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October 9, 2023

“…These so-called “Active Clubs” are now recruiting across the United States, according to Alexander Ritzmann, a Berlin-based senior adviser who co-authored the report “Hiding in Plain Sight–The Transnational Right-Wing Extremist Active Club Network...

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October 10, 2023

"The decision for Hamas to take at least 100 Israeli hostages, Sir Ivor Roberts states would have 'carefully planned' by Deif 'with the aim of securing the release of thousands of Palestinians'. The adviser to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) said...

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October 9, 2023

"Josh Lipowsky, research analyst for the Counter Extremism Project, told the Washington Examiner that much of what Hamas posts on the platform is available on its website but that when its website is down, it provides it the ability to continue its...

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October 7, 2023

"By August, research conducted by Alexander Ritzmann for the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a nonprofit that tracks extremist groups, found that there were 46 clubs operating in 34 different states—a 50 percent increase in the number of clubs and a...

Press Release

October 7, 2023

Hamas Launches Thousands Of Rockets And Infiltrates Israel

(New York, N.Y.) — Today, in a still developing operation , the U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Hamas launched thousands of rockets from Gaza and sent fighters into Israel, infiltrating multiple communities on vehicles. Press reports...

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October 7, 2023

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "As the scale and barbarity of the Hamas terrorist assault on Israel begins to unfold, to no-one’s surprise Iran has leant its formal support to the insurgents. While thousands of rockets rain down on Israeli...

Press Release

October 6, 2023

CEP Resources On PKK: Bombing In Turkish Capital Sparks Retaliatory Response Against Terror Group Strongholds In Iraq

Last week, attackers linked to U.S.-designated terror organization the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) detonated a bomb outside the Turkish Interior Ministry buildings in Ankara, leaving one dead and two others wounded. This was the first direct...

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October 4, 2023

"Security officials from around the world are meeting in Luanda, Angola, to address deep concerns about growing terrorism in Africa. On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler...

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October 3, 2023

CEP Releases Agenda For Alternative Pathways Conference

Earlier today, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released the agenda for its October 12, 2023 Alternative Pathways Conference in Washington, DC. Registration is open to attend in-person or virtually. The program will focus on trauma and violence in...

CounterPoint Blog

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in September 2023

Following is the September 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2022 and 2021 can be found here and here . The...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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