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Joint Communiqué by Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group
Mar 30, 2021

One year ago the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS, in conjunction with our local partners, liberated ISIS’s last remaining stronghold in Baghouz and crushed its territorial ambitions. Today, nearly eight million people have been freed from ISIS’s control in Iraq and Syria. Many have returned home to rebuild their lives thanks to various forms of Coalition assistance and stabilization support.

Progress in our campaign allows for the restructuring of our footprint, without prejudice to our ability to carry out our mission. In the meantime, the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the Iraqi and Syrian people, and to our mission, led to temporary adjustments to protect the force during this period, in full coordination with Iraqi authorities.

While we celebrate this critical milestone in the fight against ISIS, the work of the Global Coalition is far from complete as Daesh/ISIS remains a significant threat. The Global Coalition will continue its comprehensive efforts in Iraq and Syria, and globally, to deny ISIS’s ambitions and the activities of its branches and networks, until the job is done.

Around 200 displaced Syrians leave al-Hol camp

According to Middle East Eye, around 200 Syrian displaced people, mostly women and children, were heading home from the overcrowded desert camp of al-Hol in the northeast of the war-torn country on Sunday, a Kurdish official has said. After years of fighting the Islamic State group, Syria’s Kurds are holding tens of thousands of civilians and IS relatives in camps for the displaced.

Public counter-terror training course launched by police

Free online training for the public on how to react to a terrorism incident is being made available by police. The course devised by UK counter-terrorism officers and experts was previously only open to company staff working in crowded places such as shopping centres, BBC reported. Counter Terrorism Policing is inviting people to take the course and become so-called CT Citizens.

Russian forces enter former Daesh stronghold in Syria after U.S. pullback

Russian forces have entered Raqqa, the former de facto capital of Daesh, in one of the starkest examples yet of how Moscow has filled the vacuum created by President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. forces from northern Syria, Reuters reported. Russian troops were shown in footage on the defense ministry’s Zvezda TV channel shaking hands with Syrian children and unloading humanitarian aid bundles with the slogan “Russia is with you” from the back of trucks.

14 Bulgarians sentenced for supporting Daesh

A Bulgarian court on Tuesday sentenced radical imam Ahmed Mussa and 13 other Bulgarians for propagating religious hatred and incitement to war in their support for Daesh militant group, Reuters reported. The trial against Mussa and his supporters began in 2016 following an investigation into suspected sympathizers of Daesh in southern Bulgaria.

Dismantling Daesh’s illicit financial flows: Tightening the global financial system to stop terror funding

Following Daesh’s territorial defeat and its loss of tax and oil revenue, it is through small-scale microfinancing techniques that the group hopes to finance its pervasive insurgency in Syria, Iraq and further afield. Given the unique adaptability and complexity of Daesh’s financing mechanisms, the response from The Global Coalition has needed to be comprehensive and all-encompassing. Read more.

What is the Coalition?

The Global Coalition against Daesh was formed in September 2014 and is unique in its membership, scope and commitment. Together, the Global Coalition is committed to degrading and ultimately defeating Daesh.

The Coalition’s 83 members are committed to tackling Daesh on all fronts, to dismantling its networks and countering its global ambitions. Beyond the military campaign in Iraq and Syria, the Coalition is committed to: tackling Daesh’s financing and economic infrastructure; preventing the flow of foreign terrorist fighters across borders; supporting stabilisation and the restoration of essential public services to areas liberated from Daesh; and countering the group’s propaganda.

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Anbar’s Journey to Stability

Anbar Province is synonymous with the fight to rid Iraq from the scourge of violent extremism. Yet since its 2017 liberation from Daesh by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) supported by the Global Coalition, this former stronghold has become a shining example of how the Iraqi people, under the security umbrella of the ISF, have rebuilt their lives.…

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The Global Coalition@coalition·

11 Jun

Since Iraq’s liberation from Daesh, @undpiniraq's Crisis Response and Resilience Programme (ICRRP) has supported the economic recovery of returnees through grant schemes and capacity building programmes. More than 8,000 small businesses have received grants. #LifeAfterDaesh

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The Global Coalition@coalition·

10 Jun

People who joined #Daesh can expect to be found and prosecuted. Today @Coalition partners are meeting to compare approaches to foreign terrorist fighters. Our round-up of how #DaeshFacesJustice can be found here: https://theglobalcoalition.org/en/daesh-terrorist-fighters-face-justice/

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Air Cdre Simon Strasdin @UKACCMiddleEast·

10 Jun

World class professionalism ✅

Teamwork and camaraderie ✅

Working alongside @coalition partners 🤝✅

Using Stormshadow to #DefeatDaesh 🚀✅

@RAFLossiemouth’s 1(F) Squadron have now handed over the reins for @DefenceOps 💪🏻

Enjoy some well-earned leave 👏🏻

🎥👇

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The Global Coalition@coalition·

9 Jun

A strong economic recovery in returning communities plays a vital role in healing the wounds of displacement. @IOMIraq & @USAIDMiddleEast work hard to provide opportunities by providing grants to businesses in Nineveh. #LifeAfterDaesh #MyLiberationStory

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The Global Coalition@coalition·

9 Jun

“The volunteers didn’t know who he was or what was wrong, but they wanted to help": After an Iraqi soldier was critically injured by a roadside bomb, dozens of Coalition (@CJTFOIR) soldiers & contractors volunteered to donate potentially lifesaving blood at al-Asad air base”.

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UNHCR Syria@UNHCRinSYRIA·

6 Jun

Inaam, an Iraqi refugee in Homs, just got her first COVID-19 vaccine jab

Refugees in Syria from different nationalities are included in the national #COVID19 vaccination rollout

Priority given to health workers, the elderly & people with underlying health conditions

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