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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/wab_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US, UAE Launch Sawab Center to Counter IS Message' data-article-id='568'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11667'>The United States and United Arab Emirates launched a joint effort Wednesday to counter the Islamic State militants on social media.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='11667' data-end-time='20292'>The Sawab Center, based in Abu Dhabi, uses social media to confront the militants’ efforts to recruit members. </span> <span data-start-time='20292' data-end-time='26104'>It also presents “moderate and tolerant voices from across the region.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='26104' data-end-time='32354'>The Arabic word “sawab,” means “right” or “correct” -- as in, “the right path.” </span> <span data-start-time='32354' data-end-time='45208'>The center has sent messages on Twitter and posted a YouTube video saying the Islamic State is changing the meaning of Islam to spread hate, fear, and intolerance.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='45208' data-end-time='52625'>Richard Stengel is the U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. </span> <span data-start-time='52625' data-end-time='63854'>In an interview with Alhurra, Mr. Stengel says the Sawab Center aims to use information to prevent people from joining the Islamic State.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='63854' data-end-time='73938'>One of the ideas of the Sawab Center and what we do in terms of messaging ourselves from Washington is to try to stem the flow of foreign fighters. </span> <span data-start-time='73938' data-end-time='87958'>To, if somebody is debating whether to go, tell them that the mythology of what Daesh [Islamic State] is creating is false, you know, the caliphate isn't a paradise -- there's no plumbing, there's no electricity, there's no Internet access.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='87958' data-end-time='97896'>Mr. Stengel says the center hopes to “take offline” those who are using social media to recruit new members for IS.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='97896' data-end-time='106438'>The U.S.-led coalition has launched more than 5,000 airstrikes against the Islamic State in the past year. </span> <span data-start-time='106438' data-end-time='114500'>But the goals are to stop the flow of new foreign fighters and cutting off funding to the militant group.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='114500' data-end-time='122188'>The under-secretary said the coalition of more than 60 nations is seeing some success. </span> <span data-start-time='122188' data-end-time='133292'>But he also said that the fight against IS and terrorism in general is a “generational struggle,” - one that will not be won quickly. </span> <span data-start-time='133292' data-end-time='155250'>He adds that, "I think it's not realistic to say that any form of terrorism will go away, or that any manifestation of Daesh or ISIL will go away, but as an acute threat, as an existential threat, as an expanding threat, that will be reversed and it already is being reversed.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='155250' data-end-time='157500'>I’m Jim Tedder.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/swab_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3212 data-hint-location='20292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/what_does_tolerant_mean.m4a'>What does <strong>tolerant</strong> mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='willing to accept feelings or beliefs that are different from your own'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/a_certain_amount.m4a'><span>a certain amount</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/to_hide.m4a'><span>to hide</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/willing_to_accept_feelings_or_beliefs_that_are_different_from_your_own.m4a'><span>willing to accept feelings or beliefs that are different from your own</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3213 data-hint-location='26104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/what_does_the_arabic_word_sawab_mean.m4a'>What does the Arabic word 'sawab' mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='right'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/right.m4a'><span>right</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/peace.m4a'><span>peace</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/violence.m4a'><span>violence</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/wrong.m4a'><span>wrong</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3214 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/the_us_is_working_to_counter_the_is_militants_through__blank_.m4a'>The U.S. is working to counter the IS militants through <span class='blank'>social media</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='social media'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/deals.m4a'><span>deals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/social_media.m4a'><span>social media</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/advertisements.m4a'><span>advertisements</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/290/television.m4a'><span>television</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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