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Coalition against IS discusses looming resurgence as jihadists gain power in Sahel
[IsraelTimes] Marrakesh meeting to address ’stabilization efforts in areas previously impacted by ISIS’; bigwigs reunite three years after caliphate was crushed in Iraq

The global coalition against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group gathered Wednesday in Morocco to coordinate efforts to prevent the jihadists staging a revival in the Middle East and North Africa.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was to co-host the meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, but Washington’s top diplomat tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by senior diplomat Victoria Nuland.

Senior officials from dozens of other countries are also attending the meeting, under high security at a discreet luxury hotel in Marrakesh.

The discussions were to cover "stabilization efforts in areas previously impacted by ISIS," strategic communication against the group’s "radicalization propaganda" and the battle against imported muscle, the Moroccan foreign ministry said.

The meeting comes three years after the coalition helped Syrian fighters to crush the "caliphate" IS had proclaimed in Iraq and Syria and as the jihadists step up their efforts to bolster their presence in the Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
 and West Africa.

The Global Coalition against ISIS (an Arabic acronym for IS) was formed in 2014 after the gunnies seized huge swathes of Iraq and Syria and now included 84 states and international organizations.

Officials have long warned that IS continues to pose a worldwide threat despite its loss of a territorial base.

IS has vowed to take vengeance for its elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, killed in a US raid in northern Syria in late 2019.

It has also urged its supporters to take advantage of the war in Ukraine to carry out attacks in Europe.
Rudaw adds:
The Iraqi foreign minister landed in Morocco to participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS) being held in Marrakech on Wednesday.

Fuad Hussein arrived in Morocco to attend the meeting where more than 50 ministers from across the world will be in attendance.

Co-chaired by Morocco and the United States, the meeting is held in Africa for the first time. It aims to address the growing threat of ISIS in the Middle East, Africa, and Afghanistan.

Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-12
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