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US Strike on IS Oil-and-Gas Chief Degrades Terror Funding Stream
June 22, 2018
The US-led anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition in Syria killed the Islamist terror group’s oil-and-gas planning chief, in a significant step toward further degrading terror financing capabilities that have supported the resilience of IS operations in parts of Syria.
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Nigeria’s Jihadists Threaten Cameroon Cattle Farmers
June 22, 2018
The Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has expanded its cross-border jihad into Cameroon, threatening the life and livelihoods of that country’s cattle farmers, who have been terrorized into constrained areas for heeding and farming.
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End of Saudi Driving Ban Clashes with Wahhabi Establishment
June 22, 2018
Women in Saudi Arabia are gearing up to drive legally for the first time in the history of the Islamist theocracy, though the end of the ban on women driving on June 24 runs against the position of the fundamentalist Wahhabi religious establishment that dictates social and political changes in the country.
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OIC Lauds Anti-Israel UNGA Resolution
June 22, 2018
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the largest voting bloc in the UN General Assembly (UNGA), has lauded a UNGA resolution calling for the creation of an international protection mechanism for Palestinians and condemning Israel for its use of force during recent clashes with Palestinians at the Gaza border.
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US Air Strike Kills Most-Wanted Pakistani Taliban Extremist
June 22, 2018
A senior official from the Afghan Defense Ministry has confirmed that a US-Afghan air operation killed Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah, the most-wanted leader in the Islamist terrorist organization.
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