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Taliban Halt Humanitarian Work in Afghan Regions
April 23, 2019
The Taliban have imposed a ban on humanitarian work by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in areas under its control, arguing the humanitarian groups are engaged in “suspicious activities” and citing polio vaccination campaigns as inconsistent with Taliban principles.
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NGO Chief Warns Against Laws Targeting Online Speech
April 23, 2019
Brett Solomon of the advocacy group Access Now writes that the Australian government must not rush through criminal legislation targeting social media platforms that fail to remove “terrorist” content after the mass murders at two New Zealand mosques in March, citing the potential chilling effect of such legislation on online speech.
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IS Reorganization Puts Pressure on Syria's Civilians
April 23, 2019
Evidence shows Syria’s civilians, due to the resilience of the Islamic State (IS), are throwing their support behind the Assad regime as a means of escaping the perils of IS attacks.
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Iran Prepares Designation of US Military as Terrorist Group
April 23, 2019
US military officials are warning of possible attacks against American troops engaged in the Middle East, based on preparations by the Iranian regime retaliating against the US government’s designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization by labeling the US military a terrorist group.
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IS Ramps up Recruitment in East Africa
April 23, 2019
The increased focus of the Islamic State (IS) and other Islamist extremist groups in East Africa continues to emerge, most recently, in the form of an IS propaganda video on IS operations in Mali released by the caliphate's official Amaq News Agency and designed for recruitment and radicalization.
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