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April 11, 2023

"In 2022, Twitter found itself under pressure to cancel accounts linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At first it resisted, telling the Counter Extremism Project that @igrciran hadn’t violated its policies, even though it had tweeted a...

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April 9, 2023

"Separately, a recent report from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit NGO that monitors the flow of funds for terrorism and extremism, found that the illegal wildlife trade is experiencing a post-pandemic resurgence." [Translated from...

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April 8, 2023

"'The group’s ideology blends Islamism and Palestinian nationalism and seeks the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River...Hamas’s preferred methods include suicide bombings...

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April 7, 2023

"'The group’s ideology blends Islamism and Palestinian nationalism and seeks the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River...The group also receives financial and military support...

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April 7, 2023

"'The group’s ideology blends Islamism and Palestinian nationalism and seeks the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River...Hamas’s preferred methods include suicide bombings...

Extremism News Roundup

April 6, 2023

Eye on Extremism: April 6, 2023

“The Israeli Defense Forces launched an airstrike on a Hamas weapons facility on Wednesday, following a series of back-and-forth agitations between Israeli officials and Palestinians earlier in the day, officials said. ‘Fighter jets recently attacked...

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April 6, 2023

CEP Report Examines Ties Between Right-Wing Extremism And Organized Crime

Last month, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report authored by CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann along with 11 other researchers from CEP and other institutions in the U.S. and Europe exploring the connections between right-wing...

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April 6, 2023

CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann writes: "The investigators usually do not uncover the transnational right-wing extremist networks. Because instead of right-wing extremism, the focus is on financially motivated crimes. Drug trafficking instead...

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April 6, 2023

CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: Mapping Violent Right-Wing Extremist Groups – Who’s Who In Bulgaria And Hungary

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and GLOBSEC invite you to a webinar discussing violent right-wing extremist groups in Bulgaria and Hungary, including their financial networks.

Extremism News Roundup

April 5, 2023

Eye on Extremism: April 5, 2023

“A trial of senior figures of the terrorist group PKK accused of extortion, terrorist financing and terror propaganda began in Paris Tuesday. Nine among 11 suspects, who are Turkish citizens, appeared before the criminal court in the French capital...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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On September 15, 2019, a truck bomb exploded outside of the Al-Rai Hospital in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate, killing 12 civilians and injuring many more. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. 

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