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Saudi, Iranian Islamists Compete in Lebanon
November 08, 2017
The competition for post-Islamic State Mideast hegemony between the competing Islamist regimes of Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran is growing sharper, evidenced in the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in what regional experts widely concur is a Saudi power play to destabilize the Lebanese regime dominated by the pro-Iranian-Shiite Hezbollah movement.
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Islamist Terror Groups Consolidate in Horn of Africa
November 08, 2017
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out airstrikes against Islamic State sites in Somalia, signaling that the Mideast Islamist group joins al-Qaeda’s al-Shabaab in the Horn of Africa country where the state’s lack of political legitimacy has opened the way for jihadi groups warring to consolidate sharia governance in the geopolitically significant region.
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US, UN Officials Report Integration "Jihadi Drug" Markets
November 08, 2017
The US Drug Enforcement Agency and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime report the growing integration of criminal networks for production and the expansion of markets for recreational use of Captagon, the amphetamine known as the “jihadi drug” because it was favored by Islamic State fighters for enhancing combat effectiveness.
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OIC Chief Slams Israel for "Disfiguring" Jerusalem
November 08, 2017
As the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Secretary General announced that the global Islamic entity will cooperate with UNESCO in programs to combat the destruction and illegal trafficking of cultural heritage and artifacts, he condemned Israel as an occupying power using policies "to alter and disfigure" the demography and cultural heritage of East Jerusalem.
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IS Claims New York Attacker Was Caliphate Soldier
November 08, 2017
The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for this week’s vehicle terror attack that killed eight people in Manhattan, identifying the perpetrator, who asked for the black flag of IS to be hung in his hospital room after treatment from his wound sustained during apprehension by police, as a soldier of the caliphate.
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