A senior U.S. official and other members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group have warned that the African continent is now the main target of the extremist group
FILE - A motorist passes by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2014. Members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group are meeting in Morocco on Wednesday May 11, 20222 to discuss ongoing efforts in the campaign. The meeting is a reminder of the persistent threat from the extremist group despite the overwhelming preoccupation with Russias war on Ukraine. – A senior U.S.
“At the same time as we are preventing the resurgence of in Iraq and Syria, we need to remain vigilant to the continued threat it poses elsewhere in the world, especially here on the African continent,” she said. IS at the height of its power controlled more than 40,000 square miles stretching from Syria to Iraq and ruled over 8 million people. It lost its last patch of territory in eastern Syria in March 2019 following a years-long global fight against the group.
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