The US government continues to see the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia as a threat to international security. The terrorist group continues to pose a significant security threat in Syria and Iraq and beyond, including Europe and North America, said the US government’s special executive envoy for the anti-IS coalition, John Godfrey, yesterday (local time) in Washington .
There is still a cadre of capable IS actors in Syria who are well connected and experienced in planning attacks. Ministers of the international anti-IS coalition want to give virtual advice today about the further fight against the terrorist group. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Belgian colleague Sophie Wilmes are hosting the meeting together.
A few years ago, IS terrorists controlled large areas in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate there. You have now been militarily defeated there, but remain active. IS cells regularly carry out attacks. Godfrey emphasized that after the breakup of the territorial IS caliphate, the terrorist militia increasingly concentrated on the activities of the offshoots and networks. That was last shown in the heavy attack in Mozambique.
