Islamic State expanding globally amid setbacks: U.S official

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WASHINGTON: The Islamic State group continues to expand globally with some 20 affiliates, despite being forced out of Syria and the killing of its lea...

: The Islamic State group continues to expand globally with some 20 affiliates, despite being forced out of Syria and the killing of its leaders, a top U.S counter-terror official said Thursday.

On Thursday the group claimed responsibility for the killing of six French aid workers and their two local guides in Niger on August 9. Outside Syria and Iraq, the IS global web “now encompasses approximately 20 branches and networks,“ Miller said.Islamic State also seeks to attack Western targets, Miller says, but so far effective counter-terror work has prevented this.

Al Qaeda’s affiliates in Yemen and Africa retain the ability to carry out deadly attacks, Miller said, but its sub-groups in India and Pakistan have been significantly weakened.

 

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