{"id":14524,"date":"2026-05-07T00:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/white-house-unveils-counterterrorism-strategy-targeting-muslim-brotherhood-iran-africa-jewish-insider\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:45:42","slug":"white-house-unveils-counterterrorism-strategy-targeting-muslim-brotherhood-iran-africa-jewish-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/white-house-unveils-counterterrorism-strategy-targeting-muslim-brotherhood-iran-africa-jewish-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"White House unveils counterterrorism strategy targeting Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, Africa – Jewish Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"

Counterterrorism official Seb Gorka said U.S. officials would meet with allies later this week to ask for assistance in combating terrorism abroad
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The White House is seen in Washington, DC, on December 17, 2025.
Sebastian Gorka, the National Security Council\u2019s senior director for counterterrorism, announced while unveiling President Donald Trump\u2019s U.S. counterterrorism strategy on Wednesday that U.S. officials will meet with representatives from several foreign governments this week to ask for assistance in combating terrorism emanating from Iran and elsewhere.
Gorka, who also serves as a deputy assistant to the president and oversaw the drafting of the strategy, told reporters that as part of the strategy, the U.S. intends to seek more support on the counterterrorism front from allies who want to be \u201cmeasured as a serious nation\u201d by the Trump administration. 
The strategy covers how the administration will respond to threats from Islamic terrorist organizations at home and abroad, drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere and domestic political groups accused of inciting violence. 
On combating threats from Islamist groups, the strategy places a heavy emphasis on Iran, calling the country \u201cthe greatest threat to the United States emanating from the Middle East.\u201d It states that \u201cdecisive actions by the president \u2026 will continue until the regime in Tehran is no longer a threat to the United States.\u201d
The U.S. will use \u201ckinetic, intelligence, and cyber operations against Iranian-backed terror proxies who plot against Americans \u2026 Iranian dissidents and Israelis in our country,\u201d it continues. 
The strategy further states that the U.S. views the Muslim Brotherhood as \u201cthe root of all modern Islamist terrorism,\u201d and says the Trump administration will \u201ccontinue to designate its branches across the Middle East and beyond as [Foreign Terrorist Organizations] to crush the organization everywhere it operates.\u201d
Gorka detailed to reporters how the U.S. is turning increased attention to Africa amid growing terrorist threats, describing \u201cstraggler\u201d ISIS terrorists from Syria and Iran who had migrated to several African countries in search of \u201cungoverned space\u201d to take over.
The president signed the official document behind closed doors at the White House on Monday alongside senior administration officials. 
Gorka announced the strategy\u2019s finalization while speaking at the James W. Foley Freedom awards dinner at the National Press Club on Tuesday evening. Gorka brought a copy of the strategy with him on stage and held it up for the audience of hostage advocates, telling the crowd that Trump had signed the document on Monday and it would be available to the public on Wednesday morning.
Gorka read a brief section of the strategy that referred to the return of U.S. hostages and wrongfully detained Americans abroad as a top priority.
\u201cCountries that wrongfully detain our citizens run the danger of being designated as state sponsors of wrongful detention, with all the attendant consequences that accrue,\u201d Gorka said. \u201cAnd as the regimes in Iran and Afghanistan know, there are true consequences to that designation.\u201d
The strategy\u2019s signing and release comes as Gorka, who has been one of the most ardent defenders of the U.S. war with Iran in the Trump administration, has been reportedly lobbying the president<\/a> to consider nominating him as the next director of the National Counterterrorism Center. The role is currently being filled in an acting capacity by Joe Weirsky, a Marine and Army Special Operations Command veteran, following the resignation of former NCTC Director Joe Kent in protest of the war. 
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