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Eye on Extremism: January 22, 2026
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria, after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria triggered concerns over prison security. More...
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Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 Announce Partnership with Embassy of Israel in Washington. D.C. for Musical Concert at Kennedy Center: “Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust”
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88 are honored to announce our official partnership with the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. for Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, presented at the John F. Kennedy Center...
Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: January 21, 2026
Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of ISIS prisoners in northeast Syria after government forces seized swathes of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had been guarding the prisons. The territory was held by the mainly...
Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: January 20, 2026
The Islamic State group’s Khorasan branch, known as ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area. The explosion occurred at about 3 p.m. local time on Monday, January 19. Taliban...
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Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS RocketChat User Posts Alleged AI Conversation Regarding Explosives Use; White Supremacist Youth Club Propaganda Includes Audio From Notorious National Action Video
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers found a conversation in a pro-ISIS chatroom, where an individual...
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Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 Announce Partnership with Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. for Musical Concert at Kennedy Center: “Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust”
(New York, NY) —The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88 are honored to announce our official partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington D.C. for Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, presented...
Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: January 16, 2026
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington will reach an agreement with Hamas that will see it fully disarm, threatening the terror group if it doesn’t get on board. “With the support of Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar, we will secure a...
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Eye on Extremism: January 15, 2026
The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase - including a complete ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - remain unfulfilled. The first phase has been...
Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: January 14, 2026
The Trump administration waded into a regional debate over the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, designating the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the transnational Sunni Islamist group as terrorist organizations. The group founded in the...
Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: January 13, 2026
Iran International’s Editorial Board has published a statement titled “The killing of 12,000 Iranians will not be buried in silence,” setting out its findings on the latest crackdown and calling for documents and testimony. The full text of the...
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.