Extremist Content Online: ISIS Calls for Attacks on World Cup Matches and Attendees; Extreme Right Propagandists Promote Violence in Response to UK Independent Report on Sexual Violence and Trafficking

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence.

Judging Genocide – French IS fighter Sabri Essid convicted for crimes against the Yazidis

A historic trial took place in March 2026 in Paris. French national and Islamic State (IS) member Sabri Essid was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity for enslaving, imprisoning, torturing, raping, and committing other acts of...

All the shifts were emblematic of replacing a rigid, capital-centric approach with a fluid model focused on sub-regional frontiers, porous borders, and multi-alignment; his work provided global strategists with a more accurate, ground-level lens for...

Eye on Extremism: June 18, 2026

Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic regime, Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini, hailed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a major “victory” for Tehran, promising that the “greater jihad” would now begin, according to a...

The consensus that seems to be emerging is that "the terms of the agreement as presented in the media are clearly very much in favor of Iran," summarizes Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former German diplomat stationed in Tehran and director of the Counter...

Eye on Extremism: June 16, 2026

President Donald Trump said Monday that he planned to speak with U.S.-designated terrorist organization Hezbollah, during his remarks on an agreement the U.S. and Iran signed virtually the night before to end months of hostilities. Israeli...

Eye on Extremism: June 15, 2026

A Hezbollah official told Reuterson Monday that ‌the group has not carried out any operations since the Iran-U.S. deal was announced ⁠and that its position on the ceasefire was linked to Israel's adherence to it. He added that Iran delayed signing...

Extremist Content Online: Active Clubs and Other Extreme Right Propagandists Cheer Belfast Anti-Immigrant Riots, Claim that Violence Is An Effective Solution

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. In this week’s issue: Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist Propagandists Cheer...

Belfast and Glasgow “are the perfect environment” for any group that wants to develop street‑fighting capacity without drawing early police attention. Alexander Ritzmann talks to The National about the far-right forces behind recent race riots.

Extreme-Right Active Clubs are Treating the Riots in Belfast as a Case Study in Effective Violent Mobilization

Knife attacks conducted by refugees or citizens with a recent immigration background in England and Northern Ireland have been followed by anti-immigration and extreme-right street violence. Two recent articles by the violent extreme-right Active...