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CEP is releasing updated resources on Neil Prakash, an Australian online recruiter and facilitator for ISIS, following his arrest in Turkey. Prakash was thought to have been killed by a U.S. airstrike in April. CEP has long tracked Prakash on various online platforms as he has worked to recruit Muslims to ISIS-held territory and incite them to violence domestically.

CEP is releasing updated resources on three brothers, Kassim, Hussain, and Ali Tajideen, who were previously sanctioned by the U.S. government for their financial support for the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. One of the brothers, Hussain Tajideen—was punished by the government of Gambia in 2015 following a CEP investigation. The companies owned by the brothers are being investigated as part of a government probe into possible illegal trade with American companies.

CEP is releasing updated resources on three of the most powerful Iraqi Shiite militias, as the groups become more heavily involved in the fight to drive ISIS from Sunni dominated towns surrounding Mosul. Human Rights Watch has documented atrocities perpetrated against Sunni civilians by the Shiite militias during the fight to retake Fallujah and other areas from ISIS.

CEP released updated reports on three Somali–American men from Minnesota who were sentenced by a federal judge in Minneapolis after pleading guilty to supporting and conspiring to provide material support to ISIS. Prosecutors say in spring of 2014, a group of friends began inspiring and recruiting each other to join ISIS. At least two made it to Syria, but the remaining nine did not.

CEP released updated resources on Afghanistan following recent Taliban and ISIS attacks that left at least 32 people dead and more than 180 wounded. According to the U.N., Afghanistan suffered a record number of casualties in 2015, with 3,500 civilians killed and almost 7,500 wounded, as both the Taliban and ISIS increased attacks following the end of NATO combat operations in 2014.