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June 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 29, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan. More than two years after the forceful takeover of power in Afghanistan by the Taliban regime, much o…
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June 6, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Taliban Provincial Governor Killed In Suicide Attack: Officials

“The acting governor of an Afghan province was killed by a suicide bomber Tuesday, officials said, months after the region's police chief was killed in a similar attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Security has improved dramatically since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, oust…
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June 5, 2023 at 8:05 PM

Extremist Content Online: TikTok Accounts Spreading Extreme Right Propaganda And Glorifying Terrorism

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 multiple TikTok accounts promoting white supremacist active clubs and glorifying the 20…
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June 5, 2023 at 3:40 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in May 2023

ISIS carried out at least 13 confirmed attacks in May in Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 21 pro-Assad regime soldiers and at least one civilian and wounded at least nine additional soldiers and civilians. There were also three high quality* atta…
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June 5, 2023 at 1:31 PM

Pakistani Taliban Claim Attack In Northwest That Left 2 Soldiers, 2 Militants Dead

“The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in northwest Pakistan that left two soldiers and two militants dead. The army said in a statement that militants opened fire on a security checkpoint Saturday evening in the Jani Khel area of Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, l…
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June 2, 2023 at 5:55 PM

Erdoğan’s Election Victory

On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan triumphed in a runoff election for the Turkish presidency that international observers deemed free but not fair. Erdoğan, the two decades-long leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), defeated his opponent Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with 52.14 percent of the vote an…
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June 2, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Weapons Seized, 19 Arrested In Overnight West Bank Raids

“IDF troops arrested over a dozen Palestinian terror suspects and uncovered two weapons caches during raids across the West Bank, the army said Tuesday morning. A total of 19 Palestinian suspects were arrested, including five men described as Hamas members. Seven of those arrested are suspected of d…
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June 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Uptick In Hamas Violence Coincides With Continued Hospitality By International Enablers

Last week, Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced it had foiled an attempted bombing in April by Hamas and arrested a suspect, Israeli-Arab citizen Muhammed Nadir Mahajneh. According to the indictment against Mahajneh, Hamas had recruited him to scout potential targets in northern Israel and T…
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June 1, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Reuters: Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Attack On Security Post In Cameroon

“Islamic state on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a security post in northern Cameroon, the group said in a statement on telegram. Two customs officers, a policeman and a civilian, were killed in the attack that took place on Tuesday at the entrance to the town of Mora in Cameroon'…
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May 31, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Deadly Battle Underway In Central Somalia After Al-Shabab Attack

“Heavy fighting has been reported in central Somalia after al-Shabab militants stormed a government military camp in the town of Masagaway on Tuesday, the second attack in days. Security sources who are following the situation say deadly fighting ensued between government forces and al-Shabab follow…
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May 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts Used To Spread Propaganda

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 three Twitter accounts disseminating pro-ISIS content. Researchers also found a nearly …
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May 30, 2023 at 1:32 PM

US Conducts Strike Near Site Of Shabaab Attack In Somalia

“The United States conducted an airstrike that destroyed stolen Al-Shabaab weapons and equipment in Somalia near an African Union military base that was attacked by the group, officials reported Saturday. The base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the capital Mogadishu, was housi…
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May 26, 2023 at 1:53 PM

US General Who Led Anti-ISIS Air War Set To Become Pentagon's Top Officer

“The US Air Force general who once led the air war against ISIS is set to become the Pentagon's top officer. Gen Charles Brown, 60, commanded air operations against ISIS in 2015 as a US-led coalition of dozens of countries sought to push the extremists from their self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq an…
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May 25, 2023 at 1:31 PM

Germany Intensifies Scrutiny Of Far-Right AfD, Labeling Its Youth Wing ‘Extremist’

“Germany’s intelligence services already have the right to monitor the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), the first time the authorities have taken such a step against a political party since the Nazi era. Now, they have taken aim at the AfD’s youth faction, whose members are as young as…
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May 24, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Suicide Bomber Hits Checkpoint In Northwest Pakistan, Killing 4 In Second Attack In As Many Days

“A suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two soldiers, a policeman and a civilian, security officials said. It was the second attack to hit Pakistan in as many days. The bombing happened in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov…
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May 23, 2023 at 9:20 PM

Tech & Terrorism: Supreme Court Rulings Should Prompt Congress To Pass Section 230 Reforms

The rulings issued last week by the U.S. Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter Inc. v. Taamneh allowed an overly broad interpretation of the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to stand, affording tech companies a reprieve from legal liability for its inabilit…
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May 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan. More than two years after the forceful takeover of power in Afghanistan by the Taliban regime, much o…
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May 23, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US Airstrike Targets Al-Shabaab Headquarters In Southern Somalia

“The US Africa Command has confirmed an airstrike against Al-Shabaab militants, targeting the group's headquarters in the Middle Juba region, just a few hours after the extremists released an undated video of the commander addressing the media over current affairs. In a statement, the US Africa Comm…
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May 22, 2023 at 7:25 PM

Extremist Content Online: Library Of White Supremacist Literature Located On New Zealand-Based Mega.Nz

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 a library of white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and antisemitic literature on the New Zealand…
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May 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM

New CEP Report: Civilian Counterterrorism Forces And The Fight Against Extremism – A Review Of Nigeria, Somalia, And Burkina Faso

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a new report today, Civilian Counterterrorism Forces and the Fight Against Extremism – A Review of Nigeria, Somalia, and Burkina Faso. Local terrorist affiliates of al-Qaeda and ISIS have subjected sub-Saharan countries to decades-long insurgencies, neces…
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May 22, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Al-Shabaab Finance Chief Killed In Somalia

“A senior Al-Shabaab finance officer has been killed in Somalia, officials confirmed, in one of the most dramatic and sophisticated operations which comes days after the second phase of military campaigns against the militants was activated by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Hassan Sheikh, who conc…
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May 19, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Supreme Court Sides With Twitter, Google In High-Stakes Cases On Social Media, Terrorism

“A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google and Twitter in a pair of cases that had alleged social media liability in terror attacks overseas. Justice Clarence Thomas in an opinion for the Twitter case said that families of victims of a 2017 ISIS attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbu…
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May 18, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: April 2023

Although ISIS-K-linked propaganda outlets did not highlight various attacks that the group conducted in Afghanistan in April, it seems clear that terror operations perpetrated by ISIS-K continued in the country, albeit in a reduced manner. This mirrors the developments in other regions in which ISIS…
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May 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM

ISIS Women in Court: Marcia M. – A Perfect Cover?

Two masked and heavily armed guards stand in front of the Higher Regional Court in Celle. It is the trial against Marcia M. that has warranted this increased security. The German Federal Prosecutor charged this female returnee from Lower Saxony with membership in a foreign terrorist organization as …
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May 18, 2023 at 1:35 PM

UN-Blacklisted Taliban Leader Becomes Acting Afghan Prime Minister

“Afghanistan's Taliban confirmed Wednesday they had appointed a caretaker prime minister to oversee daily affairs, saying the incumbent, Mohammad Hasan Akhund, is unwell and needed time to recover. The new head of the all-male Taliban cabinet, Abdul Kabir, is under terrorism-related United Nations s…
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May 17, 2023 at 8:25 PM

Ahead Of Presidential Runoff Election, Turkish Stance On Authoritarianism And Extremism In The Balance

Following Turkey’s highly-anticipated presidential election on May 14, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu are headed to a runoff after both candidates failed to secure a majority of the vote. The close contest follows two consecutive elections in which …
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May 17, 2023 at 1:49 PM

Reissue: Associated Press: Alleged Turkish Drone Strike Targets Yazidi Militant Group In Iraq’s Sinjar

A previous edition of Eye on Extremism was issued earlier today in error. We regret the inconvenience.    A previous edition of Eye on Extremism was issued earlier today in error. We regret the inconvenience. Eye on Extremism May 17, 2023   Associated Press: Alleged Turkish Drone Strike Targets Ya…
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May 17, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Hamas Gave Sanctuary To Islamic Jihad Leaders During 5-Day Gaza Operation — Report

“Hamas provided hiding places for leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad during Israel’s five-day offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to a report Sunday. The terror group’s military wing lent its assistance after Israel began Operation Shield and Arrow with the assassination of three senior PIJ com…
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May 16, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Hamas Gave Sanctuary To Islamic Jihad Leaders During 5-Day Gaza Operation — Report

“Hamas provided hiding places for leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad during Israel’s five-day offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to a report Sunday. The terror group’s military wing lent its assistance after Israel began Operation Shield and Arrow with the assassination of three senior PIJ com…
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May 15, 2023 at 11:00 PM

Extremist Content Online: Texas White Supremacist Group Claims To Be Prepping For Race War On Gab

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 multiple examples of white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and antisemitic content online, inclu…
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May 15, 2023 at 1:48 PM

Jihadist-hit Burkina Extends State Of Emergency By 6 Months

“Jihadist-hit Burkina Faso said Saturday it had extended a state of emergency in place in eight of the country's 13 regions since the end of March by six months. The bill, adopted unanimously by the interim parliament on Friday, will be in effect through to October 29. It ‘aims to strengthen and con…
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May 12, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Israel Suffers First Rocket Death In Clash With Islamic Jihad That Has Left At Least 30 Palestinians Dead

“A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip hit a residential building in Israel on Thursday, causing the first Israeli death after days of violence between the two sides that had already claimed at least 30 Palestinian lives. The rocket hit a four-storey apartment building in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv,…
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May 11, 2023 at 1:40 PM

Hundreds Of Rockets Fired At Israel Amid Deadly IDF Airstrikes In Gaza

“Israel’s army and Palestinian militants exchanged heavy cross-border fire on Wednesday, with hundreds of rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out deadly strikes on what it says are Islamic Jihad organization targets along the strip. The latest viol…
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May 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Nigeria Continues To Battle Islamist Extremists Despite Large-Scale Defections And Deradicalization Efforts

In the first quarter of 2023, more than 1,100 civilians and nearly 100 security officials were killed in Nigeria. Boko Haram and its offshoot, the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), were responsible for 22 percent, or 272, of civilian deaths. The staggering number of casualties underscor…
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May 10, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Neo-Nazis, Far-right Extremists Committed 23,493 Crimes In Germany Last Year: Report

“Neo-Nazis and far-right extremists committed 23,493 crimes in Germany last year, the government said on Tuesday. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented the government’s report on politically motivated crimes at a news conference in Berlin. ‘I am particularly concerned that there has been a…
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May 9, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Israel Kills Three Islamic Jihad Chiefs, 10 Civilians In Gaza

“Israel killed three Islamic Jihad commanders and 10 civilians in surprise airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, drawing threats of reprisals from the faction and censure from Egypt, which has mediated past ceasefires in the enclave. Signalling it anticipated an imminent flare-u…
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May 8, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Extremist Content Online: Instagram Accounts Used To Promote Far-Right Groups And Spread Pro-ISIS Content

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 accounts on Meta-owned Instagram belonging to German and Hungarian extreme-right groups…
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May 8, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Policy Brief: Islamist Groups Thriving In Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

Taliban’s Reckless Behavior Heightens Security Threats Globally. This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a joint policy brief with the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Security Risks Emanating From Afghanistan – Assessing The Islamist Terror Threat Post-August …
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May 8, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Va. Man Charged With Sending Money To ISIS Women Overseas

“A Fairfax County man who professed his support for violent jihad in online posts secretly wired thousands of dollars to Islamic State women overseas, hoping to smuggle them out of a Syrian refugee camp, the FBI alleged in a filing unsealed Friday. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 33, was charged with pr…
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May 5, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Pakistan Militants Launch Attacks With Advanced US Weapons Left Behind In Afghanistan

“Advanced weapons and technology left behind by US and Nato troops during their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 have been used by militants in Pakistan to attack police and soldiers, security officials have said. The Tahrik-e-Taliban in Pakistan and Baloch militants are among the groups that hav…
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May 4, 2023 at 10:15 PM

CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring April 2023

This fifth monthly analytical report based on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in April 2023. The month of April partly overlapped with the holy month of Ramadan (March 23 – April 20). CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitorin…
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May 4, 2023 at 3:30 PM

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency In April 2023

ISIS carried out at least 38 confirmed attacks in March in Raqqa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 44 pro-Assad regime soldiers and at least 71 civilians and wounded at least 18 additional soldiers and civilians; another seven civilians were kidnapped. …
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May 4, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US Strike Targets Senior Al-Qaeda Leader In NW Syria -Statement

“The United States carried out a strike on northwest Syria on Wednesday targeting an unnamed al-Qaeda leader, the Central Command said in a written statement. ‘At 11:42 a.m. local time on May 3rd, U.S. Central Command forces conducted a unilateral strike in Northwest Syria targeting a senior Al Qaed…
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May 3, 2023 at 8:15 PM

Erdoğan Claims Turkish Operation Killed Global ISIS Chief

U.S. Officials Unable To Verify Reports Made Ahead Of Turkish Election. This week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the death of ISIS’s leader, Abu al-Hussain al-Hussaini al-Qurashi, during an operation carried out by Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) in Syria. The U.S., ho…
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May 3, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US, Turkey Cooperate On Terrorism-Related Sanctions -Treasury

“The United States worked together to impose terrorism-related sanctions on two individuals linked to funding two Syria-based groups already sanctioned by the United States and United Nations, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. The actions target Omar Alsheak, a leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham…
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May 2, 2023 at 1:35 PM

In Lebanon, Iran FM Visits Israel Border, Extolls Hezbollah

“Iran’s top diplomat visited Lebanon’s border with Israel on Friday where he expressed support for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group in its struggle against their common enemy: Israel. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian began his visit to Lebanon since Wednesday, meeting top officials and …
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May 1, 2023 at 10:00 PM

Extremist Content Online: Instagram Accounts Used To Advertise White Supremacist Merchandise

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 identified numerous pieces of extremist content on social media and video-sharing websites, inc…
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May 1, 2023 at 3:15 PM

CEP Webinar: A Sisyphean Task? Prosecuting Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France

Nearly 2,000 individuals have traveled from France to Syria and Iraq to join terrorist organizations such as the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). They make up the largest contingent of European travelers. During the past decade, the high number of investigations concerning these alleged foreign terro…
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May 1, 2023 at 1:30 PM

In Lebanon, Iran FM Visits Israel Border, Extolls Hezbollah

“Iran’s top diplomat visited Lebanon’s border with Israel on Friday where he expressed support for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group in its struggle against their common enemy: Israel. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian began his visit to Lebanon since Wednesday, meeting top officials and …
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April 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM

EU Pumps €4.5 Million For Stabilization Of Liberated Areas In Somalia

“As part of the efforts to help install civilian administrations in areas liberated from the Al-Shabaab militants, the European Union [EU] had pumped €4.5 million into Somalia which will aid in supporting various projects meant for the stabilization of the Horn of Africa nation. Areas supported are …
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