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March 28, 2024 at 1:57 PM

US Sanctions Online Media Site Gaza Now And Its Founder For Allegedly Supporting Hamas

“The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on online media site Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash for allegedly supporting Hamas. U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control says that after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas against Israel — the online entity began a fundraising effort in support of…
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March 28, 2024 at 3:15 AM

UANI and CEP Mourn The Loss Of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

Statement from UANI and CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace UANI and CEP Mourn The Loss Of Senator Joseph I. LiebermanStatement from UANI and CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace (New York, N.Y.) — Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement on the passing of Senator Joseph I. Lieber…
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March 27, 2024 at 2:08 PM

Houthis Claim Strikes On Ships, Maersk Denies It Was Attacked

“Houthi militants in Yemen said on Tuesday they had mounted six attacks on ships with drones and missiles in the last 72 hours in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, but one of the companies named, Denmark's Maersk, denied its vessel had been targeted. The Houthis said they attacked the Maersk Saratog…
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March 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM

Radical British Preacher Anjem Choudary Pleads Not Guilty To Terrorism Charges

“Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleaded not guilty Monday in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges. Choudary, 57, pleaded not guilty to membership in a banned organization, the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun, and addressing meetings to encourage support for the group. The …
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March 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Supporters Celebrate Moscow Terror Attack

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located propaganda issued by the pro-ISIS-K Al-Azaim Media Group as well as posts on pro-ISIS Telegram channe…
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March 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM

U.S. Says ISIS Was Responsible For Deadly Moscow Concert Hall Attack

“The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for the massacre at a Moscow area concert hall, one of the deadliest attacks in Russia in decades, and U.S. officials confirmed the claim shortly afterward. The United States collected intelligence in March that Islamic State-Khorasan, known as ISI…
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March 23, 2024 at 1:20 AM

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack At Moscow Concert Hall

On the evening of March 22, a large-scale terror attack occurred in Moscow, reportedly killing 40 individuals and injuring at least 100. ISIS via its propaganda outlet Amaq News Agency claimed responsibility for the attack. ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack At Moscow Concert Hall (Berlin, D.E.…
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March 22, 2024 at 1:34 PM

Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan Targets Taliban Heartland

“A suicide bombing outside a bank in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 20 people, including several members of the Taliban, according to hospital staff, in a bloody reminder of the terrorist threats that have persisted in the country since the U.S.-led war ended. The attack occurred a…
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March 22, 2024 at 12:30 PM

CEP Launches New Series Detailing Raw Propaganda From ISIS And Al-Qaeda Affiliates In Afghanistan

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has launched a new weekly series, Afghanistan Content Report, that compiles the raw propaganda output of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates operating in Afghanistan, as well as content related to Afghanistan, collected by CEP researchers. By releasing this material to t…
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March 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM

CEP Report: Central Syria’s ISIS Insurgency In 2023

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report today detailing ISIS activity in central Syria in 2023 showing that ISIS attacks, high quality attacks, and civilian and military casualties rose dramatically last year—and were often more aggressive than in recent years. CEP Report: Central Syr…
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March 21, 2024 at 2:35 PM

German Woman Loses Appeal Of 14-Year Sentence For Letting Enslaved Yazidi Girl Die In Iraq

“A German federal court said Wednesday it had rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband enslaved when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to die of thirst in the sun. The defendant, a German convert to Islam, was conv…
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March 20, 2024 at 2:11 PM

Associated Press: Houthis In Yemen Blow Up A Resident’s House, Killing At Least 9 From The Same Family, Residents Say

“Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen blew up a house Tuesday in a town southeast of the capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people from the same family, officials and residents said. This came a day after two Houthi fighters were killed in an ambush allegedly set up by the house’s owner, Ibrahim…
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March 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM

EU Agrees On Sanctions On Hamas, Violent West Bank Settlers

“European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Monday to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinians in the West Bank and to add further sanctions on members of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The decision marked the first time that the EU's 27 member countries had ag…
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March 18, 2024 at 3:15 PM

CEP Webinar: Cruel And Unusual Punishment – How The Houthis Target Women, Journalists And Religious Minorities

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to present two new, in-depth reports concerning Houthi human rights abuses. CEP Webinar: Cruel And Unusual Punishment – How The Houthis Target Women, Journalists And Religious Minorities (New York, N.Y.) – T…
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March 18, 2024 at 2:25 PM

Congo Reinstates The Death Penalty After More Than 20 Years As It Struggles To Deal With Militants

“Congo has lifted a more than two-decade-old moratorium on the death penalty as authorities struggle to curb violence and militant attacks in the country, according to a justice ministry statement released on Friday. The statement, dated earlier this week, said the ban from 2003 allowed offenders ac…
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March 15, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Al-Shabab Attacks Hotel In Somali Capital

“The Islamist group has attacked the Syl Hotel before, which is popular with government officials. Witnesses reported blasts and gunfire coming from the hotel, telling Reuters news agency fighters were inside. Media affiliated with the group say four Somali MPs were wounded. The government has not c…
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March 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM

Report Claims Yemen’s Houthis Have A Hypersonic Missile, Possibly Raising Stakes In Red Sea Crisis

“Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia’s state media reported Thursday, potentially raising the stakes in their ongoing attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways against the backdrop of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The r…
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March 13, 2024 at 2:40 PM

Twenty Armed People Board Cargo Ship Off Somalia, Security Firm Says

“Twenty armed people have boarded a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia and have taken control of it, a maritime security firm said on Tuesday. The vessel is the latest to be targeted following a resurgence of attacks by Somali pirates in recent months although the maritime security firm, Ambrey, di…
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March 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM

Islamic State Is Increasingly Using Crypto To Fund Africa Militant Goals

“Islamic State is increasingly using cryptocurrencies such as Tether to raise and move money around the world, including in Africa, according to a group of nations formed to combat financing for the militant group. While IS still mostly relies on informal money services such as cash couriers, affili…
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March 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS TikTok Users Celebrate Accused Attacker In Zurich Stabbing

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week CEP researchers located nearly a half-dozen accounts glorifying the accused assailant, who pledged his allegiance to ISIS, in …
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March 11, 2024 at 4:01 PM

CEP Marks 20th Anniversary Of The Madrid Train Bombings

Today, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) marks the solemn occasion of the 20th anniversary of the devastating Madrid train bombings, in which 193 were killed and over 2,000 injured by Islamist terrorists. The bombings remain one of the most devastating terror attacks in Europe, and led to the esta…
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March 11, 2024 at 2:15 PM

US Embassy Warns Of Imminent Attack In Moscow By 'Extremists'

“The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that "extremists" had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State. The embassy, which has repeatedly urged all U.S. citizens to l…
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March 8, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Sweden Police Arrest Suspected Islamists Believed To Prepare Attack

“Swedish police on Thursday apprehended four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist crime tied to violent Islamist extremism, the Sapo security service and prosecution agency said. "We see links to serious organised crime and also international connections that we tie to the terrorist organisa…
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March 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In February 2024

ISIS carried out at least 33 confirmed attacks in February in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 35 pro-Assad regime soldiers and 25 civilians and wounded at least 33 more soldiers and civilians. There were also eight high quality* attacks during the m…
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March 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Houthi Missile Attack Kills 3 Crew Members In Yemen Rebels’ First Fatal Assault On Shipping

“A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel’s war …
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March 6, 2024 at 3:16 PM

US Destroyer Shoots Down Missile And Drones Launched By Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

“A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said Wednesday, as the Indian navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis. The assault Tuesday apparently targeted the USS Car…
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March 5, 2024 at 3:18 PM

Israel, Hezbollah Exchange Strikes On Israel-Lebanon Border; 4 Dead

“An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah on Monday, state media in Lebanon reported, hours after a missile strike blamed on the militants killed at least one foreign worker in northern Israel. The attacks took place as U.S. special envoy Amo…
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March 5, 2024 at 1:15 PM

CEP Statement Calling For U.S. Sanctions Against Qatar, DIMDEX Conference, And Al Thani Royal Family

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement today on Qatar’s decision to host the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), U.S. sanctions-designated Iranian military officials, and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) at …
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March 4, 2024 at 8:15 PM

Extremist Content Online: The Base Calls For Members of Other White Supremacist Groups to Join

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, the neo-Nazi accelerationist group The Base called for members of other white supremacist “militant groups” to join them via …
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March 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM

A Ship Earlier Hit By Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Sinks In The Red Sea, The First Vessel Lost In Conflict

“A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar, which carried a cargo of fertilize…
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March 1, 2024 at 3:17 PM

Over 60% Of Illegal Crypto Activity Is Tied To Sanctioned Groups Or Terrorist Organizations, Report Finds

“Sanctioned entities, like those linked to North Korean hacking groups and U.S.-designated terrorist organizations such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, continue to rely on cryptocurrency for fundraising, according to a new report from Chainalysis. The American blockchain analysis firm’s “2024 Crypto Crime R…
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February 29, 2024 at 4:45 PM

CEP Webinar: Cruel And Unusual Punishment – How The Houthis Target Women, Journalists And Religious Minorities

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 to present two new, in-depth reports concerning Houthi human rights abuses. CEP Webinar: Cruel And Unusual Punishment – How The Houthis Target Women, Journalists And Religious Minorities (New York, N.Y.) – T…
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February 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM

Food Aid Reaches North Gaza For First Time In Weeks. Israeli Hostages’ Families Push For Release

“Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a month to the devastated, isolated area, where the U.N. has warned of worsening starvation among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid Israel’s offensive. The increasing al…
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February 28, 2024 at 2:42 PM

Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes Of Near Term Deal

“Hamas officials said on Tuesday that there had been no breakthrough in the mediated talks with Israel aimed at pausing the war and freeing the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, one day after President Biden said he was hopeful that a cease-fire would be in place by next week. Basem Naim, a Hama…
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February 27, 2024 at 3:19 PM

Hezbollah Says Fired 'Large Volley Of Rockets' At Israeli Surveillance Base

“Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had launched a volley of rockets at an Israeli aerial surveillance base in response to the Israeli military's deepest attack yet into Lebanese territory. Israeli warplanes struck the Bekaa Valley on Monday, killing at least two Hezbollah members in the military's furthe…
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February 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM

CEP Webinar: Violent Extremism And Terrorism In The Sahel

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on February 28 that will highlight the decade-long insurgency across the Sahel and the factors that have contributed to the resiliency of violent extremism across the region. CEP Webinar: Violent Extremism And Terrorism In The Sahel(New Y…
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February 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM

US And British Strikes On Houthi Sites In Yemen Answer Militants’ Surge In Red Sea Attacks On Ships

“The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including a missile strike this past week that set fire to a cargo vessel. According to U.S. officials, American and British fighter…
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February 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM

New CEP Policy Paper: Six Years Later: A Status Update On The Prosecution Of Female Returnees In Germany

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a new policy paper by researcher Sofia Koller, Six Years Later: A Status Update On The Prosecution Of Female Returnees In Germany, examining the prosecution of women who returned to Germany after traveling to Iraq and Syria to join terrorist or…
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February 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM

Houthis To Step Up Red Sea Strikes, Use 'Submarine Weapons', Leader Says

“Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on a UK-owned cargo ship and a drone assault on an American destroyer on Thursday, and they targeted Israel's port and resort city of Eilat with ballistic missiles and drones. The statement by a Houthi representative on social media …
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February 22, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Counter Extremism Project Condemns X’s Sale Of Subscription Service To Terrorist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today called on X to take more substantial steps to safeguard against the future sale of subscriptions to designated terrorist groups, including Hezbollah and the Houthis. Reports emerged last week that X, formerly Twitter, may be in violation of U.S. sanctions an…
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February 22, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Rape And Sexual Assault Took Place During Hamas Attack, Israeli Association Says

“The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel on Wednesday said it has found evidence of “systematic and intentional” rape and sexual abuse during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that ignited the war in Gaza. The report said the attacks were more widespread than earlier thought, taking place at a ser…
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February 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM

The US Vetoes An Arab-Backed UN Resolution Demanding An Immediate Humanitarian Cease-Fire In Gaza

“The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the embattled Gaza Strip, saying it would interfere with negotiations on a deal to free hostages abducted in Israel. The vote in the 15-m…
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February 20, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Extremist Content Online: Antisemitic Propaganda Video Widely Promoted On Telegram And Twitter/X

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers identified a Telegram channel with over 7,500 subscribers urging its followers to share an antisemitic propag…
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February 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM

U.S. Designates Houthis A Terrorist Group

“The State Department on Friday designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization, following through on a mid-January warning to crack down on the Yemen-based militant group. The action officially labels the Houthis as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group, a step that gives the United Stat…
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February 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM

CEP Webinar: Violent Extremism And Terrorism In The Sahel

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on February 28 that will highlight the decade-long insurgency across the Sahel and the factors that have contributed to the resiliency of violent extremism across the region. CEP Webinar: Violent Extremism And Terrorism In The Sahel(New Y…
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February 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM

CEP – KAS: Sahel Monitoring December 2023

For the first time since CEP reporting began in December 2022, the number of monthly attacks claimed by al-Qaida and ISIS affiliates in West Africa exceeded 90. In December 2023, the claimed number of attacks averaged three per day, just short of 100. This supports earlier CEP predictions that the n…
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February 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM

Justin Mohn Faces Terrorism Charges For Threatening Federal Employees In Youtube Beheading Video

“Terrorism charges have been filed against a man accused of killing and beheading his father inside a Levittown, Pennsylvania, home and then posting a 14-minute video to YouTube threatening federal employees last month. Justin Mohn, 32, was charged Thursday with three counts of terrorism and additio…
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February 15, 2024 at 2:45 PM

UK Records Worst Year For Antisemitism After Outbreak Of Israel-Hamas War

“Britain recorded thousands of antisemitic incidents after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas in October, making 2023 the worst year for UK antisemitism since 1984, when Jewish advisory body CST began recording such data, it said on Thursday. The number of antisemitic incidents across the …
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February 14, 2024 at 8:45 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In January 2024

ISIS carried out at least 33 confirmed attacks in January in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa, Aleppo, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 31 pro-Assad regime soldiers and two civilians and wounded at least 48 more soldiers and civilians. There were also 12 high quality* attacks during …
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February 14, 2024 at 3:16 PM

Islamic State Militants Attack Syrian Military Barracks And Kill 9 Troops, War Monitors Say

“Militants from the Islamic State group attacked military barracks in central Syria this week, killing nine soldiers, an opposition war monitor said. The Syrian army and officials have not confirmed the attack. IS claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday near the town of Al-Sukhna, saying its…