Extremist Content Wrap Up 2021

Extremists continued to exploit the Internet in 2021 by spreading propaganda, exhortations to commit violence, and manuals on several websites and platforms that could assist individuals committing acts of terrorism. In 2021, the Counter Extremism...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in December 2021

Following is the December 2021 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. Previous editions of ISIS Redux can be viewed through the following links: November...

Somali Political Turmoil Widens Door For Al-Shabaab, Weakens Fight Against Terrorism

Last week, in the latest spasm of political turmoil in war-torn Somalia, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed suspended Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble over corruption accusations. Mohamed alleged that the ousted prime minister had been looting...

"Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, a think tank, believes the platform will remain 'toxic until regulation is introduced'. 'The issue with Facebook is the combination of a hermetically sealed platform that is...

"Director of the Counter Extremism Project Hans-Jakob Schindler, who worked in the UN Security Council unit that monitors ISIS and Al Qaeda, told The National he believes the terror group's treasury structure still exists despite having diminished."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: "These guys had planned this and they took advantage of the political environment at that time. But they’re no less violent now that the political climate may be slightly more different. It definitely...

ISIS “Down” but “Not Out” in Iraq

The U.S.-led coalition against ISIS recently announced the transfer of some of its forces from Iraq to northern Africa to counter increasingly lethal affiliates of ISIS and al-Qaeda. While about 2,400 U.S. troops remain in Iraq to advise, train, and...

"The Counter Extremism Project warns the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is 'an event which threatens to usher in a new era of terror'. The think tank added: 'Islamist extremists now have a new, settled safe haven.'"

"The Counter Extremism Project warns the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is 'an event which threatens to usher in a new era of terror'. The think tank added: 'Islamist extremists now have a new, settled safe haven.'"

"The Counter Extremism Project warns the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is 'an event which threatens to usher in a new era of terror'. The think tank added: 'Islamist extremists now have a new, settled safe haven.'"