Press Releases

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April 25, 2023

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...

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April 24, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Steam Hosts Multiple Groups Promoting Neo-Nazi Propaganda, Pro-ISIS Content Found On Instagram

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 multiple users and groups...

Press Release

April 20, 2023

Tech & Terrorism: Online Gaming Platforms Facing Scrutiny Over Extremist Content

Concerns are growing in the U.S. and Europe that extremists are propagandizing and spreading hateful ideologies through online gaming platforms. This has prompted inquiries from members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, a U.S...

Press Release

April 19, 2023

Israeli Security Foils IRGC, Hezbollah Recruitment Operation

This week, Israel’s domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, announced indictments against two West Bank Palestinians allegedly recruited by agents of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through Hezbollah to plan and carry out terror...

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April 19, 2023

ICYMI: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

In the nearly 20 months since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, the country has presented one of the most dynamic and challenging international security environments today. The Taliban’s alignment with al-Qaeda through the Haqqani Network...

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April 18, 2023

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: Mapping Violent Right-Wing Extremist Groups – Who’s Who In The Czech Republic And Slovakia

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and GLOBSEC invite you to a webinar discussing violent right-wing extremist groups in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, including their financial networks.

Press Release

April 17, 2023

New CEP Report: Unsolved Murders In Syria’s Badia

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today published its latest report in its multi-year study of ISIS’s ongoing insurgency in central Syria, “Unsolved Murders In Syria’s Badia: Truffle Hunters In The Crosshairs And ISIS At Large,” which addresses...

Press Release

April 11, 2023

ICYMI: 4R Network Launches Member Workshop Series

Last Wednesday, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted the first in a series of 26 online workshops for members of the Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Recidivism Network (4R Network), a network of stakeholders that facilitates...

Press Release

April 11, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Content Glorifying The Christchurch Terrorist Attack Still Available On Twitter

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 posts glorifying the...

Press Release

April 6, 2023

CEP Report Examines Ties Between Right-Wing Extremism And Organized Crime

Last month, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report authored by CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann along with 11 other researchers from CEP and other institutions in the U.S. and Europe exploring the connections between right-wing...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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