Press Releases

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June 13, 2023

New CEP Reports Examine Development of Al-Qaeda, ISIS Affiliates In West Africa And Sahel

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a pair of new reports, Development Of Al-Qaeda In The Western Sahel Region and Status Of ISWAP And ISGS In West Africa And Sahel. These reports are the first of a range of policy papers...

Press Release

June 12, 2023

Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Instagram Users Spread Propaganda And Plans For 3D Printed-Firearms

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located five accounts on Meta-owned Instagram...

Press Release

June 12, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism | Part III of Webinar Series

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, July 6, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

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Press Release

June 9, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation In West Africa – Understanding and Countering JNIM, ISWAP, And ISGS

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 22, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region.

Press Release

June 8, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Deteriorating Security Situation in West Africa – Cooperation Terrorism/Transnational Organized Crime and Cooperation Between Terrorist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, focusing on deteriorating security situation in West Africa and the Sahel region.

Press Release

June 6, 2023

Tech & Terrorism: Big Tech Companies Cut Ethics And Safety Staff Following Section 230 Ruling

(New York, N.Y.) — In the wake of twin U.S. Supreme Court rulings that largely maintained the liability shield in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, major tech companies are sharply reducing their workforce responsible for content...

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Press Release

June 6, 2023

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, June 29, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

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Press Release

June 5, 2023

Extremist Content Online: TikTok Accounts Spreading Extreme Right Propaganda And Glorifying Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located multiple TikTok accounts promoting...

Press Release

June 2, 2023

Erdoğan’s Election Victory

On Sunday, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan triumphed in a runoff election for the Turkish presidency that international observers deemed free but not fair. Erdoğan, the two decades-long leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), defeated his opponent...

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Press Release

June 1, 2023

Uptick In Hamas Violence Coincides With Continued Hospitality By International Enablers

Last week, Israel’s Shin Bet security service announced it had foiled an attempted bombing in April by Hamas and arrested a suspect, Israeli-Arab citizen Muhammed Nadir Mahajneh. According to the indictment against Mahajneh, Hamas had recruited him...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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