CEP BRIEF: HAMAS LEADER SALEH AL-AROURI KILLED IN ALLEGED ISRAELI STRIKE IN LEBANON

On January 2nd, Hamas military leader and financier Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an alleged Israeli strike in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, according to reports from the Hezbollah-linked al Mayadeen and confirmed by Hezbollah. Arouri had been...

"Former prison governor, Professor Ian Acheson (inset) of the Counter Extremism Project, has also spoken out against the commissioner’s proposal – saying that any form of equivalence between the two groups would be the 'antithesis of reconciliation'...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: Saleh al-Arouri "has been in Beirut as the quasi-Hamas ambassador to Hezbollah and one of the key liaison individuals of Hamas to the Islamic Republic of Iran...so really a key, very...

"Al-Arouri was a founding member of the West Bank armed wing of Hamas and a financier of the group, according to the Counter Extremism Project. Al-Arouri was also designated as a terrorist by the United States and had a bounty of $5 million issued in...

"Today, ISPK is one of the most active IS groups in the world. It pursues jihadist goals and has repeatedly carried out attacks in Afghanistan in recent years. But not only there: 'ISPK is still the IS offshoot that tries to organize the most attacks...

"It seeks to force platforms to take more responsibility for content. Sir Ivor Roberts, a Counter Extremism Project group advisor and ex-Foreign Office head of counter-terrorism, said: 'It is inexcusable that an online platform is unwilling or unable...

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) notes: 'The Pakistani state itself has also used Islamic extremism as a strategic tool to further its interests in the region... Extremist groups that Pakistan has tolerated or supported in the past include...

"It comes as Counter Extremism Project chief executive Ambassador Mark Wallace said: 'These arrests demonstrate once again that ISIS remains a serious threat to the West. ISIS is not only trying to take advantage of Hamas’s war against Israel to...

"Kata’ib Hezbollah is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization and an Iranian-sponsored militia 'operating in Iraq with ancillary operations throughout Syria' that fought against U.S. and coalition forces during the Iraq War, according to the...

"Shortly before Christmas there are indications of a possible attack plan by an Islamist group, including on Cologne Cathedral . The police speak of a 'danger warning' and the officers have initiated extensive protective measures at Cologne Cathedral...