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March 24, 2025 Alexander Ritzmann

Guns, Drugs, and Swastikas: Europe’s Neo-Nazi Mafias

A few weeks ago, the Austrian police discovered 90 firearms, 10,000 pieces of ammunition and several Nazi uniforms during a series of raids. In Germany, members of a Nazi Mafia were sentenced for drug trafficking and other crimes in recent years...

February 25, 2025 Josh Lipowsky

Nasrallah’s funeral and Hezbollah’s show of strength

On February 23, five months after an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Hezbollah held a funeral for its deceased leader of more than 30 years. Simultaneously, Hezbollah held a funeral for Hashem Safieddine...

February 20, 2025 Ari Heistein

The Houthi Torture Industrial Complex

Following U.S., UK, and Israeli strikes on Houthi assets in Yemen, an official Houthi Telegram channel announced the funerals of some of its military officers killed in the attacks. One of the names listed was Col. Majd al-Din al-Mortada. Al-Mortada...

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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