Eye on Extremism: July 31, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in ​Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and U.S. officials said Israel was skeptical the...

Eye on Extremism: July 30, 2026

emen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia this week from Iraqi territory in coordination with Iraqi armed groups, according to assessments by Saudi Arabia ​and regional partners, reflecting growing coordination among Iran-aligned militias...

Germany knew Abdul Ballout was dangerous. It let him go anyway. “The question is whether the system needs reform, or whether its application was wrong,” says Hans-Jakob Schindler, an expert on terrorism at the Counter Extremism Project, an ngo. “But...

Eye on Extremism: July 29, 2026

The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, and President Donald Trump vowed to "beat the fucking shit" out of Iran for firing on U.S. troops just days after he suspended airstrikes. Iran confirmed late...

Eye on Extremism: July 28, 2026

Iran’s Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a video on Monday encouraging supporters to assassinate US first lady Melania Trump. The Persian-language video, which used publicly available information...

Counter Extremism Project Statement on Recent OFAC Sanctions to Disrupt Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

(New York, NY)— The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for the recent sanctions designations announced against senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (EMB)...

"This is not just a national sports club or nationalist sports club. In its essence, it’s the strategy to build a neo-Nazi militia,” said Alexander Ritzmann, a senior adviser for the Counter Extremism Project.

Authorities say the suspect who attacked Berlin's Pride event was known to German police for other crimes. Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler of the Counter Extremism Project speaks on German efforts to monitor extremists, and CBS News' Bradley Blackburn takes...

Counter-extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, who advises the German government, told local media there were more than 9,000 Islamists living in the country in 2025, including 2,590 in the capital, 1,940 of whom are believed to be violent.

Eye on Extremism: July 27, 2026

The attack at a Berlin Pride event is only the most recent incident on a long list where vehicles were used as weapons. The US, Canada, and China also saw similar attacks in recent years. Deutsche Welle: Berlin Pride: Latest in string of deadly...