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Decline of IS Boosts Global Shiite Aims
September 25, 2017
The ongoing military decline of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria is creating a paradoxical new threat to Mideast stability, as the degradation of the Sunni caliphate has removed a significant impediment to the project of global Shiite radical imperialism supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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IS Uses Irish Students for Money Laundering
September 25, 2017
Islamic State (IS) operatives are targeting students in Ireland's university system to dupe them into establishing bank accounts that can be used for money laundering and false documentation to support Islamist terrorism.
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IS Drone Fleet Presents Emerging Security Threat
September 25, 2017
The Islamic State (IS) has developed a lethal drone fleet with both surveillance and attack capabilities, amounting to an emerging, resilient threat to Western and global stability that may threaten critical infrastructure inside the United States.
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OIC and UN-Women Sign Cooperation Agreement
September 25, 2017
The Saudi Arabia-headquartered Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) have signed a memorandum of understanding for inter-institutional cooperation, despite many known violations of gender equality in some OIC countries.
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NGOs Criticize Saudi, Iranian Actions in Yemen
September 25, 2017
International humanitarian agencies are condemning the Saudi-Iran battle for Sunni-versus-Shiite Islamist dominance in the Middle East for producing "the world's worst humanitarian crisis," with some aid groups particularly criticizing Saudi Arabia’s blockade of emergency food.
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