Al-Qaeda

Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024

CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown Testifies Before the UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee

On January 16, 2024, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown was a witness before a UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry on "The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy." The following video features Edmund's responses to questions from Members of Parliament regarding topics ranging from U.K. and U.S. policy, the status of ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Houthis, Iran, relations with Gulf states, and terrorism and organized crime.

December 22, 2023 Pieter Van Ostaeyen

CEP – KAS: Sahel Monitoring November 2023

The twelfth monthly report monitoring the online propaganda activities of al-Qaeda and Islamic State branches throughout the Sahel will focus on the output of these groups in November 2023. Last month again witnessed over 80 claimed attacks. In...

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"According to Counter Extremism Project, given the Sahel’s importance in expanding al-Qaeda’s current operations, it is suspected by regional scholars that Ghali may now be within al-Qaeda’s 'senior leadership.'"

Date
December 15, 2023
Article Source
https://northafricapost.com/73789-sahels-al-qaeda-branch-leader-vows-to-start-n…
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Sahel region
Al-Qaeda
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Al-Qaeda
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November 27, 2023 Pieter Van Ostaeyen

CEP – KAS: Sahel Monitoring October 2023

The eleventh monthly report monitoring the activities of al-Qaeda and Islamic State branches throughout the Sahel will focus on the propaganda output of these groups in October 2023.

October 23, 2023 Pieter Van Ostaeyen

CEP – KAS: Sahel Monitoring September 2023

This tenth monthly report monitoring activities of al-Qaeda and Islamic State branches throughout the Sahel will focus on the propaganda output of these groups in September 2023.

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"Security officials from around the world are meeting in Luanda, Angola, to address deep concerns about growing terrorism in Africa.

On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, is warning that what’s brewing inside Africa is trouble for the U.S."

Date
October 4, 2023
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https://wtop.com/j-j-green-national/2023/10/the-hunt-coastal-terrorism-expansio…
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Africa
West Africa
East Africa
al-shabaab
Al-Qaeda
ISIS
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Al-Qaeda
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September 11, 2023 Pieter Van Ostaeyen

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.

August 28, 2023 Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Joshua Fisher-Birch

Afghanistan Terrorism Report: July 2023

Following is the July 2023 installment 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 al-Qaeda and ISIS-K...