On June 25, Iraqi forces arrested 14 militants belonging to the Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) in an anti-terrorism raid ordered by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. The KH members were allegedly planning an attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone, which...
CEP released updated resources on two of the most powerful Iraqi Shiite militias, Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) and Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), trained and supported by Iran, that are fighting with Hezbollah for the Assad regime in Syria. On December 13, 2016...
CEP is releasing updated resources on three of the most powerful Iraqi Shiite militias, as the groups become more heavily involved in the fight to drive ISIS from Sunni dominated towns surrounding Mosul. Human Rights Watch has documented atrocities...
On Sunday, armed drones attacked the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in a failed assassination attempt. There were no claims of responsibility, but Iraqi security officials identified Iran as the source of the drones while some...
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.
