Airplane electronics ban result of ISIS threat

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The U.
S.
government obtained new threat intelligence earlier this year indicating that the Islamic State militant group has been developing explosives which can be disguised within electronic devices, ABC noted.
"U.
S.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to meet with Foreign ministers Wednesday for the Global Coalition working to defeat ISIS.
The sources said the intelligence did not directly reference the banned airports but was determined "through intelligence analysis paired with other government information.
Hours later, the U.
K.
followed suit, banning such devices from direct flights to Britain from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordon, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
Recent measures by the U.
S.
and the U.
K.
to restrict electronic devices on flights from certain overseas airports were led by new threats from ISIS, according to a report from ABC News who cited sources familiar with the intelligence.