Leaders of 22 countries meet in London to discuss ISIS

#europol #ISIS #foreignfighter #airstrikes With every passing day the audacity of the ISIS keeps growing and it is targeting any country that it wants to – it has the appearance of the atrocities perpetrated by Adolf Hitler on the Jews. Therefore, it is but natural that the countries join hands to tackle this 21st century evil as had been done in the WWII against Hitler.
Accordingly, foreign ministers from 22 countries are meeting in London to discuss ways to co-ordinate their efforts in order to combat the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq.
The US-led coalition has been carrying out air strikes since August against these militants and, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond feels that much more needed to be done. Some of the proposals on the anvil are to find ways to halt the flow of recruits to IS, cut off its funding. Moreover, they would also explore possibilities of extending more military assistance to those who are fighting the IS on the ground, apart from more humanitarian aid to its victims.
In view of the recent attacks by Islamist militants in France, there is more political pressure on governments to come out with decisive results.
One of the most important areas to be tackled is that of foreign fighters and how to stop them travelling. As per information of Europol, the European police agency, up to 5,000 EU citizens have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight. Thousands of others have travelled from Arab and Muslim states.
The countries that are participating in the London conference along with the US and UK are Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.