Rubio to host major counterterrorism summit with 60 countries next week in DC

The State Department said Friday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to host a large-scale counterterrorism summit in Washington, D.C., next week that will include representatives from over 60 countries.

The summit will focus on the United States' new counterterrorism strategy, which elevates threats from leftist extremist groups such as Antifa by adding anti-propaganda tools and follow-the-money penalties that are designed to neuter political violence inspired by overseas leftists. 

The event will take place on Wednesday and includes ministers and senior officials from Asia, Europe and the Western Hemisphere, who will meet to boost intelligence sharing and law-enforcement cooperation against politically motivated violence, according to the Daily Wire.

The summit follows several high-profile incidents recently in the U.S. involving alleged Antifa-affiliated extremists, including an attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas last year.

A State Department spokesperson told Reuters that previous administrations and world leaders have not done an adequate job of countering global leftist attacks.

“Our counterterrorism operating system needs an update to deal with the reality of such threats, to protect American citizens and U.S. national security and interests,” the official said.

State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott also defended the summit to the Daily Wire, claiming far-left political terrorism is “an old threat re-emerging with strong transnational links and new convergences," that need to be addressed. 

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