By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Austria. Overview: U.S.-Austrian law enforcement cooperation remained strong. U.S. law enforcement agencies continued to assist in investigations of the 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna, during which a 20-year-old Austrian of North Macedonia origin killed four persons and injured 23 others. Parliament ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Tanzania. Overview: In 2021, the Government of Tanzania and the United States engaged in limited counterterrorism and countering violent extremism cooperation. Counterterrorism has risen in importance for the Government of Tanzania, as Tanzania faces terrorist threats within the country and along three...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: On behalf of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Dominican Republic on the occasion of your Independence Day. Our countries are deeply connected with one another, as more than two million people of Dominican descent call the United States their home, and more than three million Americans...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Italy. Overview: Italy collaborated closely with the United States and other partners in its international counterterrorism efforts in 2021. Domestically, Italy investigated and prosecuted terrorist suspects and regularly deported foreign nationals for terrorism-related security reasons. As a member ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: North Macedonia. Overview: North Macedonia cooperated with U.S. counterterrorism efforts. With no terrorist attacks in 2021 and no reported departures to join ISIS, the main counterterrorism issue North Macedonia faced consisted of returned FTFs from Syria and Iraq, given these individuals’ ability to ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Sweden. Overview: The National Center for Terrorist Threat Assessment (NCT) assessed that violent right-wing extremism and violent Islamist extremism posed the main terrorist threats to Sweden in 2021. Current terrorist threats from the left-wing radical environment are currently assessed to be close ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Ethiopia. Overview: The Government of Ethiopia continued to partner with the United States government on counterterrorism issues in 2021, though in a diminished capacity owing to emerging domestic security threats. Al-Shabaab and ISIS terrorist threats emanating from Somalia remain a high priority for...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Argentina. Overview: In 2021, Argentina continued to focus its counterterrorism strategy on the tri-border area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, where suspected terrorism financing networks operate. Despite significant travel limitations attributable to COVID-19, robust U.S.-Argentine law enforcement...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: From February 28-March 3, 2023, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Mallory Stewart, will travel to Brussels, Belgium, London, UK, and Geneva, Switzerland. In Brussels, she will brief NATO Allies on key arms control issues. In London, she will participate in discussions ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Mali. Overview: The transition government, installed following the 2020 coup d’état, undertook another extraconstitutional change in government on May 24, when military forces arrested transition President Bah N’Daw and transition Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. Assimi Goita, who led the 2020 coup and had...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: From February 28-March 3, 2023, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Mallory Stewart, will travel to Brussels, Belgium, London, UK, and Geneva, Switzerland. In Brussels, she will brief NATO Allies on key arms control issues. In London, she will participate in discussions ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Singapore. Overview: Singapore continued to identify counterterrorism as the nation’s top security policy priority and has a comprehensive CT strategy based on global and regional trends. The strategy included vigilant security measures, regional and international law enforcement cooperation, efforts...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Albania. Overview: Albania continued its strong support of international counterterrorism efforts in 2021, repatriating 19 of its citizens (five women and 14 children) from displaced persons camps in Syria and engaging in the process of reintegrating and rehabilitating them throughout the year. The ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Malaysia. Overview: Malaysia sustained counterterrorism efforts to monitor, arrest, deport, and prosecute suspected supporters of terrorist groups. Malaysian law enforcement cooperated with the United States and regional partners to increase border security at ports of entry to detect and disrupt terrorist...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Healthy democracies benefit from strong institutions and a plurality of voices. The United States supports independent, well-resourced electoral institutions that strengthen democratic processes and the rule of law.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Cameroon. Overview: In 2021, terrorist activity decreased in the Far North Region. The NGO Stand Up for Cameroon reported that Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa (ISIS-WA) killed 339 people in 2021, compared to an estimated 400 people in 2020, a 15 percent decline in fatalities. Attribution for the attacks...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: South Africa. Overview: There were no terrorism-related incidents in South Africa during 2021, possibly owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. This continued a downward trend following an unusually high number of incidents in 2018. ISIS facilitation networks and cells remained a threat, after the South African...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: France. Overview: France is a key partner of the United States in the global fight against terrorism. Bilateral U.S.-France counterterrorism cooperation is strong. France is a longstanding and important member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The terrorist threat in France remained high. Security ...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
Release: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview: More than a dozen significant armed groups and about 100 criminal gangs and local militias operate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ISIS maintains links with local affiliate ISIS-DRC, locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and...
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2023
News Release: Eight years have passed since Boris Nemtsov’s assassination in downtown Moscow. Nemtsov was a former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, a political activist, and a reformer; someone who devoted his life to improving the lives of his fellow citizens. He was fearless and outspoken, andhis civic commitment has continued to be an inspiration for other pro-democracy politicians andhuman rights defenders, such as Aleksey Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza.
