Israeli airspace is closed. There is an Iranian counterattack. What is known about the attacks so far? Is a solution to the conflict now a distant prospect? Marc Burgemeister discusses this live on ZDFheute with Iran correspondent Phoebe Gaa, Thomas...

Explosions are being reported in Tehran and other parts of Iran. Israel speaks of a “preventive strike,” while US President Trump refers to the start of “major combat operations.” According to Israeli sources, Tehran has launched a counterattack. ZDF...

[CEP Senior Director] Terrorism expert Hans‑Jakob Schindler questions the likelihood of regime change in Tehran, noting that Iran’s political system is made up of interconnected power centers capable of functioning even if one is removed. He also...

Eye on Extremism: February 27, 2026

Pakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital, Kabul, with Islamabad’s defence minister declaring that the hostile neighbours were in a state of “open war” as a cycle of retaliatory attacks escalated further. Witnesses in...

Eye on Extremism: February 26, 2026

Afghanistan has launched a "large-scale" military operation on Pakistani army positions in response to recent strikes carried out by Islamabad, Taliban officials have said. "Numerous" Pakstani soldiers have been killed and some captured in the...

[CEP Senior Director] Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler analyzes the Geneva negotiations on Iran: The US is not taking a clear stance, and Israel may prefer a preemptive strike. “The danger of a conflagration remains,” says Schindler.

In this conversation with Danish Shaikh, Editor, The International Wire, Dr. Hans Jakob Karl Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project and former Coordinator of the UN Security Council’s ISIL, Al-Qaeda and Taliban Monitoring Team...

The US and Iran are currently negotiating the controversial Iranian nuclear program in Geneva. The US has probably abandoned the idea of regime change, says Hans Jakob Schindler from the think tank Counter Extremism Project.

“The assassination claim from the Base’s Ukraine operation shows that they want to be seen as operational, an ongoing threat, and, based on their statement, firmly opposed to the Russian government,” said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an extremism analyst at...

The US and Iran are currently negotiating the controversial Iranian nuclear program in Geneva. The US has probably abandoned the idea of regime change, says Hans Jakob Schindler from the think tank Counter Extremism Project.