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June 21, 2023 at 3:01 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa – Understanding And Countering JNIM, ISWAP, And ISGS

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region. This webinar is the second in a series of virtual events in which CEP and KAS present the…

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June 21, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Counter-Terrorism Experts Say Africa Is The World’s Terrorism Hot Spot With Half Of 2022′s Victims

“Counter-terrorism experts said Tuesday that Africa is now the world’s terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa, though al-Qaida and Islamic State affiliates remain widespread, persistent and active elsewhere around the globe. Interpol, the international cr…

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June 20, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Taliban Shelter Al Qaeda But Rifts Within The Movement Are Emerging, UN Says

“A recent report by the UN has said the Taliban are once again allowing the terror group Al Qaeda on Afghan soil – one of the original justifications for the US-led invasion of the country, following the group’s September 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington that killed 3,000 people. The UN …

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June 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa – Cooperation Terrorism/Transnational Organized Crime And Cooperation Between Terrorist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region. This webinar is the first in a series of virtual events in which CEP and KAS present the r…

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June 16, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Syrian Kurds Launch New Attempt to Prosecute Captured IS Foreign Fighters

“U.S. allies in northeastern Syria are intent on prosecuting hundreds of Islamic State foreign fighters for war crimes despite a lack of support from the international community. The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced Thursday it would begin judicial proc…

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June 15, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Kurdish Militant Group Ends Ceasefire With Turkey

“Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group said they are ending a unilateral ceasefire they declared after Turkey was hit by a major earthquake earlier this year. The announcement, carried by pro-Kurdish media on Tuesday, threatens to see a return of violence that has claimed tens of thousands o…

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June 14, 2023 at 3:00 PM

New CEP Reports Assess Ties Between Terror Groups In Africa And Their Ties To Organized Crime

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a second set of new reports, Linkages Of Terrorist Groups In West Africa With Terrorist Networks In Other African Regions and Interlinkage Of Terrorism And Transnational Organized Crime In West Africa as part of a year-long joint project with …

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June 14, 2023 at 1:32 PM

Al Qaeda Releases Video Of Bangladeshi UN Worker Abducted In Yemen

“Al Qaeda's Yemen branch has released a new video of a UN worker abducted 16 months ago in the war-torn country, the Site Intelligence Group has said. The man, who identified himself as Akam Sofyol Anam from the UN Department of Safety and Security in Aden, appealed for his release and warned he and…

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June 13, 2023 at 5:45 PM

New CEP Reports Examine Development of Al-Qaeda, ISIS Affiliates In West Africa And Sahel

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a pair of new reports, Development Of Al-Qaeda In The Western Sahel Region and Status Of ISWAP And ISGS In West Africa And Sahel. These reports are the first of a range policy papers produced as part of a year-long joint project with the Konra…

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June 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM

CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring May 2023

This sixth monthly analytical report based on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in May 2023. CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring May 2023 Read CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring May 2023 by clicking here. CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitorin…

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June 13, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US Sends Military Supplies To Syrian City Occupied By Terrorist PKK

“The U.S. Army sent a convoy of about 40 vehicles from Iraq to Syria in another sign of support for the terrorist group PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot YPG. The convoy arrived in Hassakeh, a city controlled by the terrorists, on Sunday, the same day the terrorist group fired rockets toward Tür…

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June 12, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Instagram Users Spread Propaganda And Plans For 3D Printed-Firearms

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 accounts on Meta-owned Instagram responsible for spreading antisemitic and neo-Naz…

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June 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism | Part III Of Webinar Series

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, July 6, 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 of…

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June 12, 2023 at 1:30 PM

Extremists Attack Beachside Hotel In Somalia’s Capital As Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility

“Witnesses and state media in Somalia say extremists have attacked a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, and security forces are responding at the site as some people remain trapped inside. The Somali National News Agency reports that ‘many civilians’ have been rescued from the Pearl Beach ho…

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June 9, 2023 at 3:00 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa – Understanding And Countering JNIM, ISWAP, And ISGS

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region. This webinar is the second in a series of virtual events in which CEP and KAS present the…

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June 9, 2023 at 1:30 PM

US Sees Islamic State Affiliates Pooling Resources, Growing Capabilities

“U.S. officials tasked with tracking Islamic State are seeing worrisome signs that the terror group’s core leadership is strengthening control over its global network of affiliates despite a series of key losses. Specifically, the United States is raising concerns about the group’s General Directora…

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June 8, 2023 at 8:30 PM

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa – Cooperation Terrorism/Transnational Organized Crime And Cooperation Between Terrorist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region. This webinar is the first in a series of virtual events in which CEP and KAS present the r…

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June 8, 2023 at 1:30 PM

UN Investigators Compiling Evidence On Chemical Weapons Use By Islamic State Extremists In Iraq

“U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014, and are advancing work on the militant group’s gender-based violence and crimes against children, Sunni and Shiite Mus…

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June 7, 2023 at 1:30 PM

30 Herders Kidnapped In Northeast Nigeria: Sources

“Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake Chad, demanding ransom for their release, fishermen and the head of an anti-jihadist militia told AFP Tuesday. The militants in eight boats stormed the fishing and herding villages of Tudun Kwastan, Kwatar Tu…

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June 6, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Tech & Terrorism: Big Tech Companies Cut Ethics And Safety Staff Following Section 230 Ruling

In the wake of twin U.S. Supreme Court rulings that largely maintained the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, major tech companies are sharply reducing their workforce responsible for content moderation. Citing their commitment to “do more with less,” Twitter executiv…

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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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