US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Calls for Global Counter‑terrorism Against Far‑Left Extremism

On July 16‑17, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened a ministerial conference in Washington attended by delegations from 66 countries. Rubio framed the resurgence of political terrorism, particularly from far‑left and anarchist movements, as a global threat to Western civilization. He urged intelligence agencies and security forces worldwide to cooperate, map the threat, and rebuild counter‑terrorism architecture to "crush this evil forever."

Rubio referenced historical left‑wing guerrilla groups in Latin America and linked the present concern to past revolutionary violence, noting the anniversaries of the French Revolution’s Carmelite Martyrs and the Russian Imperial family’s execution. The State Department released a document portraying left‑wing terrorism as a revived danger, calling for a coordinated international response.