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CEP in the News
CNN: Jihadi fighters affiliated with al Qaeda close in on Mali’s capital, as instability grows across Sahel region
The militants have seized large amounts of weaponry from government forces and demonstrated their ability to use drones, says the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which analyzes terrorist groups.
Tagesspiegel: Following the arrest of a suspected IS sympathizer in Berlin: How great is the threat of terrorism in Germany?
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding the arrest of an alleged ISIS terrorist in Berlin.
Analysis
Financial Action Task Force (FATF): The FATF Recommendations
The FATF Recommendations set out a comprehensive and consistent framework of measures which countries should implement in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Countries have diverse legal, administrative and operational frameworks and different financial systems, and so cannot all take identical measures to counter these threats. The FATF Recommendations, therefore, set an international standard, which countries should implement through measures adapted to their particular circumstances.
GNET: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance
Terrorist groups are increasingly using digital assets to move money outside traditional financial oversight. These same channels – blockchain networks, stablecoins, and encrypted apps – now underpin a wider illicit economy that spans cybercrime, sanctions evasion, and elite capital movement. Together, they form a shadow financial infrastructure that operates at a scale and velocity traditional enforcement cannot match. As regulators struggle to keep pace, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a force multiplier.
EU Knowledge Hub: Antisemitism in Europe - Old Hatreds, New Dynamics
Many European countries are experiencing a dramatic rise in antisemitic hate crimes. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has documented massive increases – in some countries, reports surged by as much as 400 percent since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict. In Germany, recorded incidents nearly doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year (8,627 versus 4,886), particularly after October. At the same time, the OSCE/ODIHR stresses that underreporting remains a major obstacle to capturing the true scale of the problem.
United States
Associated Press: Two men charged in Detroit-area terrorism plot after Halloween arrests
Two men were charged with terrorism-related crimes in the Detroit area after federal authorities made arrests and seized a cache of weapons last week in a storage unit and elsewhere, officials said Monday. The men had scouted LGBTQ+ bars in Ferndale, a Detroit suburb, according to a 72-page criminal complaint unsealed in federal court.
Wall Street Journal: The New Right’s New Antisemites
An old political poison is growing on the new right, led by podcasters and internet opportunists who are preoccupied with the Jews. It is spreading wider and faster than we thought, and it has even found an apologist in Kevin Roberts, president of the venerable Heritage Foundation. On Thursday Mr. Roberts released a startling video to oppose the alleged “cancellation” of Tucker Carlson and even of Hitler fanboy Nick Fuentes, whom Mr. Carlson had hosted for a chummy podcast interview. On Monday’s Carlson show, Mr. Fuentes assailed “organized Jewry” as the obstacle to American unity and “these Zionist Jews” as the impediment to the right’s success, while calling himself a fan of Joseph Stalin.
Fox News: Antisemitism watchdog issues scathing ‘alarm bell’ report on Mamdani as NYC election nears
Fox News Digital exclusively spoke with the antisemitism research institute that released an 11th hour comprehensive report that summarized its concerns about New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. With just hours to go before Election Day, the report underscores the heightened scrutiny facing the socialist nominee.
Jewish Insider: RJC summit confronts right-wing antisemitism without naming names
Until last week, the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership summit was expected to be a triumphant gathering to celebrate President Donald Trump’s accomplishments in the Middle East, chief among them his administration’s recently brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. That all changed after Tucker Carlson hosted the neo-Nazi influencer Nick Fuentes on his podcast for a sympathetic interview, provoking fierce backlash. By the time that Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, came to Carlson’s defense on Thursday, the RJC recognized its conference would require a thematic update to more forcefully emphasize the urgency of confronting rising antisemitism — and its enablers — within the GOP.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Jewish lawyer quits Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism task force over Tucker Carlson defense
A prominent Jewish lawyer has quit a national initiative to fight antisemitism over comments by the president of the Heritage Foundation defending Tucker Carlson’s decision to host the white supremacist Nick Fuentes on his popular streaming show.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Rep. Randy Fine denounces Tucker Carlson as ‘most dangerous antisemite in America’
Most of the Republicans denouncing an explosion of antisemitism on the right at this weekend’s Republican Jewish Coalition convention refrained from naming names. Not so for Randy Fine, one of four Jewish Republicans in Congress. “Make no mistake. Today, Tucker Carlson is the most dangerous antisemite in America,” he said during an address Saturday morning. “He has chosen to take on the mantle of leader of a modern-day Hitler Youth.”
Jewish News Syndicate: ‘Clearly have antisemitism element of our party,’ McCormick says at RJC
As Jewish Republicans gathered in Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate their successful efforts to re-elect U.S. President Donald Trump and cheer the return of the Israeli hostages in a deal that he brokered, one concern dampened their enthusiasm: rising Jew-hatred and anti-Israel rhetoric among younger conservatives.
Associated Press: California law to protect Jewish students faces challenge over free speech concerns
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is challenging a new California law designed to protect Jewish students from discrimination, but that plaintiff teachers and students say is unconstitutionally vague and violates their free speech rights.
Canada
Jerusalem Post: 'Ha'ikar': How two Toronto Jews created a group for those experiencing antisemitism – interview
In the aftermath of October 7, Jay Ginsherman and Jacob Weiss, two Toronto natives, co-founded “Ha’ikar,” a discussion group for the Jewish community that focuses on collectively processing antisemitism and Jewish experiences. The two spoke to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday about bringing their idea to fruition, the need for Jewish unity, and why talking is so important.
Bulgaria
Jerusalem Post: Antisemitic graffiti defaces Sofia synagogue, fallen soldiers memorial in Bulgaria
The Sofia synagogue was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti last Monday, according to the congregation and the Bulgarian Central Israelite Religious Council, the latest in a series of vandalism incidents targeting Jewish sites in Bulgaria.
Chechnya
Jerusalem Post: Chechnya mufti: Jews are the 'enemies of Islam,' spreading Atheism, Satanism
Chechnya's supreme mufti, Salah Mezhiev, said that Jews were the enemies of Islam and were spreading Atheism and Satanism, according to Russian media outlets, leading Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar to call on Muslim Russian leaders to disassociate from Mezhiev's remarks.
France
AFP: Afghan man suspected of ties to ISIS offshoot arrested in France
A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors say. The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a terrorist enterprise, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) say.
Germany
BZ: Terror raid in Berlin - Syrian arrested
According to information obtained by B.Z., he is a supporter of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS). Whether he had any contacts and, if so, which ones, is not known at this time. The man is said to have shared propaganda from the Islamic State terrorist organization several times on a social media platform. This includes songs or hymns with a jihadist context, which are often published by the "Islamic State" itself with a call to share them. Details about a possible target were not initially known, but the suspected terrorist's targets are said to be in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany. According to further information obtained by B.Z., investigators are said to have seized materials suitable for use in the construction of explosive devices. According to B.Z. information, Abdalla R. had been living in Germany since 2023 and had subsidiary protection.
United Kingdom
Times of Israel: UK lawmaker says there is now a ‘constituency for hating Jews’ in formerly friendly Britain
The Yom Kippur terror attack on Manchester’s Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in which two Jews were killed took place weeks ago, but the emotion in Maurice Glasman’s voice remains raw and palpable. The Labour member of the House of Lords, and one of Britain’s leading Jewish intellectuals, had just left synagogue himself on that day when he switched on his phone and was greeted by what he terms “a cacophony of grief that was almost incomprehensible.” “I felt desecrated,” Glasman tells The Times of Israel. “I felt horrified and full of foreboding.”
Independent: Officials bracing for record number of referrals to anti-extremism scheme
Counter-terrorism officials could see a record number of referrals under the government anti-extremism scheme Prevent in the wake of the Southport attack. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing Laurence Taylor said a significant increase had been seen since the harrowing murders at a children’s dance class in July 2024.
The Standard: ‘Anglo Jihadi’ who expressed wish to kill Jews guilty of planning terror attack
A self-styled “Anglo Jihadi” who joked about going into a synagogue in a suicide vest has been found guilty of planning a terror attack. Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, started planning an “atrocity”, with possible targets including a shopping centre, after becoming interested in an “extremist, fundamentalist” interpretation of the religion, a court heard.
Times of Israel: Jewish London bus passenger says driver trapped him, said he ‘looks like a Mossad agent’
A 52-year-old Orthodox Jewish man says he was trapped on a London bus for nearly an hour after the driver refused to return his bank card and made an antisemitic remark, according to a Friday BBC report. David Abraham said he boarded the number 149 bus in Stoke Newington Road, Hackney, at 1:35 p.m. GMT on Monday, when he accidentally dropped his card into the driver’s cabin. He told the BBC that the driver refused to give it back, saying, “I don’t like Jewish people, you look like a Mossad agent.”
Reuters: UK police say train stabbings carried out by lone attacker, not terrorism
A 32-year-old British man was the sole suspect accused of a mass stabbing on a train in England, after another man arrested in the case was released on Sunday with no charges. British police said the knife attack that put 11 people in hospital was not a terrorist incident. A 35-year-old man who had been arrested earlier was released after officers concluded he was not involved in the attack.
Counter Terrorism Policing: Goole man found guilty of planning a terrorist attack
A 21-year-old man has today (Monday, November 3) been convicted of planning an act of terrorism. Jordan Richardson, from Goole, was also found guilty of multiple offences of possessing and disseminating terrorist information following a three-week trial at Leeds Crown Court. Sentencing will take place on December 15, 2025.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan International: Taliban Responsible For Killing 170 Journalists In Afghanistan, Says Media Watchdog
The Nai media organisation said in a statement marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists that the Taliban are responsible for the deaths of more than 170 journalists and media workers in Afghanistan over the past 24 years.
Gaza Strip
New York Post: Hamas releases three more bodies — including Omer Neutra — after Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza
Hamas released three more bodies Sunday – including that of Omer Neutra – after last week’s botched handover that involved no corpses of hostages and helped prompt renewed Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The terrorist group handed over a trio of caskets to the Red Cross, claiming that this time they really do contain the remains of three of the 11 hostages whose bodies are still unrecovered — a similar statement to Friday’s exchange that turned out to be false, according to Israeli officials. The handoff took place a few hours after an airstrike hit Gaza City, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Hamas of operating inside an area currently occupied by his troops.
Times of Israel: US looks to build ‘new Gaza’ on half of Strip under IDF control, but faces pushback
One of the main proposals for rebuilding the Gaza Strip that US President Donald Trump’s administration has presented to potential Gulf donor countries envisions the construction of roughly half a dozen residential regions on the eastern half of the Strip, which is currently under Israeli control, two Arab diplomats familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel. The diplomats said that “new Gaza” is the term frequently used by US officials to describe the project that will take place on the eastern side of the Yellow Line — the newly created boundary to which the IDF withdrew on October 10 at the start of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Iran
Reuters: Iran's Supreme Leader says cooperation with US not possible while it backs Israel
Cooperation between Iran and the United States is not possible as long as Washington continues to support Israel and to maintain military bases and interfere in the Middle East region, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday. Khamenei's comments came as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to increase pressure on Iran.
Iran International: Crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’ at funeral of man who burned leader’s photo
Mourners in the western Iranian city of Aligoudarz chanted slogans against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Monday during the funeral of Omid Sarlak, a young man found dead hours after posting a video of himself burning the leader’s photo.
Israel
Times of Israel: Netanyahu: Lebanon must ‘uphold its commitments’ to disarm Hezbollah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Hezbollah was looking to rearm and that Israel would do whatever is necessary to prevent that from happening. “Hezbollah is constantly taking hits, but it’s also trying to rearm and recuperate,” said Netanyahu at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. “We expect the Lebanese government to uphold its commitments, namely, to disarm Hezbollah. But it’s clear that we’ll exercise our right to self-defense as stipulated in the ceasefire terms,” he said. “We won’t let Lebanon become a renewed front against us, and we’ll do what’s necessary.”
Times of Israel: PM rules out granting safe passage to 200 Hamas gunmen stuck in IDF-held Rafah
Following reports on Monday that Israel was considering granting terrorists hiding in tunnels safe passage from Israeli-controlled areas of the Gaza Strip to the Hamas-run zone, a statement attributed to an “Israeli official” — often a euphemism for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office — said the premier “is not allowing safe passage for 200 Hamas terrorists.”
Reuters: Haunted by war, some Israelis hesitate to return to kibbutz attacked by Hamas
Avishay Edri wants to move back to the kibbutz he evacuated in southern Israel after it was attacked by Palestinian gunmen two years ago, but is hesitating as fears persist that the war in nearby Gaza will resume and it will not be safe. Edri, 41, has happy memories of raising his four children in Nahal Oz, just a few hundred metres across potato and sunflower fields from the border with the Gaza Strip.
Times of Israel: Remains of deceased hostages Asaf Hamami, Omer Neutra and Oz Daniel returned to Israel
The Hamas terror group returned to Israel the remains of three deceased hostages — Col. Asaf Hamami, Cpt. Omer Neutra and Staff Sgt. Oz Daniel — on Sunday evening, with Israeli authorities confirming their identities the following morning. All three were soldiers who were killed battling invading Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, and their bodies were abducted to Gaza.
Times of Israel: Yad Vashem says it has compiled 5 million names of Jews murdered in Holocaust
Yad Vashem, Israel’s World Holocaust Remembrance Center, said Monday that it has recovered the names of five million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, a milestone it called “historic” in its decades-long mission to restore the identities of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. The announcement comes as the number of living Holocaust survivors able to give testimony dwindles, Yad Vashem said. Of about 200,000 Holocaust survivors living today, about half will no longer be with us in seven years, according to a calculation made by the Claims Conference earlier this year.
Lebanon
Naharnet: Aoun: Lebanon has no choice but negotiation with an enemy
President Joseph Aoun stressed Monday that Lebanon’s “only choice” is negotiations with Israel. “Lebanon has no choice other than negotiation, seeing as in politics there are three work tools: diplomacy, economy and war. When war does not lead to any result, what can we do? The end of every war in the world has been negotiation, and negotiation does not take place with a friend or an ally, but rather with an enemy,” Aoun added.
Naharnet: Qmati: No choice but to cling to resistance even if we all get martyred
Hezbollah political bureau member Mahmoud Qmati has said that the “equation” that Israel is “trying to impose on Lebanon” will not continue and “will change.” “As Lebanon, the state, diplomatic relations and Lebanese army and resistance, we will not allow that this equation remain above our heads and that this aggression continue against our land. The state must fulfill its promises and responsibilities, after it said that it will liberate the land and the captives, put an end to violations and begin reconstruction,” Qmati added.
Naharnet: Lebanon offered $16 billion in return for Hezbollah disarmament
The U.S. and the Gulf countries have offered Lebanon $16 billion in return for fully disarming Hezbollah and beginning the reconstruction process, MTV’s correspondent at the White House quoted U.S. sources as saying.“ This offer could represent the biggest support and investment package in the country’s history, should the Lebanese state agree to implement the U.S. roadmap that stipulates that the state be the only side that monopolizes arms and decisions,” the sources added.
Naharnet: US official voices support for Lebanese govt., urges Hezbollah disarmament
Disarming Hezbollah and other non-state actors as well as “ending Iran’s proxy activities” is crucial to “ensuring peace and stability in Lebanon and across the region," a U.S. State Department official has said." An armed Hezbollah is a threat to Lebanon and its neighbors. The region and the world are watching carefully. A stable Lebanon will present attractive investment opportunities," the official told Fox News.
Fox News: Trump admin pressures Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah as envoy calls nation ‘failed state’
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm the Iran-backed terrorist movement, with one senior U.S. official terming Lebanon a "failed state" for its inaction. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack, who also serves as envoy to Syria, said Saturday in Bahrain that Lebanon is a "failed state" because of its "paralyzed government," The Associated Press reported. He also noted that Hezbollah retains 40,000 fighters and between 15,000 and 20,000 rockets and missiles, noting the terror group pays its militia $2,200 per month, whereas the Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers earn $275 a month and have inferior equipment as well.
Syria
New York Times: Syria’s President to Visit Washington for First Time Since Taking Power
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria will visit Washington this month for the first time since he came to power, another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head.
Al-Monitor: Syria’s Sharaa to sign deal at White House to join anti-ISIS coalition
Tom Barrack, the US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey, told reporters on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain today that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to sign a document in Washington on Nov. 10 with President Donald Trump for Syria to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State. The meeting will mark the first time a Syrian head of state has ever been received at the White House. It will also showcase the extraordinary conversion of Sharaa from a committed jihadi seeking to kill American soldiers in Iraq to a smooth-talking statesman who is wooing leaders across the globe.
Turkey
Algemeiner: Turkish FM Hosts Hamas Delegation Ahead of Guarantors Meeting in Istanbul
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Hamas chief Khalil al-Khayya and other senior members of the jihadist group’s political bureau in Istanbul on Saturday. Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas negotiator, was among the terror chiefs surviving an Israeli strike on their Doha residence last month. Topics of discussion, according to the Turkish foreign ministry, included the state of the ceasefire and the flow of humanitarian aid. The meeting comes ahead of Monday’s Istanbul gathering of the foreign ministers of the so-called “guarantor countries” as stipulated in the ceasefire plan put forth by the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump. The countries include Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Yemen
Wall Street Journal: The Arab World’s Last Militant Leader Is Elusive and Defiant
Over the past two years, Israel has systematically killed off or hobbled the leaders of its most-powerful enemies: Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. Yet it hasn’t been able to neutralize one, whose unrelenting resistance has made him, in the eyes of supporters, the last militant leader still fighting in the Middle East.
Yemen Online: Yemen : Senior Houthi Commander Killed in Clashes with Gov't Forces in Taiz
Intense fighting erupted late Sunday night between Yemeni government forces and Houthi militants in the western outskirts of Taiz, resulting in the death of a prominent Houthi field commander and the injury of a government soldier, according to military sources.
India
Economic Times: Security forces arrest 10 extremists from banned groups in Manipur raids
Ten extremists of two banned outfits were arrested by security forces from three separate Manipur districts during the past 24 hours in Manipur. A police official said that the arrested militants belonging to different militant outfits -- the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF) -- were arrested from Kakching, Thoubal and Imphal West district.
Pakistan
Afghanistan International: Militant Infiltration Attempt From Afghanistan Foiled, Says Pakistan
Pakistani security sources told Afghanistan International that the country’s forces have foiled an attempt by an armed group to infiltrate from across the Afghan border near Kotkai village in North Waziristan. According to the sources, several militants were killed during the clash, and the bodies of two were recovered by Pakistani troops.
Mali
Financial Times: Jihadis encircle Mali’s capital as they close in on power
After jihadi fighters led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the notorious “One-Eyed”, entered the ancient library city of Timbuktu more than a decade ago, they banned dancing and singing, and imposed sharia law. Their takeover of much of northern Mali triggered the 2013 invasion by France in “Operation Serval”, which pushed the Islamists back and prolonged the rule of the weak French-backed government. Today Belmokhtar is dead, the French have been expelled — replaced by Russian mercenaries — and the democratic government has been deposed by a military junta.
Reuters: Jihadists' fuel blockade poses biggest threat yet to Mali's military rulers
A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might try eventually to impose their rule on the West African country. Security analysts say the group known as Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which has been operating for months within 50 km (30 miles) of Bamako, currently has neither the intention nor the military capability to seize the city of 4 million people, which it briefly attacked last year.
Nigeria
Reuters: Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty
Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill treatment of Christians in the West African country. Trump said on Saturday that he had asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if Africa's most populous country fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. But Trump on Sunday told reporters the U.S. military could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing of "very large numbers" of Christians there, but gave no further details.
The Africa Report: Sahel terror group JNIM hits Nigeria for the first time – a sign of expansion plans
Jama'at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed its first attack in Nigeria on 28 October. The strike, in the north of Kwara State near the Benin border, left one soldier dead. The Sahel-based group says it seized weapons, equipment and cash. This unprecedented attack on Nigerian soil shows JNIM’s push to expand. Until now it has operated in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The group, led by Iyad Ag Ghaly, said in June it intended to set up a katiba – a brigade – in Nigeria. Kwara State, in the North-Central region, is strategically placed and shares notoriously porous borders with Benin. In recent months JNIM has stepped up attacks on Beninese territory, and they have grown in scale. Its preferred area of operations for fighters coming from Burkina Faso and Niger has been the W and Pendjari national parks in northern Benin.
Reuters: Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible "fast" military action in Nigeria if the West African nation fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and top oil producer, Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Fox News: Trump designates Nigeria as 'country of particular concern' over widespread Christian persecution, killings
President Trump announced Friday that he is designating Nigeria as a "country of particular concern," citing the widespread killings of Christians in the West African country. "Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria," Trump posted to Truth Social. "Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a "COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN" — But that is the least of it."
Somalia
SOFREP: US Africa Command’s Golis Mountain Strike Was A Message, And ISIS-Somalia Heard It
U.S. Africa Command confirmed an airstrike on ISIS-Somalia in the Golis Mountains earlier this month, with the target area pegged at roughly 85 kilometers southeast of Bosaso. AFRICOM said it acted in coordination with Somalia’s federal government and kept details on units and platforms locked down for operational security. That is classic tight-lipped operational discipline. The location tells its own story. The rugged Bari highlands have sheltered ISIS cells for years, and hitting there signals that U.S. reach and Somali cooperation remain aligned where it counts.
Reuters: Assailants attack tanker off Somalia in suspected pirate strike
Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind since 2024, maritime sources said. If confirmed, this would be the first Somali piracy attack against a merchant ship since May 2024, raising risks for critical energy and goods transported through the region, maritime sources said.
Sudan
Reuters: Men shot by the hundreds, disappeared after Sudanese city falls to paramilitaries, witnesses say
Fighters riding camels rounded up a couple of hundred men near the Sudanese city of al-Fashir at the weekend and brought them to a reservoir, shouting racial slurs before starting to shoot, according to a man who said he was among them. One of the captors recognized him from his school days and let him flee, the man, Alkheir Ismail, said in a video interview conducted by a local journalist in the nearby town of Tawila in the country's western Darfur region.
Technology
Homeland Security Today: Tech Interventions for Novel Nihilistic Violent Extremist Threats
The recent tragedy at Evergreen High in Colorado is the latest attack to highlight how novel extremist threats present themselves online. As researchers and tech platforms continue to adapt to these novel threats, it is important that tech companies remain solutions-oriented in the broadest way possible. The question isn’t whether tech companies should act, but how they can do so effectively.
GZERO Media: Jacinda Ardern on AI's role in countering extremism online
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says AI can be both a force for good and a tool for harm. “AI has either the possibility of…providing interventions and disruption, or it has the ability to also further harms, increase radicalization, and exacerbate issues of terrorism and extremism online.”
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