Eye on Extremism: March 27, 2026

Police investigating the arson attack on Jewish ambulances in north London are examining whether it may have been directed by Iran using proxy operatives recruited online, sources said. Investigators believe that those behind the attack may have...

The Revolutionary Guards are the Iranian regime’s defense force against external and internal threats. This elite force, which numbers up to 200,000 members, comprises ground forces, an air force, and a navy. It is responsible for the missile and...

“The estimates of how many fighters terror groups, such as ISIS, have are always a complex endeavor,” senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler, tells the New York Sun. “One of the key challenges is what is classified as...

Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project, said extremist propagandists operate similarly to content creators in many ways: they try to score as many followers as possible and keep them engaged. “This is all part of the...

Eye on Extremism: March 26, 2026

An obscure group has claimed to have carried out a clutch of attacks that have rattled the Jewish community in several European cities. But experts question whether the group, which has called itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) in...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks about Russian low-level agents in Germany.

"When the operation is over or someone is arrested, he is literally thrown away as a consumable," says terrorism and security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the international organization Counter Extremism Project.

Who is Ashab al-Yamin?

At 1:45 a.m. on Monday, three masked men set four ambulances on fire in the parking lot of the Machzikei Hadath synagogue in London’s Golders Green suburb—an area known for its significant Jewish population. The ambulances belonged to Hatzola, a...

Security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project emphasizes that Germany played a crucial role in the negotiations with Iran starting in 2003. Six different German foreign ministers held office until the official end of the JCPOA...

Schindler is a senior director at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a think tank based in Berlin and New York. He advises the Ministry of the Interior on the fight against Islamism. Regarding the maritime component of the shadow army, he says:...