Iran’s IRGC Launches Cross-Border Attacks In Iraq To Quell Support For Protest Movement

Since Saturday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops (IRGC) has launched numerous attacks on Iranian Kurdish separatist groups in northern Iraq—the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. The groups had...

Eye on Extremism: September 27, 2022

“Senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood and defender of Arab Spring revolts, died on Monday at age 96, according to a post on his official Twitter account. Born in Egypt in 1926, Qaradawi spent...

Eye on Extremism: September 26, 2022

“A suicide bombing by al-Qaeda-linked militants killed at least 11 people at a Somali army training camp, the latest assault to rock the capital as the president vows to stamp out a years-long insurgency. The blast at the facility in Mogadishu on...

"Former British ambassador to Yemen Edmund Fitton-Brown has said that ISIS could make more jailbreak attempts in Syria and that the country's detention camps are a 'ticking time bomb'. In a webinar focused on the terror threat to Europe, hosted by...

Tech & Terrorism: YouTube And Meta Platforms Announce New Effort To Fight Online Extremism

Last week, Google-owned YouTube along with Meta announced that they would expand their efforts to fight online extremism. YouTube stated that the company would “expand its policies on violent extremism to remove content that glorifies violent acts...

U.N. Report: As Syrian Conflict Intensifies, Civilians Face Risk Of Increased Hardship

A new report issued by the United Nations’ commission charged with investigating human rights violations in Syria warns the country is at risk of renewed widespread large-scale combat. In particular, the report points to human rights and humanitarian...

Eye on Extremism: September 23, 2022

“A second man is now wanted on suspicion of involvement in a mass shooting that killed two people and wounded 21 in and around an Oslo gay bar in June, Norwegian police said on Friday. "The hypothesis that it was an act of terrorism has now been...

Eye on Extremism: September 22, 2022

“The Iraqi foreign minister urged Western countries to continue chasing the remnants of ISIS until the organization is completely eliminated because it presents a threat to humanity. “We must take it seriously because, when they started, they were...

CEP Webinar: The Current Terrorism Threat Posed By ISIS And al Qaeda | Amb. Edmund Fitton Brown

This Counter Extremism Project (CEP) webinar analyzed the current status, capacities, and capabilities of ISIS and al-Qaeda globally and in Europe, including Germany, and outlined the current level of threat posed by these global terror networks. The...

CEP Webinar: The Current Terrorism Threat Posed By ISIS And al Qaeda | Dr. Gerhard Conrad

This Counter Extremism Project (CEP) webinar analyzed the current status, capacities, and capabilities of ISIS and al-Qaeda globally and in Europe, including Germany, and outlined the current level of threat posed by these global terror networks. The...