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US Official Warns of IS Resilience
August 07, 2019
The most recent quarterly report of the Lead Inspector General of the US Defense and State Departments on drawing down the anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition in Iraq and Syria warns of Islamist resilience and recommends improved training of local forces and a focus on humanitarian needs in refugee camps.
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UK Counter-Terrorism Chief Seeks Social-Inclusion Measures
August 07, 2019
The head of Britain's counter-terrorism operations is calling for the incorporation of diverse social-inclusion measures that can address the core structural and educational factors that sustain Islamist extremism and that are contributing to the growth of right-wing nationalist extremism in the UK.
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Saudi Arabia Continues Rights Violations, Discrimination
August 07, 2019
Despite Saudi Arabia's royal decree last week announcing the reform of the theocratic kingdom’s repressive male guardianship system, the women's activists who led the push for reform remain indefinitely detained in a show of arbitrary judicial practice.
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Turkey Destroys Books on Gulenist Movement
August 07, 2019
The Turkish Ministry of Education has announced the destruction of more than 300,000 books due to their “objectionable content” mentioning the rival Fetullah Gulen Islamist movement.
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Taliban Continue Afghan Jihad During Peace Negotiations
August 07, 2019
Taliban forces continue their jihadist campaign inside Afghanistan, most recently with a high-casualty attack against a police station in Kabul, while the Islamist group engages in negotiations with the US over the anticipated draw-down of American troops in the war-torn country.
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