Eye on Extremism: May 9, 2025

Pakistan's armed forces launched "multiple attacks" using drones and other munitions along India's entire western border on Thursday night and early Friday, the Indian army said, as conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours intensified. The old...

Repatriation Challenges: How the Change of Regime in Syria Affected European Detainee Women in Roj Camp

The author regularly visits detention facilities in northeastern Syria, including Roj camp, as part of her academic/journalistic research (i.e., several times a year). This text is based on interviews with the employees and detainees of the Roj camp...

Eye on Extremism: May 8, 2025

The Israeli embassy was the target of a terror plot linked to Iran, The Times has learnt. A group of Iranian men are suspected of planning an atrocity at the embassy in Kensington, west London. Counterterrorism officers, supported by the military...

Eye on Extremism: May 7, 2025

India said early Wednesday that it had conducted several airstrikes on Pakistan, hailing a victory in the name of vengeance for the terrorist attack that killed 26 civilians in Kashmir last month. But evidence was also growing that the Indian forces...

Eye on Extremism: May 6, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas would be "intensive" after his security cabinet approved plans that may include seizing the Gaza Strip and controlling aid...

Extremist Content Online: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Encourages Lone-Actor Attacks, Extreme Right Telegram Channel Advocates for Active Club and Patriot Front Members to Participate in Bare-Knuckle Fighting League

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located posts by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)...

Eye on Extremism: May 5, 2025

Israel is set to retaliate to the Houthi missile launch at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday, following a decision made at the security cabinet later in the day. Following the Houthi missile strike, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video that...

The German security authorities repeatedly stated that many of these women did not want to return to Germany. However, a paper by researcher Sofia Koller from the international non-profit organization "Counter Extremism Project" from February 2024...

CounterPoint Brief: The Attack in Indian Kashmir Draws Attention to a Decades-Long Conflict

A terrorist attack last week outside the resort town of Pahalgam in Indian Kashmir reignited an ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers who have fought four wars (in 1948, 1965, 1971, and 1999) and had consistently rancorous...

CounterPoint Brief: The Attack in Indian Kashmir Draws Attention to a Decades-Long Conflict

A terrorist attack last week outside the resort town of Pahalgam in Indian Kashmir reignited an ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers who have fought four wars (in 1948, 1965, 1971, and 1999) and had consistently rancorous...