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Al-Qaeda Received US Arms Intended to Combat IS in Syria
May 18, 2018
According to recent reports by Syrian rebels, al-Qaeda operatives received US military equipment, including weapons, ammunition, and vehicles, transferred to Turkey under the Obama Administration's "train-and-equip" program intended to build moderate Syrian rebel capacity to combat Islamic State (IS) forces in Syria.
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Turkey Convenes Emergency OIC Summit on Jerusalem
May 18, 2018
Turkey's Islamist President is convening an emergency summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) aimed at developing unified action "by Islamic countries to defend Palestine and Jerusalem" in the aftermath of this week's violence at the Gaza border that accompanied the US Embassy's relocation from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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US Terrorist Designation Signals Expanding Footprint of IS Franchises
May 18, 2018
The US State Department's designation of a new terrorist group, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, underscores the internationalization of Islamic State (IS) franchises from the Islamist terror group's original footprint in the Mideast to Africa and other parts of the world.
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Cleric Calls for Jihad over US Embassy Move to Jerusalem
May 18, 2018
In response to the completion of the US's embassy move in Israel to Jerusalem, a senior Sunni cleric in Lebanon issued a call for jihad by all Muslims as a holy war to defend Palestinians.
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IS Attacks Worsen Indonesia's Security Environment
May 18, 2018
The security environment in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, continued to worsen with the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks by supporters of the local Islamic State (IS) affiliate, as four men with swords produced one fatality in a staged assault on police headquarters in Sumatra.
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