{"id":348243,"date":"2025-12-14T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/348243\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:04:15","slug":"united-states-warns-isis-threat-remains-despite-territorial-defeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/348243\/","title":{"rendered":"United States warns ISIS threat remains despite territorial defeats"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON: The United States continues to face an evolving threat from the ISIS and Al-Qaida despite years of counterterrorism operations, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the State Department’s top counterterrorism role has said.<\/p>\n

Gregory D LoGerfo, nominated as coordinator for counterterrorism and ambassador-at-large, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that extremist groups remain active and capable of inspiring attacks worldwide.<\/p>\n

“ISIS and Al-Qaida continue to recruit, radicalize and encourage their followers across the globe to conduct attacks in their home countries,” LoGerfo said during his conformation hearing.<\/p>\n

He cited recent violence as evidence of the continuing danger.<\/p>\n

“The New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans was a stark reminder of ISIS<\/a>‘ persistent reach, capabilities and ambitions,” he said.<\/p>\n

LoGerfo said the Trump administration is focused on preventing attacks by dismantling terror networks and holding state sponsors accountable.<\/p>\n

“The Trump administration is committed to preventing a major terrorist attack on the homeland,” he said, adding that efforts include “destroying and disrupting terrorist networks, securing our borders and degrading the capacity of terrorist groups.”<\/p>\n

He said today’s threat landscape differs from that of the post 9\/11 era.<\/p>\n

“The terrorist threat we face today is different from what we faced following the September 11th attacks,” LoGerfo said. LoGerfo also warned that Iran and its proxies remain destabilizing forces.<\/p>\n

“Although Iran has been greatly weakened, Tehran and its terrorist proxies including the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas continue to destabilize the Middle East,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said the US is monitoring potential global threats, including to “US officials, journalists, Jewish targets and Iranian dissidents.”<\/p>\n

Addressing Africa, LoGerfo said ISIS and Al-Qaida affiliates are expanding in the Sahel, requiring closer cooperation with regional and European partners.<\/p>\n

“When we share risk, we need to share burden,” he said.<\/p>\n

On Afghanistan, he said the US continues to confront ISIS Khorasan despite earlier successes.<\/p>\n

For India, US assessments that ISIS and Al-Qaida remain active align with New Delhi’s longstanding view that extremist networks persist despite territorial losses, underscoring the need for sustained global counter terror cooperation. (IANS)<\/p>\n

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