Social media platforms such as Twitter are now quicker at deleting accounts linked to militants, while several Arab countries have stepped up online surveillance. ... Of those Islamic State supporters who went online after Trump’s announcement following an initial stunning..…
United States wanted it to pivot south, toward Arab provinces of Raqqa and Deir al-Zour, where Islamic State was strongest. ..…
Islamic State group chief Baghdadi buried at sea by US military . . Unemployment fuels turmoil in Arab states, IMF says . . ..…
Secondly, and more importantly, the insurgency in Afghanistan and the border regions of Pakistan is an indigenous Pashtun uprising which is an ethnic group native to Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, whereas the bulk of the Islamic State’s jihadists in Syria and Iraq was comprised of..…