Eye on Extremism: August 20, 2025

A massacre of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spotlighted the growing threat of extremist groups operating across Central Africa. While such massacres are not new, extremist groups - some affiliated with ISIS - have been...

Eye on Extremism: August 19, 2025

Islamic State-backed rebels armed with machetes and hoes have killed at least 52 civilians in the Beni and Lubero areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, UN and local officials said. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels...

Eye on Extremism: August 18, 2025

The life-threatening knife attack on a caregiver in a Paderborn youth psychiatric clinic happened during the brief absence of a guard. The attack by the 13-year-old teenager was carried out as a guard was leaving the kitchen, the Paderborn public...

In July 2025, the Counter Extremism Project , together with the Auschwitz Research Center, organized a webinar entitled: "Are we back in the 1990s? New neo-Nazi youth groups in Germany and Poland ." Experts highlighted the emergence of neo-Nazi youth...

An essay written by CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy, part of a series of essays on defending free speech commissioned by Robin Simcox, the former Commissioner for Countering Extremism. This essay examines how the counter-extremism sector has...

Extremist Content Online: New ISIS Propaganda Video Found on Multiple Websites, Active Clubs Promote Recent Events and Outreach

(New York, N.Y.) — 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, ISIS released a new propaganda video from the group’s...

Eye on Extremism: August 15, 2025

Hezbollah raised the spectre of civil war on Friday with a warning there would be "no life" in Lebanon if the government sought to confront or eliminate the Iran-backed group. The government wants to control arms in line with a U.S.-backed plan...

Eye on Extremism: August 14, 2025

The Yemeni National Resistance, the main military faction fighting against the Houthis, seized 750 tons of weapons smuggled to the terror group by Iran, including chemical weapons, Sky News Arabia reported on Monday. The operation revealed that both...

State Response Is Backfiring in Burkina Faso, Creating Space for Terror Groups to Thrive—New Report

A new report from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) assesses Burkina Faso’s status as the deadliest country in the world for terrorist violence—and outlines how the state’s response is making matters worse. The failure to contain these terror...

Eye on Extremism: August 13, 2025

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to name Hamas on the UN's blacklist in his annual report on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), an advanced draft copy of the report, as it was distributed to members of the Security Council and seen...