On Sunday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States intends to designate the Houthis —officially known as Ansar Allah (Partisans of God)—as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...
The U.S. State Department is reportedly planning on designating the Yemen-based Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The renewed focus on designating the Iran-backed group follows a terrorism and intelligence review deliberated by the...
CEP Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown interviewed: "Bill, co-host Behnam, and long-time friend of the show Edmund Fitton-Brown preview and share insights from a project they’ve been working on concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran’s axis of resistance. They discuss Tehran’s extensive track record of not playing by the rules — and not paying a price for it — as well as the origins of conflict between Iran and the West from before the 1979 revolution to tapping their regional proxies on and after October 7, 2023 to target Israeli and American interests in the Middle East — and everything in between."
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace & CEP Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown write: "Washington's misplaced priorities in the Middle East over the last decade have left tens of millions exposed to the aggression of an Iranian-backed menace, the Houthis, who killed three civilian mariners this week in a missile strike on a cargo ship in the Red Sea. With Tehran's support, Houthi forces have launched near daily missile and drone attacks and committed acts of piracy and hostage taking since October that has disrupted the global economy and threatens wider war. It is critical that the U.S. move beyond the half-measures it has deployed, end the crisis, and restore stability."
CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown write: "Washington's misplaced priorities in the Middle East over the last decade have left tens of millions exposed to the aggression of an Iranian-backed menace, the Houthis, who killed three civilian mariners this week in a missile strike on a cargo ship in the Red Sea. With Tehran's support, Houthi forces have launched near daily missile and drone attacks and committed acts of piracy and hostage taking since October that has disrupted the global economy and threatens wider war. It is critical that the U.S. move beyond the half-measures it has deployed, end the crisis, and restore stability."
This CEP webinar examined two elements of the growing Houthi threat: defense procurement and terror finance. It also considered more broadly how the Houthis’ “quantum leap” in a single decade are a cautionary tale with respect to Tehran’s broader regional strategy for developing the Iran Threat Network (ITN).
Date: December 13, 2023
Presentation:
Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown
Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
This CEP webinar examined two elements of the growing Houthi threat: defense procurement and terror finance. It also considered more broadly how the Houthis’ “quantum leap” in a single decade are a cautionary tale with respect to Tehran’s broader regional strategy for developing the Iran Threat Network (ITN).
Date: December 13, 2023
Presentation:
Dr. Raz Zimmt
Research Fellow, Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
This CEP webinar examined two elements of the growing Houthi threat: defense procurement and terror finance. It also considered more broadly how the Houthis’ “quantum leap” in a single decade are a cautionary tale with respect to Tehran’s broader regional strategy for developing the Iran Threat Network (ITN).
Date: December 13, 2023
Presentation:
Ari Heistein
Author of the CEP report series
Yemen Specialist and Defense Technology Professional
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, to present new, in-depth CEP studies concerning Houthi military procurement and terror finance.
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "These proxies are the armed groups in the region sponsored by Iran, including the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Hezbollah has repeatedly launched rocket attacks on Israel but, so far, refrained from mounting a broader offensive. A large-scale Israeli ground offensive is still far from certain, Schindler said."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
In Their Own Words:
We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].
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