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October 19, 2022 at 1:30 PM

New Zealand Proposes Stronger Terrorism Laws

“New Zealand's parliament on Wednesday proposed changes to the country's counter-terrorism laws to provide more restrictions on people thought likely to be planning an attack. The changes to the Control Orders Act and the Terrorism Suppression Act follow the introduction of the Counter-Terrorism Leg…
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October 18, 2022 at 10:10 PM

CEP Applauds U.S. Designations Of Al-Shabaab’s Senior Leadership And Weapons Network

Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director and former Coordinator of the U.N. Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler released the following statement today applauding the U.S. CEP Applauds U.S. Designations Of Al-Shabaab’s Sen…
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October 18, 2022 at 1:30 PM

US Hits Al-Shabab Finance Facilitators With Sanctions

“The Treasury Department said Monday that it has sanctioned a group of high-ranking members of the Somalia-based al-Shabab militant group, who act as key middle men between the group and local companies in Somalia. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the sanctions on more than a doze…
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October 17, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Islamist Militants In Mali Kill Hundreds, Displace Thousands In Eastern Advance

“Islamist militants have advanced further into eastern Mali in recent days, seizing territory, killing hundreds of civilians and forcing thousands to flee, regional Malian officials and analysts said. The gains by the militants highlight Mali's struggle to fill the vacuum following the departure of …
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October 14, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Lebanon MP Sanctioned By US Says He Played Behind-The-Scenes Role In Border Talks

“A leading Lebanese politician who is sanctioned by the United States said on Thursday he played a behind-the-scenes role in U.S.-brokered talks to delineate Lebanon's maritime boundary with Israel by liaising with Hezbollah. Gebran Bassil, a Christian member of parliament and former minister, was s…
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October 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM

CEP Podcast Fighting Terror Launches Miniseries On Islamism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is excited to announce it will be launching a brand new miniseries “Eye on Islamism” today as part of its podcast Fighting Terror. The miniseries is the first of several in a new program that will dive into multiple topics under the sphere of terrorism and extremi…
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October 13, 2022 at 3:30 PM

Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Section 230 Liability Case

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Gonzalez v. Google, which challenges tech companies’ broad immunity to lawsuits over content posted on their sites and platforms. Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Section 230 Liability Case   (New York, N.Y.) — Ea…
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October 13, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Taliban Say Afghanistan Secure Enough For Big Projects

“The Taliban said Wednesday there is enough security across Afghanistan to restart major economic projects that stopped due to decades of war, despite a slew of attacks rocking the country since the group seized power more than a year ago. The Taliban have struggled in their transition from insurgen…
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October 12, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Prayers, Wreaths Mark 20th Anniversary Of Bali Bombing

“Survivors of the Bali bombing, alongside families and friends of the victims, prayed and laid wreaths on Wednesday to mark the 20-year anniversary of the attacks, joining gatherings held near the site of the blasts in Indonesia and across Australia. A total of 202 people, including 88 Australians a…
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October 11, 2022 at 2:30 PM

CEP Webinar: Back From Raqqa – The Prosecution Of Returnees In Germany And France

Approximately 30 percent of the German women and girls who traveled to Syria and Iraq, mostly to join ISIS, and returned to Germany, have been prosecuted. They were convicted for, inter alia, membership in or support of a foreign terrorist organization, violations of the war weapons control act, and…
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October 11, 2022 at 1:30 PM

White House Tightens Rules On Counterterrorism Drone Strikes

“President Biden has signed a classified policy limiting counterterrorism drone strikes outside conventional war zones, tightening rules that President Donald J. Trump had loosened for a 21st-century method of warfare, according to officials. The policy, which the White House sent to the Pentagon an…
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October 7, 2022 at 1:30 PM

U.S. Conducts Back-To-Back Raids In Syria, Killing Key ISIS Operatives

“The U.S. military announced on Thursday that it had conducted two raids in Syria within a day of each other, killing two key ISIS targets and their associates. According to U.S. Central Command, American forces conducted an airstrike in northern Syria on Thursday that targeted and killed Abu-Hashum…
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October 6, 2022 at 8:05 PM

Burkina Faso Sees Second Military Coup In A Year As Russia Makes Inroads Across Sahel

Last week, Burkina Faso President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed by Captain Ibrahim Traoré and his supporters in a successful coup, the second in the country in the past year. Burkina Faso Sees Second Military Coup In A Year As Russia Makes Inroads Across Sahel  (New York, N.Y.) — Last week, Burkina…
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October 6, 2022 at 2:30 PM

CEP Webinar: Back From Raqqa – The Prosecution Of Returnees In Germany And France

Approximately 30 percent of the German women and girls who traveled to Syria and Iraq, mostly to join ISIS, and returned to Germany, have been prosecuted. They were convicted for, inter alia, membership in or support of a foreign terrorist organization, violations of the war weapons control act, and…
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October 6, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Suicide Bomber Strikes At A Center Of Taliban Power, Kills 4

“A suicide bomber struck at a center of Taliban power Wednesday, setting off a blast at a government ministry in the Afghan capital of Kabul and killing at least four people. The explosion went off in the afternoon as workers and visitors were praying inside a mosque of Afghanistan’s Interior Minist…
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October 5, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Al Qaeda Branch Claims Attack On Burkina Faso Convoy That Killed Over A Dozen

“The Sahel-based branch of Al Qaeda, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), has claimed an attack on a convoy in Burkina Faso that killed over a dozen soldiers last month, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Tuesday. Islamist militants attacked a convoy taking supplies to a town in northern B…
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October 4, 2022 at 10:05 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In September 2022

ISIS militants carried out at least 13 confirmed attacks in September in the Raqqa, Hama, Homs, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least nine pro-Assad regime soldiers and one civilian and wounded six more. There were two high quality* attacks in September. ISIS Redux: The Centra…
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October 4, 2022 at 1:30 PM

US Airstrike Killed An Al-Shabaab Leader In Somalia On Saturday

“A US airstrike in Somalia killed an al-Shabaab militant leader on Saturday in coordination with the Somali government, US Africa Command said in a statement. The US said the initial assessment of the strike was that an al-Shabaab militant leader had been killed and there were no civilian casualties…
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October 3, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Suicide Attack At Tutoring Centre In Afghan Capital Kills 19

“A suicide attack at a tutoring centre in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens, police said on Friday, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Many of those living in the western area where the blast occurred are Hazara, an ethnic mostly Shi…
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September 30, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Rockets Hit Central Baghdad For Second Day In Escalating Unrest

“Four rockets fired from eastern Baghdad on Thursday landed around the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign missions, police said, as political unrest intensified. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strikes and no claim of responsibility, two polic…
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September 29, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Thirteen Reported Killed As Iran Revolutionary Guards Target Dissident Sites In Iraq

“Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighbouring northern Iraq, where authorities said 13 people were killed. The strikes were reported after Iranian authorities accused armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involve…
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September 28, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Eleven Soldiers Dead, 50 Civilians Missing After Burkina Faso Convoy Attack

“Eleven soldiers have been found dead and about 50 civilians are missing after an attack by Islamist militants on a 150-vehicle convoy taking supplies to a town in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the government said on Tuesday. Twenty-eight people were wounded in the attack, including 20 soldiers, …
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September 27, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Iran’s IRGC Launches Cross-Border Attacks In Iraq To Quell Support For Protest Movement

Since Saturday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops (IRGC) has launched numerous attacks on Iranian Kurdish separatist groups in northern Iraq—the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. The groups had shown their support for Iranians protesting the kill…
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September 27, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Influential Cleric Qaradawi, Supporter Of Arab Spring Uprisings, Dies

“Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood and defender of Arab Spring revolts, died on Monday at age 96, according to a post on his official Twitter account. Born in Egypt in 1926, Qaradawi spent much of his life in Qatar, where he became on…
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September 26, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 11 At Army Camp In Somalia

“A suicide bombing by al-Qaeda-linked militants killed at least 11 people at a Somali army training camp, the latest assault to rock the capital as the president vows to stamp out a years-long insurgency. The blast at the facility in Mogadishu on Sunday occurred during the recruitment of new troops,…
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September 23, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Tech & Terrorism: YouTube And Meta Platforms Announce New Effort To Fight Online Extremism

Last week, Google-owned YouTube along with Meta announced that they would expand their efforts to fight online extremism. YouTube stated that the company would “expand its policies on violent extremism to remove content that glorifies violent acts, even if the creators of the videos are not related …
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September 23, 2022 at 2:30 PM

U.N. Report: As Syrian Conflict Intensifies, Civilians Face Risk Of Increased Hardship

A new report issued by the United Nations’ commission charged with investigating human rights violations in Syria warns the country is at risk of renewed widespread large-scale combat. In particular, the report points to human rights and humanitarian law violations, including attacks resulting in la…
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September 23, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Second Suspect Wanted Over Oslo Gay Bar Shooting, Police Say

“A second man is now wanted on suspicion of involvement in a mass shooting that killed two people and wounded 21 in and around an Oslo gay bar in June, Norwegian police said on Friday. "The hypothesis that it was an act of terrorism has now been strengthened," police lawyer Boerge Enoksen told a new…
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September 22, 2022 at 1:30 PM

ISIS Is Threat To Entire Human Race, Iraqi Foreign Minister Says In Exclusive Interview

“The Iraqi foreign minister urged Western countries to continue chasing the remnants of ISIS until the organization is completely eliminated because it presents a threat to humanity. “We must take it seriously because, when they started, they were also small. But once they became part of the problem…
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September 21, 2022 at 2:45 PM

CEP Webinar: The Current Terrorism Threat Posed By ISIS And al-Qaeda

Despite a reduction of Islamist terror attacks in Europe, both ISIS and al-Qaeda networks continue to operate successfully in several regions: a suicide attack by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) against the Russian embassy in Kabul on September 5 killed two embassy staff members and a n…
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September 21, 2022 at 1:30 PM

NZ's Ardern Says Christchurch Call Anti-Online Hate Project Gets New Tech Investments

“New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday announced a new research initiative under a global project aimed at tackling online hate set up in the wake of a mass killing by a white supremacist in Christchurch in 2019. Ardern said in a statement that as part of the Christchurch Call initi…
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September 20, 2022 at 1:30 PM

6 Men Face Trial Over Links To Gunman In 2020 Vienna Attack

“Six men with alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020 will go on trial next month, a court in the Austrian capital said Monday. Four people were killed in the attack on Nov. 2, 2020, and the gunman also died. More than 20 other pe…
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September 19, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Taliban Release American Engineer Frerichs In Prisoner Swap

“Afghanistan's Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban who the United States had held on drugs charges since 2005, the group's acting foreign minister said. Frerichs was exchanged at the airport in the capital, Kabul, with…
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September 16, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Taliban Posts ISIS-Style Execution Videos Showing Prisoners Being Shot Dead By Cheering Fanatics As They Copy Terror Group's Tactics To Instil Fear Among Afghan Resistance Fighters

“The Taliban have summarily executed members of a resistance group fighting against their harsh rule in Afghanistan. A video filmed and shared on the Taliban's group chats shows a group of five blindfolded fighters who have their hands tied behind them before they are executed by cheering members of…
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September 15, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Sydney Terrorist Leader Hamdi Alqudsi Found Guilty Of Planning Attacks

“Hamdi Alqudsi has been found guilty of planning a series of attacks as leader of a Sydney terrorist organisation known as the Shura in 2014. The verdict was handed down by a NSW Supreme Court jury on Thursday. Alqudsi knowingly directed the activities of the Shura from August to December 2014. His …
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September 14, 2022 at 6:05 PM

EU Announces Additional Military Aid To Combat ISIS Resurgence In Mozambique

This week, the European Union (EU) announced plans to boost financial support to Mozambique in its fight against ISIS. According to EU officials, the €15 million in military aid will be allocated towards equipping forces on the ground combating a resurgence by the terrorist group. During the first w…
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September 14, 2022 at 1:30 PM

California's Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Social Media Firms' Transparency

“California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday he had signed a bill into law requiring transparency of social media companies, a move that could draw criticism from tech firms and industry groups. The law, AB-587, will require social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate …
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September 13, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Some 9/11 Families “Outraged” Over Potential Plea Deals For Five Defendants Held At Guantanamo Bay

“CBS News has confirmed military prosecutors and defense attorneys are negotiating potential plea deals that could take the death penalty off the table for five defendants charged in connection with the 9/11 attack – and some families of victims are upset by the news, reports CBS News senior investi…
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September 12, 2022 at 7:55 PM

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Raising Money On GiveSendGo To Support Campground To Be Used For Training

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. At the beginning of September, CEP researchers identified a fundraising campaign organized by white supremacist Christophe…
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September 12, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Belgium's Biggest Trial Opens, Six Years After Worst Bombing

“Six years after Belgium's deadliest peacetime attack, a Brussels court will this week host a landmark trial that survivors hope will mark a step forward in their recovery and that of their nation. The case against alleged members of an Islamic State (IS) group cell that launched both the March 2016…
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September 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM

Extremist Content Online: Facebook Edition

Facebook’s Continues Pattern Of Inconsistent Policy Enforcement Extremist Content Online: Facebook EditionFacebook’s Continues Pattern Of Inconsistent Policy Enforcement  (New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit Meta-owned Fac…
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September 9, 2022 at 3:20 PM

CEP Webinar: The Current Terrorism Threat Posed By ISIS And al-Qaeda

Despite a reduction of Islamist terror attacks in Europe, both ISIS and al-Qaeda networks continue to operate successfully in several regions: a suicide attack by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) against the Russian embassy in Kabul on September 5 killed two embassy staff members and a n…
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September 9, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Cuba Says US Is Acting Immorally By Keeping It On Blacklist

“Cuba’s deputy foreign minister accused the Biden administration of acting immorally, illegitimately and unfairly by keeping Cuba on the list of state sponsors of terrorism, claiming it has been a victim of state-sponsored terrorism by the United States for more than 60 years. Carlos Fernández de Co…
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September 8, 2022 at 6:45 PM

Paris Terror Court Sees Eight Stand Accused Of Supporting Bastille Day Attacker

The trial of eight defendants accused of providing support to Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel began this week in Paris. Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was a Tunisian resident of France who killed 86 people and injured 450 others when he drove a semi-truck through a crowded sidewalk in Nice, France on Bastille Day in 2…
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September 8, 2022 at 1:30 PM

At Least Six Mozambicans Beheaded, Italian Nun Shot Dead By Insurgents

“At least six people were beheaded and an Italian nun killed on Tuesday by Islamic State-linked insurgents in Mozambique's Nampula province, authorities said on Wednesday. Speaking in the resort town of Xai Xai north of the capital Maputo, President Filipe Nyusi said the insurgents unleashed a killi…
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September 7, 2022 at 1:31 PM

HSBC Not Liable For Al-Qaeda Suicide Attack At CIA Base -US Appeals Court

“A divided U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) was not liable to the families of two American contractors killed in an al-Qaeda suicide bombing of a CIA base in Afghanistan, after the bank allegedly evaded U.S. sanctions targeting sponsors of terrorism. Dane Paresi and Jere…
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September 6, 2022 at 5:20 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In August 2022

Following is the August 2022 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2021 can be found here, and previous editions in 2022 can be viewed through the following links: Ja…
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September 6, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Trial Over 2016 Terror Attack In Nice Opens In Paris

“The third high-profile terrorism trial in France in two years opened on Monday in Paris, with eight defendants facing charges in a 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice that left more than 80 people dead and hundreds more injured or traumatized. It comes on the heels of monthslong trials in…
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September 2, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Canada To Probe Allegations That 'Intelligence Agent' Aided In Human Trafficking To ISIS

“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to “follow up” on allegations that a person alleged to have been an intelligence agent for Canada smuggled British schoolgirls into Syria. Trudeau's comments followed a Wednesday report from the BBC detailing the activities of a man who allegedly …
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September 1, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Extremist Content Online: Facebook Edition

Hash Function and Artificial Intelligence Fail To Impede Upload Of 2017 ISIS Video Extremist Content Online: Facebook EditionHash Function and Artificial Intelligence Fail To Impede Upload Of 2017 ISIS Video  (New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used b…
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