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].
Mar. 2023Press Releases
Press Release
October 28, 2022
Extremist Content Online: Facebook Edition
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit Meta-owned Facebook to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence in order to hold the popular social media platform accountable for its...
Press Release
October 21, 2022
Tech & Terrorism: Germany Fines Telegram For Failing To Comply With Online Content Moderation Law
Last week, the German Federal Office for Justice announced that it had issued two fines totaling €5.125 million against Telegram for failing to comply with the country’s Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), Germany’s online content moderation law. The...
Press Release
October 18, 2022
CEP Applauds U.S. Designations Of Al-Shabaab’s Senior Leadership And Weapons Network
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director and former Coordinator of the U.N. Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler released the following statement today applauding the U.S...
Press Release
October 14, 2022
CEP Podcast Fighting Terror Launches Miniseries On Islamism
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is excited to announce it will be launching a brand new miniseries “Eye on Islamism” today as part of its podcast Fighting Terror.
Press Release
October 13, 2022
Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Section 230 Liability Case
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Gonzalez v. Google, which challenges tech companies’ broad immunity to lawsuits over content posted on their sites and platforms. The family of Nohemi Gonzalez, an American college...
Press Release
October 6, 2022
Burkina Faso Sees Second Military Coup In A Year As Russia Makes Inroads Across Sahel
Last week, Burkina Faso President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed by Captain Ibrahim Traoré and his supporters in a successful coup, the second in the country in the past year. Traoré cited Damiba’s lack of progress in defeating Islamic extremists—the...
Press Release
October 6, 2022
CEP Webinar: Back From Raqqa – The Prosecution Of Returnees In Germany And France
Approximately 30 percent of the German women and girls who traveled to Syria and Iraq, mostly to join ISIS, and returned to Germany, have been prosecuted. They were convicted for, inter alia, membership in or support of a foreign terrorist...
Press Release
September 27, 2022
Iran’s IRGC Launches Cross-Border Attacks In Iraq To Quell Support For Protest Movement
Since Saturday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops (IRGC) has launched numerous attacks on Iranian Kurdish separatist groups in northern Iraq—the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan. The groups had...
Press Release
September 23, 2022
Tech & Terrorism: YouTube And Meta Platforms Announce New Effort To Fight Online Extremism
Last week, Google-owned YouTube along with Meta announced that they would expand their efforts to fight online extremism. YouTube stated that the company would “expand its policies on violent extremism to remove content that glorifies violent acts...
Press Release
September 23, 2022
U.N. Report: As Syrian Conflict Intensifies, Civilians Face Risk Of Increased Hardship
A new report issued by the United Nations’ commission charged with investigating human rights violations in Syria warns the country is at risk of renewed widespread large-scale combat. In particular, the report points to human rights and humanitarian...
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