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Extremism News Roundup

July 21, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 21, 2025

Hundreds of Bedouin civilians were evacuated from Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Monday as part of a U.S.-backed truce meant to end fighting that has killed hundreds of people, state media and witnesses said. With hundreds reported...

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July 18, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 18, 2025

Iran suffered a significant setback when Israel killed top military leaders and the U.S. struck its nuclear facilities, but a pattern of high-value weapons seizures shows Tehran is making new efforts to arm its militia allies across the Middle East...

Extremism News Roundup

July 17, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 17, 2025

Syrian forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida on Thursday following days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority. While the truce between Druze armed groups and government forces appeared to be largely holding...

Extremism News Roundup

July 16, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 16, 2025

Neo-Nazis are forging alliances with black extremist groups over a shared hatred of Jews, posing a growing threat to UK national security, research has warned. Antisemitism is emerging as an ideological “glue” binding white and black nationalists...

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July 15, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 15, 2025

Nearly 400 Jewish organizations are urging the nation's largest teachers' union to reject a member-approved proposal that would sever ties with the civil rights group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over the war in Gaza.Axios: Hundreds of Jewish groups...

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July 14, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 14, 2025

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for full support of the disarmament of Kurdish militants that began with a handover of the first batch of weapons by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) forces, a step he said opened a new page for the...

Extremism News Roundup

July 11, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 11, 2025

United Nations sanctions monitors have seen no "active ties" this year between Al Qaeda and the Islamist group leading Syria's interim government, an unpublished U.N. report said, a finding that could strengthen an expected U.S. push for removing U.N...

Extremism News Roundup

July 10, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 10, 2025

A new report by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is urging the U.S. government to impose sanctions on senior Iranian clerics and regime-controlled institutions that have issued or promoted Islamic legal rulings — known as fatwas — calling for the...

Extremism News Roundup

July 9, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 9, 2025

Google co-founder Sergey Brin called the United Nations “transparently antisemitic” on Saturday in an internal forum for employees, according to screenshots reviewed by The Washington Post and verified with a current member of the forum. His comments...

Extremism News Roundup

July 8, 2025

Eye on Extremism: July 8, 2025

Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks sweeping across several West African nations, especially Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. On 1 July, the group said it had...