows Problems with Charges of Islamophobia
June 22, 2018
The recent out-of-court settlement by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with the UK-based Quilliam Foundation over the SPLC's allegation that Quilliam's founder is an "anti-Muslim extremist" reveals the pernicious effects of the term "Islamophobia" as a mechanism for silencing all criticism of Islamism and its political and violent extremist expressions.
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Iranian Influence in Iraqi Parliament Involves Shiite Extremist Groups
June 22, 2018
The recent parliamentary elections in Iraq resulted in significant Iranian influence through a strong coalition of Iranian-allied Iraqi parties that include powerful Shiite extremists, raising the possibility of renewed Islamist sectarianism in Iraq and suggesting the importance of timing to avoid blowback from proposed US Treasury Department sanctions on accused Iranian proxies.
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