Eye on Extremism: September 13, 2023

“The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday slapped terrorism sanctions on a family network of seven individuals and businesses in Lebanon and South America accused of financing the militant group Hezbollah, including a Lebanese man who officials say was involved...

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Berlin- and New York-based Counter Extremism Project, doesn’t believe the ban is genuine, let alone long-term. He regards it as an attempt to maximize profits while lulling the international community...

Counter Extremism Project Applauds New Prevent Guidelines

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) applauds the major revisions to the UK government’s new guidance on the Prevent counter-extremism strategy, which recognises the timely recommendations of the independent Shawcross Review that reported earlier this...

CEP-PoE Webinar: Hiding In Plain Sight – The Transnational Right-Wing Extremist Active Club Network

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Program on Extremism (PoE) at George Washington University invite you to a webinar on Friday, September 22, 2023, focusing on the analysis of the potential threats affiliated with the largest transnational...

Eye on Extremism: September 12, 2023

“The State Department is working to repatriate a family of 10 American citizens stranded in Syria, where they are among the tens of thousands of people effectively imprisoned in desert camps and detention centers from the war against the Islamic...

Eye on Extremism: September 11, 2023

“A suspected drone strike in central Somalia killed five civilians and three al Shabaab militants, two local leaders said on Friday, after the fighters sought refuge in a house compound containing a family. Diverging accounts of the incident emerged...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Execution Footage Resurfaces On Meta Platform

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. Last week, CEP researchers identified ten accounts on Meta-owned...

CEP – KAS: Sahel Monitoring August 2023

This report focuses on operations throughout the Sahel in August 2023, which were claimed by al-Qaeda and ISIS propaganda outlets. In total, 57 different operations were claimed by these groups. One of the most important events in August was the...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in August 2023

​​​​​​​Following is the August 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...

Twenty-two Years After 9/11 Terror Attacks, Al-Qaeda Threat Remains

(New York, N.Y.) — Twenty-two years ago, al-Qaeda terrorists killed nearly 3,000 civilians and injured thousands more in the deadliest terror attacks in history, prompting the U.S. to shift its military and intelligence focus to disrupting and...