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April 6, 2023 at 1:33 PM

Israeli Fighter Jets Strike Hamas Weapons Facility After Violence, 350 Arrested At Jerusalem Holy Site

“The Israeli Defense Forces launched an airstrike on a Hamas weapons facility on Wednesday, following a series of back-and-forth agitations between Israeli officials and Palestinians earlier in the day, officials said. ‘Fighter jets recently attacked a site for the production of weapons and another …

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April 5, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Top PKK Members Go On Trial In France For Terror Financing

“A trial of senior figures of the terrorist group PKK accused of extortion, terrorist financing and terror propaganda began in Paris Tuesday. Nine among 11 suspects, who are Turkish citizens, appeared before the criminal court in the French capital. Investigators believe that France, alongside EU ne…

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April 4, 2023 at 5:05 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In March 2023

ISIS carried out at least 35 confirmed attacks in March in Homs, Hama, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least nine pro-Assad regime soldiers and at least 55 civilians and wounded at least 62 additional soldiers and civilians; another 38 civilians were kidnapped. Additionally, th…

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April 4, 2023 at 2:30 PM

CEP Workshop: The Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, And Recidivism Network – Creating A Community Of Practice

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is pleased to invite you to the first Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Recidivism Network (4R Network) workshop. During this workshop, CEP’s Dr. Juncal Fernandez-Garayzabal and Beyond Conflict’s Dr. Vivian Khedari DePierro will give attendees a b…

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April 4, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US Strike Kills Senior ISIS Leader In Syria, US Central Command Says

“A US strike in Syria has killed a senior ISIS leader who planned attacks into Europe, United States Central Command said in a statement. The strike, carried out on Monday, was a “unilateral” US operation that killed Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri, CENTCOM said in the statement posted to Twitter. Al-…

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April 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM

CEP Webinar: The Polish Independence March As A Contact Hub And Model For European Extremism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a presentation of our report entitled, The Polish Independence March as a Contact Hub and a Model for European Extremism. The Independence March, held in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11 each year, is the largest nationalist demonstration in the Europ…

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April 3, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US Bolsters Forces In Middle East Following Series Of Attacks On US Troops In Syria

“The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US troops in Syria attributed to Iranian-affiliated militias, the Pentagon said Friday. A squadron of A-10 attack aircraft are deploying to the region ahead of a scheduled deployment. The deployment of the …

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March 31, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders In Somalia's Army

“A senior Al-Shabaab commander within the fragile Lower Shabelle region has surrendered to the federal government of Somalia, state media reported, in what was termed as ‘tremendous gain’ in the war against the Al-Qaeda- linked group just moments after Somali forces started a second phase of operati…

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March 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM

ISIS Women In Court: Nadine K. – What Role In The Yazidi Genocide?

The women who left Germany to join ISIS and returned are standing trial. This new CEP blog series follows the trials of some of these female returnees. The first part on Monika K. can be found here. An overview of the state of prosecutions in Germany can be found here (available in English and Germa…

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March 30, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Greece: Terror Suspects Offered Money To Target Jewish Site

“Greek authorities said police were continuing searches in Athens and other parts of the country Wednesday following the arrest of two suspects accused of planning an attack at Jewish center in a busy downtown area of the Greek capital. The two men, described of being of Pakistani origin but not fur…

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March 29, 2023 at 5:15 PM

CEP Policy Paper: Prosecution Of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a new policy paper, Prosecution of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France: Insights and Recommendations for Policymakers and Security Agencies, the second in a series of papers analyzing the prosecution, rehabilitation, and reintegration of returnees in…

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March 29, 2023 at 2:30 PM

CEP Workshop: The Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, And Recidivism Network – Creating A Community Of Practice

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is pleased to invite you to the first Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Recidivism Network (4R Network) workshop. During this workshop, CEP’s Dr. Juncal Fernandez-Garayzabal and Beyond Conflict’s Dr. Vivian Khedari DePierro will give attendees a b…

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March 29, 2023 at 1:30 PM

UK Raises Terror Threat Level In Northern Ireland Days Before Possible Biden Visit

“The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ just days before a potential visit to the country by US President Joe Biden, but the White House has said the change won’t alter his plans. The decision to raise the threat level to ‘severe,’ meaning an at…

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March 28, 2023 at 1:33 PM

IS-K Claims Suicide Attack Near Foreign Ministry In Kabul That Killed Six

“Islamic State-Khorasan, an offshoot of the Islamic State militant group, has claimed a suicide attack that killed six people and wounded 12 others on March 27 near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital of Kabul. After the Taliban's return to power in 2021, Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) has eme…

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March 27, 2023 at 10:05 PM

Extremist Content Online: Web Store Uses GoDaddy Services, Sells Items Benefitting Neo-Nazi Propagandist

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. Last week, CEP researchers contacted GoDaddy regarding a neo-Nazi bookstore selling antisemitic propaganda and explosives …

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March 27, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Reports: Islamic State Kidnaps Dozens In Syria, Dead Found

“Members of the Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of people in a central province and the bodies of some have been found with their throats slit, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the extremists kidn…

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March 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM

Anniversary Of Christchurch Attack Celebrated On Multiple Platforms

Notorious Live-Stream Video, Manifesto, Memes, And Photos Located. On March 15, multiple extremist accounts and channels on Telegram as well as imageboard users on the surface and dark web celebrated the fourth anniversary of the Christchurch terrorist attack, which left 51 people dead. Users posted…

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March 24, 2023 at 1:30 PM

ISIS Matchmaker Gets 18 Years In First Trial Under N.Y. Terrorism Law

“After ISIS promised in 2014 that the world would ‘hear and understand the meaning of terrorism,’ fervent western support came from a Jamaican preacher once imprisoned in Britain for urging violence, and later expelled from Kenya by officials fearing he would encourage radicalism. Over the next thre…

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March 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM

CEP Webinar: The Transnational Nexus of Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, and Organized Crime

Existing studies on the extremism/terrorism-crime nexus in recent years have focused on Islamist extremism and terrorism, while the transnational nexus between right-wing extremism/terrorism and organized crime groups remains under-researched. This gap in knowledge can lead to a misunderstanding of …

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March 23, 2023 at 1:30 PM

UN Mission In Mali Reports Rising Number Of Deaths

“The number of people killed in Mali continued to increase in 2022, a UN report said Wednesday, also linking more than a third of human rights violations to security forces. The UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, was created in 2013 to help stabilise the country as it battled jihadist insurgency. On Wedne…

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March 22, 2023 at 6:01 PM

CEP Workshop: The Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, And Recidivism Network – Creating A Community Of Practice

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is pleased to invite you to the first Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Recidivism Network (4R Network) workshop. During this workshop, CEP’s Dr. Juncal Fernandez-Garayzabal and Beyond Conflict’s Dr. Vivian Khedari DePierro will give attendees a b…

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March 22, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Pakistan Court Grants Imran Khan Bail In Terrorism Cases

“A Pakistani court on Tuesday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a weeklong bail in two new cases in which he faces terrorism charges, officials said. The ruling gave the embattled ousted premier and now popular opposition leader another brief reprieve from arrest. Since his ouster in a no-con…

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March 21, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Somalia To Start Second Phase Of Al-Shabaab Crackdown During Ramadan

“The Somali National Army [SNA] will commence the second and perhaps the final phase of the Al-Shabaab crackdown during the Holy month of Ramadan, a senior security advisor has said, as the country makes serious progress in the fight against the group which controls parts of Somalia. According to Ka…

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March 20, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Israeli-Palestinian Talks In Egypt Aim To 'Restore Calm'

“Israeli and Palestinian officials were holding talks in Egypt on Sunday ‘to restore calm’ after a surge in deadly violence in the occupied West Bank, Egypt's foreign ministry said. The meeting, which follows similar talks last month in Jordan where both sides pledged to prevent more violence, comes…

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March 17, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Nigeria Rival Jihadists Locked In Deadly Infighting

“Two jihadist groups have for weeks been engaged in deadly clashes in their northeast Nigeria strongholds according to security sources and residents, who said hundreds of fighters had died. Boko Haram militants have been fighting government troops for almost 14 years in a bid to establish an Islami…

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March 16, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Army Says Suspected Hezbollah-Linked Suicide Bomber Shot Dead In Israel

“Israel's army on Wednesday announced it killed a suspect wearing an explosive belt in the country's north earlier this week, suggesting the possible involvement of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. ‘We are examining a possibility of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation of being involved’ with the suspe…

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March 16, 2023 at 7:00 AM

CEP Report: A Year Of Foreign Fighting For Ukraine

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing its latest report A Year Of Foreign Fighting For Ukraine, authored by CEP non-resident fellow and fellow at the University of Oslo’s Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), Dr. Kacper Rekawek. It is the third in a series of CEP reports analyzing the…

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March 15, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Officials Warn Against Underestimating Al-Shabab And IS In Somalia

“Somali officials are warning the federal and regional governments of Somalia not to underestimate the strength of militant groups al-Shabab and Islamic State as authorities plan new military operations against them. Despite recent successes in dislodging al-Shabab from vast countryside areas in cen…

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March 14, 2023 at 5:30 PM

ICYMI: Section 230 Should Not Protect Companies From Negligent Product Design

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers questions about liability shields under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, UC Berkeley professor and CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid co-authored an op-ed published by Wired on Monday that said tech platforms, such as Google-owned YouTube, should not …

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March 14, 2023 at 1:30 PM

NYC Bike Path Terrorist To Serve Life In Prison After Jury Fails To Reach Unanimous Decision On Death Penalty

“A terrorist convicted of committing a 2017 attack for ISIS that killed eight on a New York City bike path will serve life in prison after a jury said Monday it could not reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty. Sayfullo Saipov effectively learned his sentence when the jury in the penalty ph…

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March 13, 2023 at 9:20 PM

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Group Criticizes Uneven Content Moderation In Newly Released Web Magazine

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. Last week, CEP researchers located the 23rd issue of the pro-ISIS al-Azaim Foundation’s Voice of Khorasan magazine. Extre…

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March 13, 2023 at 2:45 PM

CEP Webinar: The Transnational Nexus of Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, and Organized Crime

Existing studies on the extremism/terrorism-crime nexus in recent years have focused on Islamist extremism and terrorism, while the transnational nexus between right-wing extremism/terrorism and organized crime groups remains under-researched. This gap in knowledge can lead to a misunderstanding of …

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March 13, 2023 at 1:30 PM

In Groundbreaking Ruling, Middle Eastern Islamic Council Declares ‘Fatwa’ Against Hamas

“In a groundbreaking ruling, an official Islamic legislative body based in the Arab world declared a ‘fatwa,’ or a legal opinion, against the Islamist militant group Hamas Thursday, calling its treatment of millions of Palestinians living under its rule in the Gaza Strip ‘inhumane’ and urging the te…

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March 10, 2023 at 8:50 PM

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: January 2023 To February 2023

Following is the January to February 2023 installment of “Afghanistan Terrorism Report.” The authors provide a monthly analysis concerning the developing terrorist threat in Afghanistan as well as a comprehensive overview of that month’s al-Qaeda and ISIS-K propaganda. Afghanistan Terrorism Report:…

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March 10, 2023 at 2:30 PM

IS Claims Afghanistan Attack That Killed Taliban Official

“The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide attack that killed the Taliban governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province. An IS fighter waited for the governor outside his office and ‘rushed towards him, detonating his explosive belt,’ the group said in a statement on its Amaq …

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March 9, 2023 at 2:30 PM

UN Urges 'Immediate' End To Israeli-Palestinian Violence

“The United Nations on Wednesday urged Israel and the Palestinians to ‘immediately’ end violence as intra-Palestinian tensions erupted following a deadly Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank city of Nablus fired tear gas at mourners …

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March 8, 2023 at 7:01 PM

CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring February 2023

The month of February 2023 saw an increase in attack claims from all Jihadist factions active throughout the Sahel. When compared with the number of attacks of the previous months, a slight increase of claimed attacks in different countries throughout the region is discernible. Jama’a Nusrat ul-Isla…

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March 8, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Four Dead In Syria Drone Strike: Monitor

“A drone strike killed four people in government-held eastern Syria on Wednesday in an area controlled by Iran-backed factions, a war monitor said. ‘Four people were killed and eight wounded in a drone strike near a weapons factory belonging to Iran-backed groups and near a truck loaded with weapons…

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March 7, 2023 at 2:30 PM

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Suicide Bombing In Southwest Pakistan - SITE

“Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing attack in southwestern Pakistan that killed nine policemen on Monday, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. A suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police truck in in Sibbi, a city some 160 km (100 miles) east of Quetta, the capital…

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March 6, 2023 at 10:05 PM

Extremist Content Online: Accounts Spreading Pro-ISIS And White Supremacist Propaganda Located On Meta-Owned Platforms

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. Last week, CEP researchers located five pro-ISIS accounts on Meta-owned Facebook that posted a variety of violent propagan…

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March 6, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Pakistan: 9 Policemen Killed, 13 Injured In Blast In Balochistan, Officials Suspect Suicide Bombing

“…The think tank Counter Extremism Project (CEP) notes, "Multiple separatist groups seek independence for the Balochistan region in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. After Pakistan’s 1947 partition from India, Balochistan was divided between Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Afghanistan’s Balochistan …

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March 3, 2023 at 7:00 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In February 2023

ISIS carried out at least 21 confirmed attacks in February in Homs, Hama, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 13 pro-Assad regime soldiers and at least 80 civilians, while wounding at least 34 additional soldiers and civilians. Additionally, there were six high quality* attac…

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March 3, 2023 at 2:30 PM

US Offers Up To $5 Mn Reward For Leader Of DR Congo ADF Militia

“The United States announced a reward of up to $5 million on Thursday for information leading to the capture of the leader of the ADF militia, which is primarily active in DR Congo. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is one of the deadliest armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a vol…

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March 2, 2023 at 6:02 PM

Tech & Terrorism: Twitter Accepts More Payments From Prominent Islamists Designated By U.S., U.N.

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) this week identified a verified account which appears to belong to Maysar Ali al-Juburi, a U.S. Specially Designated National, suggesting that Twitter has again accepted payment from an individual prohibited by the Treasury Department from making transactions with…

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March 2, 2023 at 2:30 PM

US Man Arrested Trying To Bring Homemade Explosive Onto Plane

“The FBI has arrested a man who allegedly attempted to bring an explosive device onto an airplane in Pennsylvania, US authorities said Wednesday. The bomb was discovered by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel on Monday, after the man's checked bag set off an alarm at Lehigh Valley…

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March 2, 2023 at 8:30 AM

New Report Reveals That The Illegal Wildlife Trade Is Resurging Post-Pandemic

By failing to tackle illegal wildlife trafficking, the world is missing a critical opportunity to prevent the future spread of zoonotic disease, halt a man-made mass extinction of wildlife, and starve organized criminal and extremist groups of a $23 million revenue stream according to a new report f…

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March 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM

US Increases Military Support For Somalia Against Al-Shabab

“The United States is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the country sees success in battling what the U.S. calls ‘the largest and most deadly al-Qaida network in the world.’ Sixty-one tons of weapons and ammunition arrived Tuesday in Mogadishu, the U.S. said in a statement of support …

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February 28, 2023 at 3:30 PM

CEP Impact: Neo-Nazi Publisher’s Website Disabled

Action by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has resulted in the e-commerce platform BigCommerce canceling services to a neo-Nazi publisher that takes its name from the Ku Klux Klan. The publisher had been using BigCommerce as its name server and additional commercial services for its online store,…

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February 28, 2023 at 2:30 PM

Taliban Using Fingerprints, Gun Records To Track Down Afghans Who Assisted U.S., Audit Finds

“Operatives of the Taliban government in Kabul are trying to identify and retaliate against Afghans who cooperated with the 20-year American military and reconstruction effort, using fingerprint records, gun records and other methods to sniff them out and target them for retribution, according to a …

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February 27, 2023 at 9:15 PM

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Propaganda Video Released Before Nigerian Elections Located On Facebook, Telegram

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. Last week, CEP researchers located an ISIS propaganda video condemning Nigeria’s elections five days before the vote. Ext…

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