Eye on Extremism

Extremism News Roundup

January 22, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 22, 2026

Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria, after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria triggered concerns over prison security. More...

Extremism News Roundup

January 21, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 21, 2026

Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of ISIS prisoners in northeast Syria after government forces seized swathes of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had been guarding the prisons. The territory was held by the mainly...

Extremism News Roundup

January 20, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 20, 2026

The Islamic State group’s Khorasan branch, known as ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area. The explosion occurred at about 3 p.m. local time on Monday, January 19. Taliban...

Extremism News Roundup

January 16, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 16, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington will reach an agreement with Hamas that will see it fully disarm, threatening the terror group if it doesn’t get on board. “With the support of Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar, we will secure a...

Extremism News Roundup

January 15, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 15, 2026

The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase - including a complete ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - remain unfulfilled. The first phase has been...

Extremism News Roundup

January 14, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 14, 2026

The Trump administration waded into a regional debate over the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, designating the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the transnational Sunni Islamist group as terrorist organizations. The group founded in the...

Extremism News Roundup

January 13, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 13, 2026

Iran International’s Editorial Board has published a statement titled “The killing of 12,000 Iranians will not be buried in silence,” setting out its findings on the latest crackdown and calling for documents and testimony. The full text of the...

Extremism News Roundup

January 12, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 12, 2026

Afghanistan International has obtained a collection of official documents and internal reports from Taliban authorities that reveal the direct involvement of members of the group in extrajudicial killings in several Afghan provinces. The documents...

Extremism News Roundup

January 9, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 9, 2026

Iran signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating as the death toll rose to at least 50. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Extremism News Roundup

January 8, 2026

Eye on Extremism: January 8, 2026

Several synagogues across the United States were targeted with fake bomb threats around New Year's day in order to extort congregations for ransoms to be paid through cryptocurrency addresses, according to information drawn from synagogues, Jewish...