US, Others Say Africa Has Become Main Target of IS Group

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A senior US official said on Wednesday that the world must remain vigilant about the sustainable threat caused by Islamic State groups throughout the world – especially in Africa – reminders of unfinished warfare despite the extraordinary preoccupation with conflict in Ukraine.

Victoria Nuland, Deputy Minister of State US for Political Affairs, said the threat from IS was very high in the African continent, which he said seeing nearly 500 was a terrorist incident in 2021 which resulted in the deaths of more than 2,900 people.

At the same time when we prevent the resurrection (IS) in Iraq and Syria, we must remain aware of the sustainable threats it caused in other places in the world, especially here on the African continent,” he said.

Nuland spoke at the opening session in the city of Morocco Marrakech from the annual meeting of members of the Global Anti-Is Coalition. He led along with this year’s meeting from 83-members of 83 members with Foreign Minister Morocco Nasser Bourita. The meeting aims to reaffirm the determination with the participants to continue to fight is.

Nuland, the third highest ranking diplomat, replaced State Secretary Antony Blinken, which was tested positive for COVID-19.

Being at the peak of power controls more than 40,000 square miles (103,600 square kilometers) that stretches from Syria to Iraq and rule more than 8 million people. He lost his last piece of territory in Eastern Syria in March 2019 after a global battle for years against the group.

Since then, most have gone underground and carried out low -level rebellions, including roadside bombings, murder and hit -and -run attacks mostly targeted security forces in Iraq and Syria.

In recent months, this group has exploited economic collapse, lack of government and increased ethnic tensions in poor areas to reverse opposite benefits. His attacks in the region were among the big attacks earlier this year to win prison in Northeast Syria which accommodated at least 3,000 was prisoners. In Afghanistan, militants have increased attacks on the new rulers of the country, the Taliban, and religion and ethnic religions.

This group has claimed several attacks in the new Israel -new, and the affiliation of the Islamic State in Egypt on Sunday claims the attack targeting a water pump station to the east of the Suez Canal, killed at least 11 soldiers.

We remain clear about the state of threat (IS), which has not been reduced, “Bourita said, warning that Africa has become the main target of the group, suffering 41% of all of them are attacks throughout the world.

The militants who promised to be loyal to the Islamic State group remained active in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where they had been blamed for a number of attacks on villages that had killed hundreds of civilians. Islamic extremists in Nigeria have also committed violence under the banner of the group which they call the province of West Africa Islamic State. Recently, militants affiliated with IS claimed responsibility for deadly violence targeting the army and the Congo bar in the east that was fought by the country.

Mozambik extremist rebels are also in line with the IS group and announced this week known as the Islamic State Province of Mozambik.

This year’s meeting took place with other important international priority backgrounds, including the destroying war in Ukraine, the fall of the Coronavirus Pandemic and increasing the war against climate change.

Media Moroccan reports that around 80 countries will be represented at Monday’s meeting. The delegation will also discuss ways to prevent resurrection in Iraq and Syria by stabilizing areas that are released and pursue sustainable solutions for detainees and their family members, as well as fighting networks on the African continent and elsewhere.