ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2023

Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa...

Extremist Content Online: Christchurch Attack Footage, Including AI-Generated Content, Circulated On Twitter/X

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 located and reported 24 Twitter/X posts...

Eye on Extremism: November 13, 2023

“The European Union on Sunday condemned Hamas for using "hospitals and civilians as human shields" in Gaza, while also urging Israel to show "maximum restraint" to protect civilians. Hospitals in the north of the Palestinian enclave are blockaded by...

"How does the radical Islamic Hamas get money? The terrorist group's global corporate holdings alone are said to be worth at least $500 million, according to an estimate by the US Treasury Department. Extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the...

Eye on Extremism: November 10, 2023

“In Kibbutz Eilon, an Israeli cooperative a mile south of Lebanon, the avocado and banana farming families have been replaced by an infantry company specialized in mortars and anti-tank support. The boom of howitzers punctuates the soft air. There is...

CEP CALLS ON U.S. LAW FIRMS TO CEASE WORK WITH QATAR UNTIL HAMAS LEADERSHIP IS REMANDED

Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend call on all legal firms representing Qatar, including particularly those that have taken strong public stances in support...

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a research analyst with the Counter Extremism Project, said people should not be quick to blame far-left groups for the letters just because of the symbols included. In fact, he said the opposite could be true. 'While this...

"Pro-IS groups have also been active in this time, praising the savage Hamas attacks and calling for action on European soil. On October 22, the pro-IS Tala’a al-Ansar Foundation released a video celebrating the Brussels shooting and urged its...

Eye on Extremism: November 9, 2023

“For the second time in nearly two weeks, the United States carried out airstrikes against a facility used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its proxies in eastern Syria early Thursday, ratcheting up retaliation for a steady stream of...

"'Hamas' aim is to produce horrific images of dead Palestinian civilians and thereby drag Iran and its proxies into the conflict,' Hans-Jakob Schindler, of the International NGO Counter Extremism Project, recently told DW."