“Working together with other nations and private organizations in the preservation of cultural heritage, the United States is committed to disrupting the illegal trafficking of antiquities and proving that ISIL’s tactics of murder and destruction will not erase Iraq and Syria’s rich history and cultures”, the release said.
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‘The findings are concerning; we are losing in this struggle to keep Americans from the battlefield, ‘ House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said Tuesday after his committee released the 65-page report.
Authorities have failed to interdict the bulk of Americans who’ve traveled to be a part of foreign conflicts.
“Despite concerted efforts to stem the flow, we have largely failed to stop Americans from traveling overseas to join jihadists,” the report determined. General Assembly highlighting the worldwide group’s efforts to counter Islamic State, handle the foreign fighters situation and counter violent extremism.
Almost 30,000 foreigners – including at least 4,500 Westerners – have travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight with militants since 2011 and the United States is failing to stop Americans from joining them, a report warned Tuesday. “So it’s much more more hard to determine if someone is actually going over to Turkey or Syria to join the fight”.
And while Russian Federation and Iran did not attend the forum, Obama reiterated at the meeting that “we are prepared to work with all countries, including Russian Federation and Iran, to find a political mechanism” to transition Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of power.
“There is now no comprehensive global database of foreign fighter names”.
A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant waves the group’s flag in Raqqa, Syria, June 29, 2014. The ones who have come back who are plotting an attack.
The funds have been used to pay monthly salaries to its militants and provide stipends to their families.
The bipartisan investigation concluded that in nearly 80 percent of cases, USA foreign fighter aspirants were influenced by online Islamic State Group propaganda. “That hole is significant”, said Rep. John Katko, a New York Republican, who helped lead the task force.
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The report found that after fighting overseas, “several dozen” known terrorists returned to America, and several others were identified and arrested as they attempted to return.
