"'The threat for the United States and Europe emanating from West Africa, including Mali, is currently growing. Although it is correct to argue that both ISIS and al-Qaeda are basing their local influence and social support on already existing local...

Eye on Extremism: September 8, 2023

“An operation waged by the Somali National Army [SNA] has left three Al-Shabaab militants dead in Somalia, state media confirmed, following the commencement of the follow-up military exercises in central regions where President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud...

"There are also regional monitoring sites that are often quite accurate, such as the Rojava Information Centre in northeast Syria, the Counter Extremism Project in central Syria, and conflict tracking projects from Bellingcat and the Centre for...

Eye on Extremism: September 7, 2023

“A man with ties to a far-right extremist group advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for his role in a plot to firebomb a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas in 2020...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "This is an attempt to get a hold of this instrument of Russian aggression, that's what Wagner really is. As you know the U.S. government quite awhile ago already designated Wagner a global...

CEP report republished: "The following is the July 2023 instalment of “Afghanistan Terrorism Report.” The authors provide a monthly analysis concerning the developing terrorist threat in Afghanistan as well as a comprehensive overview of that month’s...

Extremist Content Online: Christchurch Manifesto Translated Into 41 Languages With Use Of Google Technology

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence.

Eye on Extremism: September 6, 2023

“Seventeen soldiers and 36 volunteer fighters have been killed in heavy clashes with militants in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday, the worst attack in months in the West African country that for years has been overrun by hardline...

Eye on Extremism: September 5, 2023

“Al-Qaida-linked militants attacked an army position in northwest Syria on Friday, killing at least nine government soldiers and wounding others, opposition activists said. There was no immediate word from the government. The Britain-based Syrian...

[Translated from Finnish] "Researcher Sofia Koller has followed and analyzed dozens of trials of ISIS women held in Germany and France. He works at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) research institute 'Cooking and housework are not illegal...