“Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday as Israel released 369
Palestinian prisoners, prolonging a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza Strip that
appeared to be teetering only days ago. The hostages — Alexander Troufanov, 29,
known as Sasha; Iair Horn, 46; and Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, one of the few
Americans still held in Gaza — were noticeably thinner and paler after spending
16 months in captivity. They had been abducted from the Israeli border village
of Nir Oz during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that ignited the war in
Gaza. But they did not appear as emaciated as the three hostages released last
Saturday, whose condition prompted outrage and horror in Israel.”











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The New York Times: Israel And Hamas Make 6th Exchange, Keeping Cease-Fire
Intact For Now
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“Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday as Israel released 369
Palestinian prisoners, prolonging a fragile cease-fire in the Gaza Strip that
appeared to be teetering only days ago. The hostages — Alexander Troufanov, 29,
known as Sasha; Iair Horn, 46; and Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, one of the few
Americans still held in Gaza — were noticeably thinner and paler after spending
16 months in captivity. They had been abducted from the Israeli border village
of Nir Oz during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that ignited the war in
Gaza. But they did not appear as emaciated as the three hostages released last
Saturday, whose condition prompted outrage and horror in Israel.”



Voice Of America: Intelligence Agencies Close In On Islamic State Caliph
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“A growing number of countries think they have unmasked the man running the
Islamic State terror group’s global operations. A report issued this week by
the United Nations Sanctions Monitoring Team, based on U.N. member state
intelligence, said there is “growing confidence” that the IS caliph is Abdul
Qadir Mumin, who also heads the terror group’s branch in Somalia. The
importance of Mumin to IS’s global operations has not been in doubt. Previous
U.N. intelligence reports suggested he had been elevated to lead the Islamic
State's general directorate of provinces, essentially giving him control over
the group’s African affiliates.”





Counter Extremism Perspectives

ARCHER at House 88 - the new initiative from the Counter Extremism Project
(Podcast in German)
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CounterPod

The London Docklands IRA bombing anniversary; Oman terrorist attack; Mexican
drug cartels; Gaza hostage swap; and the Orebro College attack in Sweden.
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CEP Mentions



South Florida Report: Boca Raton Couple Joins International Initiative To
Transform Historic Auschwitz Site
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“... The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) announced last week that the building
known as “House 88,” which once served as the residence of Auschwitz commandant
Rudolf Höss and which literally overlooked the Auschwitz extermination camp,
will become the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and
Radicalization (ARCHER). The initiative launches as antisemitism surges
globally, with recent Anti-Defamation League data showing a dramatic rise in
antisemitic attitudes worldwide over the past decade.”



Frankfurter Rundschau: Afghanistan Deportations After Attack In Munich? Expert
Warns: “Migration Does Not Solve All Problems”
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“... Six suspected extremist-motivated attacks in one year. “That is far too
many,” says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler at IPPEN.MEDIA . Germany has
a security problem. After the car attack in Munich, the political debate about
deportations has escalated again. But focusing solely on that is not enough, in
Schindler's view. He formulates a total of three adjustment screws: Migration,
empowerment of the security services, and responsibility of social media.”



Focus Online: Terrorism Expert Warns: Urgent Need For Reform To Stop
Radicalization
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“... The Munich attack once again shows the increased threat of terrorism in
Germany. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler explains why reforms in the
regulation of social media, the legal basis of security and police services and
the management of migration are urgently needed. Once again, a terrorist attack
has shaken Germany. Since the knife attack in Solingen in May 2024, this is the
sixth terrorist attack in ten months and, together with the attack in Magdeburg
in December 2024, the second terrorist attack in which a vehicle was used as a
means of committing the crime. There is currently very little concrete
information available about the perpetrator in Munich.”



BR24: "Salad Bar Ideology": How Islamists Radicalize Themselves Online
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“After the attacks in Munich and Villach, the authorities are investigating
the perpetrators' Internet accounts. There are indications of Islamist motives.
Extremists have long been radicalizing themselves on the Internet and
developing their own ideology from fragments… Experts have been pointing out
for years that more and more people are becoming radicalized online . "In the
past, if someone became radicalized by Islam, they would go to backyard
mosques, prayer groups or attend some kind of secret extremist meeting. That's
no longer necessary today. You can become radicalized online and don't really
need a social environment anymore," says Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter
Extremism Project.”



Frankfurter Rundschau: Influence Of Putin's Russia On Munich Attack: "Hybrid
Warfare Before Elections"
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“Berlin – Several attacks within a few months : That can definitely change a
society. The attacks in Solingen, Mannheim, Aschaffenburg, Magdeburg and most
recently in Munich were probably motivated by extremism, the majority of them
probably Islamist. In several cases, asylum seekers were the perpetrators,
including the car attack in Munich in which a mother and her two-year-old child
were killed and dozens of people were injured, some seriously… Hans-Jakob
Schindler is aware of the theory of Russian agents in Afghanistan. "That is
entirely possible, we had corresponding indications," said the director of the
NGO Counter Extremism Project (CEP) in an interview with this editorial team.
However, this cannot currently be proven, said the terrorism expert.”



Frankfurter Rundschau: Attack In Munich: That's Why There Are So Many Attacks
Now - "Massive Accumulation"
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“He "stepped on the gas and then drove into the back of the gathering," said
Munich Police Vice President Christian Huber, describing the attack on a group
of demonstrators in Munich on Thursday morning (February 13). A 24-year-old
Afghan drove his car into the crowd. At least 36 people were injured, some
seriously, including a two-year-old child . On Friday, investigators assumed
that the driver's motive was Islamist… "The incident in Munich is a classic
attack scenario and every successful attack motivates other people to carry out
such attacks," says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter
Extremism Project BuzzFeed News Germany . "Cars were used at Christmas in
Magdeburg and on New Year's Day in New Orleans. So it is not totally surprising
that another attack has been attempted using a car."”



T-Online: "A Winning Narrative Has Developed"
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“Shortly after the attack on a Verdi demonstration in Munich, much is still
unclear. The suspect has been arrested, however, and there are already initial
findings on him that point to terrorism. Several people's lives are in danger.
It is the third attack in Germany within just two months. After Magdeburg and
Aschaffenburg, the debate about security precautions and deportations is
flaring up again - because the perpetrator was an asylum seeker from
Afghanistan . In an interview with t-online, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob
Schindler also sees major shortcomings in security and contradicts Bavaria's
Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.”



Tagesspiegel: Six Attacks In Ten Months, “Islamists Are Particularly Motivated
At The Moment”
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“It was the sixth apparently extremist-motivated attack in just over ten
months: on Thursday morning in Munich, an Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into
a demonstration by the Verdi trade union. According to police, at least 36
people were injured, some of them seriously, including a child. Bavaria's Prime
Minister Markus Söder (CSU) spoke of a "serious attack"... "This is not just a
perceived increase, but a fact," Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Counter
Extremism Project, a think tank for extremism research, told the Tagesspiegel
newspaper. "Six attacks in around ten months - I have never experienced
anything like this in my entire career." Terrorism expert Schindler believes
that such connections are absurd, he says. Rather, he says that several factors
are coming together. On the one hand, says Schindler, the Islamists currently
see themselves as the winners and are particularly motivated: "In their logic,
they drove the Americans out of Afghanistan and threw Russia and Iran out of
Syria," says Schindler. "They think that nobody can harm them."”



Stern: "If A Person Becomes Radicalized, The Algorithm Provides Technical
Assistance"
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“How can we prevent what happened in Munich this week in the future? In an
interview, terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler makes three demands. Mr.
Schindler, Mannheim, Solingen, Magdeburg, Aschaffenburg - and now an attack in
Munich... Hans-Jakob Schindler: You're forgetting the attack in Munich in
September 2024, when the Islamist shot at the consulate in Munich and the Nazi
Documentation Center with a rifle. Munich has been affected for the second time
now. That's six attacks in ten months. That's pretty serious.”



United States



The Washington Post: Trump’s Global Funding Freeze Leaves Anti-Terror Programs
In Limbo
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“resident Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign assistance has
threatened programs intended to counter al-Shabab bombmakers, contain the
spread of al-Qaeda across West Africa and secure Islamic State prisoners in the
Middle East, according to U.S. officials and aid workers. Hours after taking
office last month, Trump put a 90-day pause on foreign aid programs, signing an
executive order that said the “foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not
aligned with American interests” and “serve to destabilize world peace.””



The Guardian: JD Vance Decried As Extremist Over Attack On UK Abortion Clinic
Safe Zones
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“JD Vance has been labelled an “extremist” after he launched a broadside
against the UK’s efforts to protect women seeking an abortion. The US
vice-president’s criticisms of UK and Scottish policies on safe access zones
around abortion clinics – part of a wide-ranging tirade against Europe on
Friday – were derided as inaccurate and misogynistic by a number of groups,
politicians and governments. Heidi Stewart, the chief executive of Bpas, the
UK’s leading provider of abortion services, said safe zones – buffer areas of
150 metres around abortion clinics designed to stop women being harassed with
leaflets, shown pictures of foetuses, or having to pass by vigils – were vital
to protect women’s access to essential healthcare in an “overwhelmingly
pro-choice country”.”



Fox News: Trump Congratulates US Military After Airstrike That Killed Official
Of Al-Qaeda Affiliate: 'Dealt Justice'
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“President Donald Trump congratulated U.S. forces following an airstrike over
the weekend that targeted an official of Hurras al-Din, an Al-Qaeda affiliate,
in Syria. "US forces conducted a precision airstrike against a member of
al-Qaeda in Syria this weekend," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The terrorist
leader was working with al-Qaeda across the region." "Congratulations to
CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael Kurilla, and the US warfighters who dealt
Justice to another Jihadi threatening America and our allies and partners," he
continued. On Saturday, U.S. forces "conducted a precision airstrike in
Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official
in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate," U.S.
Central Command said in a press release.”



Mexico



The Guardian: Mexico Threatens To Escalate US Gunmakers Lawsuit With Terror
Charges
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“Mexico’s president has warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal
action as accomplices of organized crime if Washington designates the country’s
cartels as terrorist groups. The Latin American country, which is under
mounting pressure from Donald Trump to curb illegal drug smuggling, wants its
neighbor to crack down on firearms trafficking in the other direction. “If they
declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we’ll have to expand our US
lawsuit,” Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said at a daily press
conference. A new charge could include alleged complicity of gunmakers with
terror groups, she said.”



Syria



Voice Of America: VOA Kurdish: ISIS Families In Syria Camp Emboldened By New
Regime
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“About 40,000 individuals, primarily the wives, female relatives and children
of male Islamic State suspects, are held in the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria.
According to camp authorities, these Islamic State relatives have been
celebrating the regime change in Syria, hoping it will lead to a Sunni Islamic
system. Camp guards told VOA that since the fall of the Assad regime in
December 2024, ISIS families in the camp have been attempting to escape but are
being stopped.”



Bloomberg: Arab Global Initiative To Support Middle East, Focusing On Syria
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“Middle East countries, the International Monetary Fund and other major
global financial institutions are spearheading an unprecedented effort to help
“conflict-affected” countries in the region recover, with a focus on Syria. The
Saudi finance ministry and the IMF co-hosted a meeting on Sunday that brought
together regional finance chiefs, the Syrian foreign minister, The World Bank
and the Arab Coordination Group. Participants agreed on assessing humanitarian
and reconstruction needs as well as mobilizing international aid to fund reform
programs, according to a joint statement by the IMF Managing Director
Kristalina Georgieva and Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Aljadaan.”



Associated Press: Syria Arrests 3 Men Suspected Of Links To Tadamon Massacre
In Which Hundreds Were Executed
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“Security forces in Syria said on Monday that they arrested three people
involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in
Damascus in 2013, two years after the country’s 13-year civil war began. Dozens
of police and security trucks lined the streets of Tadamon, a Damascus suburb
near the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, where they carried out the arrests
in the same streets that once bore witness to mass executions. Masked,
rifle-wielding men moved through hollowed-out buildings, remnants of a war that
turned the district into a front line between government forces and opposition
fighters. In 2022, a leaked video dated April 16, 2013, appeared to contain
harrowing footage of the executions.”



Turkey



Associated Press: Turkish Opposition Party Delegation Meets With Kurdish
Leader In Iraq As Part Of PKK Peace Efforts
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“A Turkish opposition party delegation arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous
Kurdish region Sunday against the backdrop of peace efforts between Ankara and
a banned Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey. The delegation led by Sirri
Sureyya Onder and Pervin Buldan, two senior officials with the pro-Kurdish
People’s Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, in Turkey, met with Masoud
Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party — the dominant Kurdish
party in Iraq — in Irbil Sunday. Barzani’s office said in a statement that they
discussed “the peace process in Turkey” and that the Turkish delegation
conveyed a message from Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s
banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.”



Associated Press: Turkey Says It Would Reconsider Its Military Presence In
Syria If Kurdish Militants Are Eliminated
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“Turkey’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would reconsider its
military presence in northeastern Syria if that country’s new leaders eliminate
a Kurdish militant group designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the
United States and the European Union. Hakan Fidan spoke at the Munich Security
Conference alongside Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, who did not
comment on the remarks. Fidan has expressed such sentiments before. The
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an insurgency against Turkey for
decades, seeking greater autonomy for Kurds. “We can’t tolerate armed militia
in any form,” Fidan said. He said such groups should be integrated “under one
national army” in Syria and noted that its new leaders have been responsive to
that idea.””



Voice Of America: Turkish Police Detain 282 Suspects In Raids Targeting PKK
Militants
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“Turkish police detained 282 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers
Party, or PKK, militant group in raids over the last five days, Interior
Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday. The raids came as Turkey continues to
remove elected pro-Kurdish mayors from their posts over militant ties in a
crackdown coinciding with hopes for an end to a 40-year conflict between the
PKK and authorities. Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan is expected to make a
statement on such efforts, four months after an ally of President Tayyip
Erdogan urged him to call on the militants to lay down their arms. Police
carried out this week's counter-terror raids in 51 provinces, as well as in the
capital, Ankara, and the largest city of Istanbul, the minister said on X.”



Afghanistan



Associated Press: Senior Afghan Taliban Officials In Japan For Talks With
Japanese Officials
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“Japanese officials said senior Afghan Taliban officials were in Japan for
talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan build a more inclusive
political system and protect human rights. It’s their first known diplomatic
trip outside the Central Asia-Middle East region since the Taliban seized
control of Afghanistan in 2021. The unidentified Taliban senior officials were
invited by grant-making organization Nippon Zaidan and were also set to talk
with Japanese Foreign Ministry officials, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa
Hayashi told reporters Monday.”



Pakistan



Voice Of America: Pakistan Clashes Result In 4 Dead Soldiers, 15 Militants
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“Pakistan said Saturday that counterterrorism operations in two volatile
northwestern districts resulted in the deaths of four soldiers, including an
officer, and 15 insurgents during the ensuing clashes. A military statement
said the deadly violence erupted when its forces carried out
“intelligence-based” raids on militant locations in Dera Ismail Khan and North
Waziristan, which borders Afghanistan. The statement identified the slain
militants as “khwarij,” a term employed by the government for individuals
affiliated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, a globally recognized
terrorist organization. Local security sources reported that the soldier
fatalities occurred during clashes in the Waziristan area.”



Associated Press: 2 People Killed When Militants Ambush Trucks With Aid For
Northwestern Pakistan
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“Militants in northwestern Pakistan killed a driver and a security official
Monday when they ambushed a convoy of trucks carrying food, medicine and other
supplies for thousands of residents trapped by sectarian violence, authorities
said. It was the third such assault since January in Kurram, a district in the
restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where at least 130 people have died in
recent months in clashes between rival Shiite and Sunni tribes. The latest
attack happened when the trucks were heading to Parachinar, the main city in
Kurram, police officials said. Qaiser Abbas, a doctor at a hospital in
Parachinar, said a truck driver and one of the security officials escorting the
convoy was killed in the attack.”



Lebanon



Associated Press: Woman Killed As Israeli Forces Fire On Returnees To Southern
Lebanon Ahead Of Ceasefire Deadline
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“A woman was killed and several other people wounded Sunday when Israeli
forces opened fire on a group of residents attempting to return to the village
of Houla in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese state-run news agency reported.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident, which
comes two days before the deadline for implementation of a ceasefire agreement
that ended the latest war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group
Hezbollah in late November. It includes a full withdrawal of Israeli forces
from southern Lebanon.”



Reuters: Hezbollah Condemns Attack On UN Peacekeeping Mission Convoy In Beirut
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“Hezbollah on Sunday condemned an attack on a United Nations Interim Force
(UNIFIL) convoy in Beirut on Friday which the U.S. State Department has said
was reportedly carried out by supporters of the militant group. UNIFIL said on
Friday its outgoing deputy force commander was injured when the convoy, which
was taking peacekeepers to Beirut airport, was "violently attacked". Lebanese
authorities have detained more than 25 people as part of an investigation into
the attack, which the U.S State Department said was carried out "reportedly by
a group of Hezbollah supporters". In Sunday's statement, the Iran-backed
militant group expressed firm rejection to any targeting of UNIFIL forces.””



Associated Press: Villagers In Southern Lebanon Prepare To Return Home As
Israeli Army Withdraws Under Ceasefire Deal
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“Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon
under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended
the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed put in five strategic overlook
locations inside Lebanon. Top Lebanese leaders denounced the continued presence
of the Israel troops as an occupation and a violation of the deal, maintaining
that Israel was required to make a full withdrawal by Tuesday. The troops’
presence is also a sore point with the militant Hezbollah group, which has
demanded action from the authorities. Lebanese soldiers moved into the areas
from where the Israeli troops pulled out and began clearing roadblocks set up
by Israeli forces and checking for unexploded ordnance.”



Middle East



Reuters: Hezbollah Chief Says Israel Must Fully Withdraw From Lebanon By
February 18
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"The head of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Sunday that Israeli
troops must withdraw from Lebanese territory in full by a February 18 deadline,
saying it had "no pretext" to maintain a military presence in any post in
southern Lebanon. Under a truce brokered by Washington in November, Israeli
troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon where they had
waged a ground offensive against fighters from Iran-backed Hezbollah since
early October. That deadline was later extended to February 18, but Israel's
military requested that it keep troops in five posts in southern Lebanon,
sources told Reuters last week.”



Egypt



Associated Press: Egypt Is Developing A Plan To Rebuild Gaza, Countering
Trump’s Call To Depopulate The Territory
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“Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out
of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate
the territory so the U.S. can take it over. Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram
newspaper said the proposal calls for establishing “secure areas” within Gaza
where Palestinians can live initially while Egyptian and international
construction firms remove and rehabilitate the strip’s infrastructure. Egyptian
officials have been discussing the plan with European diplomats as well as with
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, according to two Egyptian
officials and Arab and Western diplomats.”



Somalia



Voice Of America: Somali Officials: US Airstrike Against Islamic State Kills
16 Militants
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“U.S. airstrikes killed 16 militants affiliated with the Islamic State
terrorist group in northern Somalia, officials there said Monday. A
spokesperson for security operations in the Puntland region, Brigadier General
Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed, disclosed the death toll in an interview VOA’s Somali
Service. “The strike carried out by our international security partners killed
at least 16 militants including two senior members identified as the group’s
bomb-makers, and a bomb factory was destroyed,” Ahmed said. He said local
officials are working to verify the names and nationalities of the bomb-makers.
Ahmed said that the United Arab Emirates played a role Sunday’s attack.”



Mali



Voice Of America: Sources: Wagner Mercenaries, Mali Army Accused Of Killing
Civilians
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“Around 20 people were killed in northern Mali on Monday when the vehicles
they were traveling in came under attack, with local sources telling Agence
France-Presse that Wagner mercenaries and Mali's army were responsible. A
relative of the driver of one of the vehicles told AFP from the northern city
of Gao that the group was bound for Algeria when the deadly attack occurred.
"The driver of the first vehicle is my cousin," they said on the condition of
anonymity. "They encountered a group of Wagner mercenaries and some Malian
soldiers who shot at them. In the first car, everyone died. My cousin too,"
they said, specifying that the passengers included illegal migrants and nomads.”



Germany



NBC: Munich Car Ramming That Injured 36 Investigated As 'Islamic Extremism'
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“The car ramming that injured at least 36 people in Munich on Thursday, ahead
of a major security conference featuring world leaders and defense leaders, was
an intentional attack and is being treated as Islamic extremism, authorities
said Friday. Gabriele Tilmann, a senior public prosecutor, told a news
conference in the city that the unidentified suspect admitted in a police
interview that he drove into the crowd purposefully. "The reason that he gave
could be summarized as a religious reason. I can't say more about it, but what
he said would lead us to conclude that it was a religious motive," she said.”



Europe



The New York Times: Knife Attack Suspect In Austria Was Inspired By ISIS,
Official Says
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“A Syrian asylum seeker who the Austrian authorities said killed a teenager
and wounded five other people in a knife attack in Villach, Austria, was
inspired by the Islamic State militant group, officials said on Sunday. The
man, who was detained after the attack on Saturday, had become radicalized
online, said Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner. The police said they
believed that the victims were chosen at random. The suspect is 23 years old,
came to Austria from Syria in 2020 and was later given asylum, according to the
interior ministry. The attack comes days after an Afghan citizen, who came to
Germany as a child refugee, drove a car into a crowd of people at a union march
in Munich, 150 miles from Villach, killing two people and wounding nearly 40.”



Australia



ABC: Police-Led Approach To Extremist Intervention Programs Risks Community
Safety, Experts Say
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“Experts and families are warning that the current system to intervene and
rehabilitate people who have joined extremist groups is flawed, putting
Australians at risk. There's concern that too much focus is put into policing
and not enough into prevention. Figures obtained by Four Corners show that only
six people have been referred to a federally funded intervention program via
the National Security Hotline since July 2023. The hotline is the country's
main tool for reporting extremists. Australia's official Countering Violent
Extremism (CVE) programs are run by state and territory police and governments,
overseen by a federal government strategy.”



Technology



The New York Times: How A Network Of Amateur Sleuths Helps Rescue Women
Kidnapped By ISIS
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“The investigator’s eyes dart between the two photographs. In one, a young
girl, maybe 10, is wearing a colorful shirt, her hair loose. In the other, a
woman, her face weathered to an indeterminate age and framed by a black hijab,
stares into the camera. The first picture is among hundreds of images of young
girls sent in by families desperate to find loved ones who were kidnapped years
ago, when militants from the Islamic State first roared to power in Iraq and
Syria. The pictures of older women come in from a variety of sources. The woman
examining the photographs has become skilled at finding the telling detail that
might help confirm an identity — and lead to someone’s freedom.”



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