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Kuwait to hold international conference on countering ISIS propaganda

October 24, 2014 at 11:24 am

An international conference will be held in Kuwait on Monday to deal with the Islamic State’s messaging, the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday.

In a statement the ministry said: “Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel will travel to Kuwait to lead the US delegation for the October 27 conference of coalition partners focused on countering ISIS messaging and combatting violent extremism in the region.”

“The government of Kuwait is hosting the conference and senior officials from Bahrain, Egypt, France, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the UAE, have been invited to participate.”

The statement noted that the “conference will present an opportunity for an in-depth exchange of ideas for increasing cooperation among coalition partners.”