The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the International Republican Institute under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The award will fund a program to train a minimum of 16 youth from Deir Ezzor, Syria to counter radicalization in their home communities through in-person and virtual messaging campaigns from October 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Specifically, the training will empower selected youth to develop effective, locally resonant messaging to influence other community members, particularly at-risk and vulnerable youth, to resist propaganda and recruitment efforts from U.S.-designated terrorist organizations.
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