WASHINGTON: As the US-led coalition that has been fighting jihadists for more than three years is transforming its mission, extremist groups the world over are rebranding themselves under the IS banner, a State Department official said.

This means the anti-IS coalition will have a role beyond the Middle East, including in African nations.

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