U.S.: Islamic State still a world threat
Blinken warns of activity in Africa, urges vigilance By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
Published: June 28, 2021, 5:08pm
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6 Photos Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accompanied by Italy s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, speaks during a news conference at Fiera Roma in Rome, Monday, June 28, 2021. Blinken is on a week long trip in Europe traveling to Germany, France and Italy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) Photo Gallery
ROME As the U.S. works on its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group met Monday to chart future steps against the extremist group.
USStrikes Back After Rocket Attack in Syria
Voice of America
29 Jun 2021, 10:35 GMT+10
PENTAGON - U.S. troops in Syria have returned fire after a rocket attack targeted American forces there Monday, according to a military spokesman. U.S. Forces in Syria, while under multiple rocket attack, acted in self-defense and conducted counter-battery artillery fire at rocket launching positions, U.S. Colonel Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for the international military intervention against Islamic State, wrote on Twitter.
The rockets targeted a military base in Deir ez-Zour known as Green Village, multiple sources with knowledge of the attack confirmed to VOA. Marotto told VOA the U.S. responded to the rockets with 155 mm artillery rounds.
IS still remains a threat, says global coalition
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IS still remains a threat, says global coalition. Image Source: IANS News
Rome, June 29 : A Global Coalition to Defeat IS (Islamic State) has said that although nearly eight million people have been freed from the terror group s control in Iraq and Syria, it still remains a threat. IS no longer controls territory and nearly eight million people have been freed from its control in Iraq and Syria, but the threat remains, said a joint communique issued on Monday after a meeting of the Ministers of the Coalition concluded in Rome.
ROME: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio get ready for a ministerial meeting on Monday to discuss the crisis in Syria. AFP
ROME: As the United States works on its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of the global coalition fighting the militant Islamic State group met on Monday to chart future steps against the group.
The meeting came just a day after the US launched airstrikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio co-chaired the gathering of senior officials from the seven-year-old, 83-member bloc. Participants were taking stock of current efforts to ensure the complete defeat of IS, whose remnants still pose a threat in Iraq and Syria and have shown signs of surging in parts of Africa.
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