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Madrid Train Bombing Anniversary Statement
On the anniversary of the Madrid train bombings of 2004, which killed 193 people and injured more than 2,000 others, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler has warned that threat posed by al-Qaeda is growing...
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Russian Recruitment of Syrian Foreign Fighters Poses Increased Challenges to Ukraine and Abroad
Recent U.S. intelligence indicates that Russia is currently working to recruit Syrian fighters to support their military campaign in seizing control of Kyiv and Kharkiv in Ukraine. According to media reports, Russia has offered to pay Syrian fighters...
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CEP Policy Brief: Foreign Fighters In The 2022 Russia-Ukraine War
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today published a new policy brief, Foreign Fighters in the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War: An Initial Assessment of Extremist Volunteers. The brief provides a risk assessment of the potential threats posed by violence...
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Extremist Content Online: White Supremacists Continue to Spread Propaganda and Seek to Gain Followers Through Rhetoric on Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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. Extremist groups and individuals online continue to focus on the Russian...
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Ukraine, Russia May Attract Extremist Foreign Fighters
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked online activity from far-right white nationalists and neo-Nazi groups, supplementing the existing movement of extremists emboldened by Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP)...
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Tech & Terrorism: Taliban Minister Brags About Historic Number Of Suicide Attacks On Twitter
Last week, Taliban Acting Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi bragged about his group’s “historic” number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan over the past 20 years. Pro-Taliban accounts on...
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Extremist Content Online: Extremist Groups Spread Propaganda Regarding Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
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. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, various extremist groups and...
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Concern Mounting That U.S. Will Lift Terror Designation Against IRGC For Nuclear Deal
Speculation is increasing that the United States could agree to Iran’s demand to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations as a condition of a nuclear agreement. Senior officials in Israel...
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CEP Webinar: “The Fall-Out of Gendered Counterterrorism Approaches in Northeast Syria”
The ISIS attack on a prison in al-Hasakah, Syria, on January 20, and the ensuing battle left hundreds of ISIS suspects dead, escaped, or unaccounted for. While the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have regained control of the prison, many...
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Extremist Content Online: Hateful White Supremacist Propaganda Remains On YouTube
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. Over the past two weeks, white supremacists have uploaded a variety of...
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