Interpol: Islamic State group gains support in Africa, Asia
The head of Interpol says a growing number of extremist groups from Africa to southeast Asia are shifting their allegiance to the Islamic State group, leading to greater risks for "cross-pollination" among conflicts beyond Syria and Iraq and for access to resources for more sophisticated attacks abroad.
Juergen Stock cited this shift as an emerging trend at a UN Security Council meeting Friday along with changing travel methods being used by foreign fighters seeking to join groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Stock was a keynote speaker at the open council meeting attended by half a dozen ministers to assess progress in implementing a resolution adopted last September requiring all countries to prevent the recruitment and transport of would-be foreign fighters preparing to join extremist groups.
