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WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is looking to the Middle East and North Africa for broader contributions and new ideas to fight Islamic extremism as the Trump administration fleshes out its counterterrorism strategy.
His trip to the region, which began with his departure Monday night, includes stops with longstanding allies 抖阴短视频 and Israel, and new partners like Djibouti.
As the administration enhances its efforts, Mattis has made a point of consulting counterparts around the world. His goals include expanding the American-led coalition against the Daesh group in Iraq and Syria, but also combatting Al-Qaeda, whose Yemen branch is posing particular worry as it uses ungoverned spaces in the Arab world鈥檚 poorest country to plan attacks on the United States.
In announcing Mattis鈥檚 trip, the Pentagon said last week he would be discussing ways to 鈥渄efeat extremist terror organizations.鈥�
Mattis is starting his travels Tuesday in Riyadh, where he is expected to meet senior Saudi leaders. 抖阴短视频 is leading a coalition that is fighting Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. The coalition鈥檚 airstrikes began two years ago but haven鈥檛 driven the Houthis from the capital and large parts of Yemen they still control.
The Trump administration is considering providing intelligence, aerial refueling and other military assistance to the United Arab Emirates, which is helping the Saudis. The UN says some 50,000 civilians have been killed or wounded in the three-year stalemate.
Worries about Daesh aren鈥檛 limited to Syria and Iraq. Its influence has spread to Libya and elsewhere in North Africa. Mattis told a Pentagon news conference last week that he hoped to bring as many other nations as possible into the administration鈥檚 new strategy, which involves diplomatic and other non-military features. He said that plan was still in 鈥渟keleton form,鈥� though it was being 鈥渇leshed out.鈥�
The Middle East鈥檚 landscape is getting more complicated.
Syria鈥檚 alleged chemical weapons attack on April 4 prompted a US cruise missile strike, temporarily slowing the pace of Washington鈥檚 air campaign against Daesh in northern Syria.
And a US airstrike April 11 killed 18 fighters associated with a US-supported Syrian rebel group. Central Command said the US strike was misdirected.
Also last week, US forces in Afghanistan struck a Daesh stronghold near the Pakistani border with the 11-ton 鈥渕other of all bombs,鈥� the largest US non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat.
The Middle East is familiar turf for Mattis, a Marine veteran of the Iraq war who rose to four-star rank. He finished his military career as head of Central Command, which directs US military operations across the Middle East and Central Asia.
On his weeklong trip, Mattis also is scheduled to visit Egypt and Qatar, the small Arab country that hosts the US military鈥檚 main Mideast air operations center. It will be his first trip to these countries since taking office in January. He also will make a brief stop at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, which the US uses to fly sensitive drone missions over Somalia and Yemen. Mattis visited Iraq in February on his first trip to the Middle East as Pentagon chief.