News and reports from the State Department.

The US State Department published a four page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Release: Indonesia. Overview: Indonesia continued to detect, disrupt, degrade, and deny safe haven for terrorist groups operating within its borders. ISIS-affiliated Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), and ISIS-inspired lone actors targeted police and other symbols of state authority.

Release: Trinidad and Tobago. Overview: The threat from ISIS sympathizers in Trinidad and Tobago and the possible return of individuals who traveled, or attempted to travel, to Syria or Iraq to fight with ISIS is the primary terrorism concern in the country. Trinidad and Tobago and the United States continue...

Release: Belgium. Overview: Belgium had an active counterterrorism policy that included robust domestic security efforts, international information sharing, and support for multilateral efforts. The country’s greatest terrorism threat remained homegrown terrorism carried out by lone actors, whether inspired by...

Release: Germany. Overview: Germany continued its counterterrorism cooperation with the United States and the international community as a member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (and co-leader of the coalition’s Stabilization Working Group) and the Global Counterterrorism Forum and in multilateral CT operations ...

Release: Chad. Overview: In 2021, Chadian President Déby was killed during a battlefield engagement with rebels; the Transitional Military Council that assumed control after the longtime president’s death has maintained Chad’s prior commitments to regional counterterrorism efforts. Chad has experienced persistent...

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...

Release: Norway. Overview: Norway’s Police Security Service’s annual threat assessment stated that the terror threat level remains moderate with an “even chance" - the third on its five-tier threat scale - that right-wing or Islamist extremists will carry out an attack in 2022. Lone-actor attacks continue to ...

Release: Djibouti. Overview: The Republic of Djibouti remained a critical partner for the United States and the region in the fight against terrorism, and no terrorist incidents were reported in Djibouti in 2021. Since 2002, Djibouti has hosted Camp Lemonnier, the headquarters of AFRICOM’s Combined Joint Task...

Release: In the year since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian men, women, and children; uprooted more than 13 million people from their homes and bombed more than 700 hospitals. The U.S. joins others in condemning Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified war against Ukraine. We continue to stand with the Ukrainian people and call for a just and durable peace, in accordance with the UN charter.

News Release: Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Amman, Jordan and Muscat, Oman February 25-March 2, 2023.

Release: Mauritania. Overview: Mauritania remained an excellent security and regional CT partner for the United States.  Despite continued terrorist violence in neighboring Mali, the country has not suffered a terrorist attack on its soil since 2011.  Countering terrorist activity remains the top priority for...

Release: Mozambique. Overview: The Republic of Mozambique regained significant amounts of territory from ISIS Mozambique (ISIS-M) in 2021, but ISIS-M continued to carry out attacks in the northern part of the country. The Armed Conflict and Event Data Project reported 314 terrorist attacks in 2021, a significant...

Philip Lenczycki, an investigative journalist with Daily Caller, said he believes the undercover Chinese police station that was recently closed down in New York was likely not the only one operating in the U.S., and wonders if some elected officials might have ties to those operations.

Release: Niger. Overview: Niger faces terrorist threats on most of its borders. Terrorist organizations take advantage of Niger’s extensive borders and sparsely populated desert regions to attack and recruit among populations where access to government services is weak and economic opportunity is negligible.