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Israeli Attack on IS Reflects Concerns About Jerusalem
November 28, 2016
Israeli Defense Force officials view the Islamist jihadi activity in the Golan Heights, culminating in the Israeli military's killing of Islamist militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in the triangular border area of Israel, Syria, and Jordan, as a concerning signal that IS remains committed to its declared ideological goal of capturing Jerusalem.
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US Warns Americans Traveling in Europe of Jihadi Terror Attacks
November 22, 2016
In the wake of French officials' arrests of jihadis plotting Islamist terror attacks against civilians and soft targets in European countries, the US State Department has issued a travel alert urging American citizens traveling in Europe to use extreme caution in public spaces.
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Islamist Terror Groups Signal Jihadi Attacks on US Targets
November 22, 2016
US security agencies are on high alert for Islamist jihadi attacks on major American homeland sites after al-Qaeda and Islamic State propaganda magazines identified the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the upcoming presidential inauguration as "excellent" soft targets.
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Brooklyn Man Faces Charges for IS Ties and Terror Plot
November 22, 2016
US authorities have arrested a Brooklyn man from Yemen on charges of providing material support to the Islamic State, including the planning of a jihadi terror attack in New York city's Times Square.
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UN Supports Closer Cooperation with OIC on Violent Extremism
November 22, 2016
While it pledged support for a plan by one of the major financial institutions of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to invest nearly $9 billion to counter the globalization of Islamist extremism and violence, the UN General Assembly critiqued the fact that only 18 of the 57 member states of the OIC belong to the global coalition against the Islamic State.
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