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...
On January 18, 2020, ballistic missiles struck a mosque at the al-Estiqbal military camp in Marib, killing at least 116 people in what was reportedly one of the deadliest attacks in Yemen’s civil war. Although there was no immediate claim by the...
CEP released 10 new reports on extremism and counter-extremism efforts, expanding to 38 the number of countries profiled in conjunction with an interactive map tool that pinpoints the geographic scope and impact of extremist and terrorist groups.
Last week, Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen targeted a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, days after Houthi rockets previously targeted the Jeddah facility and other locations in Saudi Arabia. While the attacks have caused...
Last February, the Biden Administration revoked the Trump-era designation in the hopes of reducing violence and easing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. However, since removing the Houthis from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)...
On Sunday, Houthi rebels in Yemen fired ballistic missiles into the strategically important city of Marib, killing two children and wounding more than 30 people. The attack is a continuation of the Houthis’ months-long assault on Marib, the last...
Attacks on Saudi Arabian critical infrastructure and civilians in the region are increasing in frequency as the United States reduces its support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed responsibility for a wave of...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On September 15, 2019, a truck bomb exploded outside of the Al-Rai Hospital in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate, killing 12 civilians and injuring many more. There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
Today, Anjem Choudary & co-defendant Khaled Hussein appeared via video link for a preliminary hearing. Plea hearing… https://t.co/v424ivNqKh
RT @CEPinEurope: Early this year, @FightExtremism Strategic Advisor @LiamSD12 hosted a webinar to discuss the legacy of the fatwa, its wide…
#ISIS said that its leader was killed during "direct clashes" with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Idlib province in… https://t.co/0yzf4KREJ1
#ISIS confirmed yesterday that its little-known top leader had been killed, the third time in less than two years t… https://t.co/mzP4N5l8Ek
"Controlling the risk of terrorism is a dynamic process but it has to survive off the page to be any use." A critiq… https://t.co/HadLKh39yG
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