“Israel's prime minister says the top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed in a military operation in Gaza. Israeli officials said Sinwar's body was recovered, with DNA tests confirming his identity. Sinwar is considered the chief architect...

“He was the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip - and is now the head of the entire organization. Jihia Sinwar, the terror group announced this week on the short message service Telegram, has been appointed head of the political office. This means that...

"Sinwar's death is a "a major blow" to Hamas, said Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former senior United Nations counterterrorism official who currently serves as a senior adviser for the Counter Extremism Project."

Eye on Extremism: October 17, 2024

“Israeli airstrikes killed 11 Palestinians in Gaza City on Thursday, medics said, while Israeli forces sent tanks into Jabalia in the north, where Palestinians and United Nations officials expressed alarm over shortages of food and medicine...

"Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthis ... and all eyes on the skies over Iran. Catch Jonathan Schanzer’s discussion on the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Morning Brief w/ terrorism expert Edmund Fitton-Brown. We’ve got lots of ground to cover on Iran...

Eye on Extremism: October 16, 2024

“ISIS-K, the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, directed an Afghan man’s foiled U.S. Election Day terror plot, according to two senior U.S. officials briefed on the matter. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested by the FBI last week in Oklahoma and...

“Interview featuring CEP Senior Director, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on the topic of Counter Terrorism Financing”

Eye on Extremism: October 15, 2024

“Four Israeli soldiers were killed and dozens wounded in a drone attack by Hezbollah on a military base in central Israel, while at least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a packed tent encampment for displaced people in...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in September 2024

Following is the September 2024 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. All previous 2024 monthly installments can be found here, as well as a review of...

Eye on Extremism: October 14, 2024

“The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat...