Burkina Faso Orders French Troops To Evacuate As Junta Allegedly Pursues Mercenary Force To Combat Jihadist Violence

French influence in its one-time colony of Burkina Faso has deteriorated since armed soldiers deposed the government in a coup last September and coup supporters attacked the French embassy, believing it was harboring the deposed president. Given...

"'The Brotherhood was formed in Egypt in 1928, four years after the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate. Since then, the Brotherhood has advocated for the re-establishment of a caliphate, a state ruled by sharia (Islamic law)...Its members carried out...

Eye on Extremism: January 26, 2023

“France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso in the next month after the military junta asked it to leave, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in a move that will further reduce its presence in a region facing a growing Islamist insurgency...

"'All of this, for a quite a few years, was fairly harmless,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former German diplomat and a director at the Counter Extremism Project. 'They got fines and they harassed local authorities, but they weren’t planning large...

Eye on Extremism: January 25, 2023

“The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it was placing sanctions on Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled and his business for alleged financial ties to blacklisted group Hezbollah. Its announcement said Moukalled was a financial adviser to Iranian...

"On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, says that while recent mass shootings in California are different in theory...

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) are inviting you to a webinar focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Accounts Found On YouTube And Instagram

(New York, N.Y.) — 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 discovered regional white...

Eye on Extremism: January 24, 2023

New York Daily News: Terror Trial Begins For NYC Man Accused Of Training ISIS Snipers: ‘He Taught Them To Kill’ “The ex-wife of an accused radical who abandoned America and his family to become an ISIS sniper told jurors on Monday that his terrorist...

Eye on Extremism: January 23, 2023

“The United States carried out a strike in Somalia that killed approximately 30 al-Shabaab fighters, US Africa Command said in a statement Saturday. US forces on Friday “conducted a collective self-defense strike” in support of Somalia National Army...