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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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Turkey’s Extremist Ties Make It Fertile Ground To Plot, Direct Attacks
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has become a haven for terrorist operatives. It maintains open relations with extremist groups and harbors internationally sanctioned and wanted extremists affiliated with the Taliban, the Muslim...
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Biden Administration Must Redesignate Houthis As A Foreign Terrorist Organization
Last February, the Biden Administration revoked the Trump-era designation in the hopes of reducing violence and easing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. However, since removing the Houthis from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)...
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Extremist Content Online: ISIS Supporters Spread Conspiracy Theories Online About Al-Quraishi’s Death
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, following the U.S. announcement that ISIS leader Amir...
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ISIS Leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi Killed During Raid By U.S. Special Operations Forces
Thursday morning, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi was killed during a raid by U.S. Special Operations forces in northwest Syria. Al-Quraishi was reportedly killed when he detonated a bomb, also...
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CEP Webinar: The Azov Movement – Transnational Right-Wing Extremist Networks and the Current Situation in Ukraine
Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, the Azov Movement has emerged as one of the most significant right-wing extremist structures in Ukraine. Transforming from an erstwhile military unit into a broader political and social movement...
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