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Apr 20, 2015 In The News

Sameer Mohiuddin grew more confused by the second as panelists speaking at his Southern California mosque trumpeted a new national initiative to prevent violent extremism.

Apr 18, 2015 In The News

To wage war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is using F-15 fighter jets bought from Boeing. Pilots from the United Arab Emirates are flying Lockheed Martin’s F-16 to bomb both Yemen and Syria. Soon, the Emirates are expected to complete a deal with General Atomics for a fleet of Predator drones to run spying missions in their neighborhood.

 

Apr 17, 2015 In The News

Thousands of families fleeing Iraq’s western city of Ramadi choked checkpoints leading to Baghdad on Friday, after an Islamic State advance spread panic and left security forces clinging to control.

Apr 17, 2015 In The News

Five young men were arrested Saturday in Melbourne, Australia, in what police called a major counterterrorism operation. Three of the teens, all of them either 18 or 19, have since been released "pending further enquiries," Australia's Federal Police said, but two remain in custody. 

Apr 16, 2015 In The News

Today, Mayor Ed Murray transmitted a proposed joint resolution to Seattle’s City Council affirming the City’s support of Somali communities who seek to care for their families still living in Somalia and the Horn of Africa by way of remittances.

Apr 16, 2015 In The News

A federal grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old Ohio man with three counts of terrorism charges after he allegedly traveled to Syria and trained with al-Nusra Front — a rare case of an American traveling to the Middle East and then returning

Apr 16, 2015 In The News

Global efforts to fight Islamic State’s financing have focused too much on the sources of funding and not on the role of financial institutions delivering the money, according to a new paper by a Canadian lawyer.

Apr 15, 2015 In The News

A few weeks ago, the White House convened the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), a three-day event intended to “discuss concrete steps” that the United States and its allies can take to mitigate violent extremism around the globe.

Apr 14, 2015 In The News

China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late on Monday, as part of a larger push to beef up surveillance and security in response to violent unrest.

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