“After the cancellation of the Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna because of an Islamist attack plan, concerns are growing about a further terrorist threat in Europe. But how great is the threat from Islamists? ntv speaks to terrorism expert Hans-Jakob...

CounterPoint Brief: Hamas Names Yahya Sinwar as New Leader

Yesterday, August 6, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of its political bureau. Previously Hamas’s leader inside the Gaza Strip since 2017, Sinwar will now assume overall leadership of the terrorist organization. Israeli authorities...

CounterPoint Brief: Hamas Names Yahya Sinwar as New Leader

Yesterday, August 6, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of its political bureau. Previously Hamas’s leader inside the Gaza Strip since 2017, Sinwar will now assume overall leadership of the terrorist organization. Israeli authorities...

Former prison governor Ian Acheson, an adviser to think tank the Counter Extremism Project, told the BBC he was “completely against” terrorism charges being considered. He said: 'I think giving these people an ideological justification for what they...

Eye on Extremism: August 7, 2024

“Amid ongoing far-right riots and demonstrations fueled by misinformation online, England and Wales' Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson said his teams would consider seeking extradition for social media influencers who are accused of...

"On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green”, Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, said that it must haven a “serious” situation that led to the cancellation of Taylor...

"Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former senior United Nations counterterrorism official who is a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, a non-governmental organisation, warned it appeared to be getting 'harder and harder to prevent escalation each...

"In fact, Sinwar had the most influence within the terrorist organization, even though Haniya held the political leadership position on paper. "As a result of the attack on October 7, the Hamas leadership in Gaza took actual control of the terrorist...

"'They took advantage of the massive flow of refugees from Ukraine to get into the Schengen area. Once you are in Poland, there are no further border controls. And in the situation where there is war in Ukraine, it is of course much easier to insert...

“... Former prison governor Ian Acheson, an adviser to think tank the Counter Extremism Project, told the BBC he was "completely against" terrorism charges being considered. He said: "I think giving these people an ideological justification for what...