Eye on Extremism: June 12, 2025
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Reuters: US to pull some personnel from the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday U.S. personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place," adding that the United States would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday that the U.S. is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and will allow military dependents to leave locations around the Middle East due to heightened security risks in the region, according to U.S. and Iraqi sources.
Reuters: Islamic State reactivating fighters, eying comeback in Syria and Iraq
Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, where the extremist group once imposed a reign of terror over millions. Islamic State (IS) has been attempting just that, according to more than 20 sources, including security and political officials from Syria, Iraq, the U.S. and Europe, as well as diplomats in the region. The group has started reactivating fighters in both countries, identifying targets, distributing weapons and stepping up recruitment and propaganda efforts, the sources said.
CEP Mentions
Reflections: Auschwitz Concentration Camp: The 80th Anniversary
Mark Wallace, a lawyer and a former US diplomat who also happened to be the Chief Executive of the Counter Extremism Project said, "This house has been closed for 80 years. It was out of reach to the victims and their families. Finally, we can open it to honor survivors and show that this place of incredible evil is now open to all." According to Wallace, the plan was set by the Project to turn the house and its adjacent property into "Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalisation." This center would work to spread the solemn pledge "Never Again ", taken in those historical days, and initiate activities to keep the pledge alive among the people of the present time.
Analysis
Newsweek: The Growing Threat of Political Violence From the Left
While right-wing extremism is regularly dissected and denounced in mainstream media, conservatives have long complained that political violence from the left regularly receives less scrutiny—or is reframed entirely to dismiss the perpetrators' progressive views. This perceived imbalance has fueled a growing belief, often discussed on conservative subreddits, in right-leaning Substacks, and on X, that left-wing violence is minimized or rationalized, while right-wing violence is amplified and condemned. The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a nonpartisan organization that studies the spread of hate, manipulation, and extremism across digital platforms, has raised these concerns recently. Based at Rutgers University, the group uses machine learning and data analytics to identify emerging threats and ideological patterns online.
New York Times: Suggesting More Troops in More Cities, Trump Bends Military’s Role
Since taking office in January, Mr. Trump has, step by step, expanded domestic use of the military, testing the legal and political limits on involving troops trained to fight foreign wars in roles traditionally carried out by the local police or Border Patrol. There are now more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than serving in Syria and Iraq, a fact the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, promoted on social media on Wednesday. The goal, said some former military officials and experts on civilian-military relations, may be to get Americans used to seeing troops in the streets of major cities, opening the door for Mr. Trump to use his powers as commander in chief more aggressively to quell unrest and dissent.
United States
Reuters: US preparing to partially evacuate Iraq embassy over regional security risks, sources say
The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and will allow military dependents to leave locations around the Middle East due to heightened security risks in the region, U.S. and Iraqi sources said on Wednesday. The four U.S. and two Iraqi sources did not specify which security risks had prompted the decision and reports of the potential evacuation pushed up oil prices by more than 4%. "The State Department regularly reviews American personnel abroad and this decision was made as a result of a recent review," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told Reuters when asked about reports of the partial evacuations, without giving further details. A White House official said U.S. President Donald Trump was aware of the move.
“America’s Jewish community is under attack, and we need to take decisive action to save lives and mitigate the escalating threats,” intelligence expert Kerry Sleeper testified to the US House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on Wednesday. “The threat of targeted violence being faced by the Jewish-Israeli community is complex and continues to evolve; this threat will likely persist for at least the next decade,” he said. Sleeper, who is the Deputy Director of Intelligence at Secure Community Network (SCN), urged the subcommittee to develop a task force to protect the Jewish community from threats in light of the recent attacks on Jews in the US and the threats to national security. He also thanked the subcommittee for “recognizing the urgency of this issue and for taking action to make both the Jewish community and our nation more secure.”
The director of a new organization founded to advance the priorities of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has extensively promoted the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a famous antisemitic forgery. Leland Lehrman, who last month was named executive director of the MAHA Institute, also believes Israel may have been behind the 9/11 terror attacks, and has inveighed against “high-level Jewish Illuminists, or Lucifer worshipers.”
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Federal judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be released by Friday on $1 bond
A federal judge has decreed that Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University protest leader, cannot be detained or deported and set the stage for him to go free as early as Friday. Khalil was the first leader of last year’s pro-Palestinian student protests to be arrested under the Trump administration’s push to deport non-citizens who they said fueled antisemitism on campuses.
NBC News: Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say
The leftist networks tend to be different from right-wing groups in that they are typically decentralized with no leadership structures. But they can be highly adept at using social media, and some have been working hard to amplify and celebrate the acts of violent protesters in Los Angeles.
WABE: Georgia AG threatens domestic terrorism charges as protests against Trump's policies spread
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is threatening domestic terrorism charges for anyone who incites violence during this weekend’s planned protests against the Trump administration. But, it’s not the first time domestic terrorism charges have been brought against protesters in the state. Carr’s warning follows days of largely peaceful demonstrations in Los Angeles over immigration raids. On Tuesday night, a similar protest on Buford Highway ended with tear gas, smashed police cars and at least six arrests.
More than a dozen people representing various organizations, interfaith communities and law enforcement gathered to speak out against antisemitism at a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Sea View on Wednesday.
Colombia
Bloomberg: Bomb Blasts, Assassination Plot Plunge Colombia Back Into Terror
A wave of terror attacks across Colombia is stirring fears of regression to the dark days of the 1990s, when cocaine cartels and guerrillas made the Andean nation the most violent on Earth. Kidnappings for ransom have more than doubled so far this year, killings of members of the armed forces have increased by 195%, and drug-trafficking groups once confined to remote mountains and jungles are infiltrating formerly safe areas, shaking down business owners and spreading fear.
Finland
Helsinki Times: Neo-Nazis exposed by support cards at far-right summer event in Ruovesi
Dozens of individuals connected to neo-Nazi groups were inadvertently identified after signing political support cards for the Sinimusta liike party during a secretive far-right event in Ruovesi in June 2024. The White Boy Summer Fest, reported by Bellingcat in 2023, took place between 14–15 June at a campsite owned by Ruovesi municipality. At the same time, activists from Sinimusta liike collected support signatures in the area for the party’s registration effort. The dates and locations of these signatures coincide with the event, strongly suggesting that attendees of the festival signed the forms.
France
Reuters: France has no reason to change diplomatic staffing in Middle East, foreign ministry says
France has no reason to change its diplomatic personnel staffing in the Middle East at this stage, a French foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. "There is no reason that would justify a change in our diplomatic personnel at the moment, but we are following the situation closely," the spokesperson told reporters.
Politico: French drivers sue Tesla over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics
A coalition of 10 Tesla owners in France is suing the American electric vehicle company over CEO Elon Musk's former role in the White House and support of the far right in Europe. "They don't want to be associated anymore with Tesla or personified by Elon Musk and his recent political stances," said Ivan Terel, a partner for GKA, a Paris law firm representing the owners.
The Jewish Observatory of France (OJF) announced it is requesting the dissolution of Samidoun France following the pro-Palestine group's reenactment of the Hamas massacre in Brussels last weekend. René Levy, the president of OJF, stated on Thursday that his organization is requesting the French Interior Minister administratively dissolve Samidoun France, pursuant to Article L212-1 of the Internal Security Code.
Germany
WELT: Ex-ISIS Germany leader fails with lawsuit against deportation
He was considered the German head of the "Islamic State" terrorist group: Abu Walaa, who was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison as an IS terrorist, has lost the case against his deportation from Germany. The Düsseldorf Administrative Court rejected the 41-year-old's appeal. He can still apply for permission to appeal. According to the judge, the interest in deportation was outweighed by compelling reasons of national security. A credible renunciation of his former stance as an IS terrorist and deradicalization were not discernible. There was a risk of recidivism. The interests of his seven children had to take second place. A decision on his deportation must be made in separate proceedings. At present, this would probably fail due to Iraq's lack of diplomatic commitment not to execute the 41-year-old. In addition, a decision still has to be made on Abu Walaa's application for asylum, who still has to serve his sentence until May 2027.
ARD: Charges against left-wing extremists - The end of the "Hammerbande"?
It was the end of an escape that lasted more than four years. That was how long Johann G., nicknamed "Gucci", probably Germany's most wanted left-wing extremist, successfully hid from the target investigators of the Saxon State Criminal Police Office. In November 2024, the investigators finally caught him on a regional train between Jena and Weimar, and the Federal Public Prosecutor General has now brought charges against Johann G. and six other left-wing extremists before the Dresden Higher Regional Court. They are suspected of being members of a left-wing extremist criminal organization, causing grievous bodily harm, damage to property and forgery of documents. Three defendants, including Johann G., are also accused of attempted murder.
RND: AfD ban will not be an official topic at the Conference of Interior Ministers
A possible AfD ban procedure will not be an official topic at the conference of federal and state interior ministers in Bremerhaven, which begins on Wednesday. RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) learned this from security circles. "There is no proposal on this," they said. "Because the issue is still in the opinion-forming phase. And the CDU/CSU is massively opposed to a ban procedure." A ban is only discussed in the unofficial section, the so-called "Kamin". The AfD is defending itself against the classification with an urgent application. The domestic intelligence service has therefore put it on hold until a decision is made by the competent administrative court in Cologne and continues to list the AfD only as a so-called suspected case.
Poland
Reuters: Poland charges three men with planning school attack inspired by Norway's Breivik
Poland has charged three 19-year-old men suspected of gathering pyrotechnic materials and planning terrorist actions, including an attack on a school inspired by mass-killers such as Norwegian Anders Breivik, the interior ministry said on Thursday. "It appears that they were fascinated by the ideology that spreads terrorism, by these serial killers who, as in the case of Norway, killed several dozen people," ministry spokesman Jacek Dobrzynski told reporters.
Sweden
Politico: Sweden leads EU push to sanction far-right Israeli ministers
The European Union should follow in the footsteps of the United Kingdom and other Western allies by issuing sanctions against far-right members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet, Sweden’s foreign minister told POLITICO. Brussels has so far stopped short of echoing sanctions recently announced by the U.K., Canada and Australia, which target Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich — accusing both of inciting extremist violence and abuses of Palestinian human rights.
United Kingdom
Reuters: Disorder breaks out in Northern Ireland for third straight night
Public disorder broke out in different parts of Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday, as rioters attacked police with petrol bombs in the main flashpoint of Ballymena and a fire was started at a leisure centre in the town of Larne. Hundreds of masked rioters injured police and set homes and cars on fire in the town of Ballymena, 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Belfast, during the previous two nights in what police condemned as "racist thuggery." Riot police and armoured vans blocked roads in Ballymena on Wednesday evening as a crowd of hundreds watched on. About two dozen masked youths threw some rocks, fireworks and petrol bombs at police, a Reuters witness said.Police warned the crowd to disperse immediately and deployed water cannon against them for the second successive night.
Reuters: UK is monitoring Middle East situation, no update on staffing - PM's spokesperson
Britain is monitoring the situation in the Middle East but has no update on staffing in the region, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday after the United States announced it was moving some personnel due to security concerns. "The safety of our staff is clearly our top priority so we are monitoring the situation closely but I don't have an update ... in terms of any partial evacuation or otherwise of our own embassies," the spokesperson told reporters.
The Jewish Chronicle: Charity Commission launches probe into British charity working with Hamas
The Charity Commission has opened a review into a UK registered charity that says it has worked with a Hamas-run government ministry to distribute cash in Gaza, the JC can reveal. London-based Save One Life UK – whose head of communications and trustee also works at UCL in diversity and inclusion – is being investigated by the commission over the charity's cash distribution programme in Gaza.
Afghanistan
Amu: Taliban leader bans use of camera phones by members: Sources
The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has issued a directive prohibiting members of the Taliban from using mobile phones equipped with cameras, according to sources familiar with the matter. The order was delivered during Eid al-Adha meetings with Taliban provincial governors and their senior officials, said sources.
Amu: Taliban’s mandatory dress code ‘forces’ some students out of school
The new Taliban-imposed dress code in schools that mandates traditional clothing, including turbans, long shirts, and trousers has discouraged many from continuing their education, students said. The policy requires all male pupils and teachers to wear white shalwar kameez, turbans, or caps. Some students who attempted to resist the mandate said they were warned by school administrators and eventually barred from attending classes.
Egypt
Reuters: Egypt deports dozens planning pro-Palestinian march, organisers say
Egyptian authorities have deported dozens of foreign nationals who arrived in Egypt to take part in a pro-Palestinian march and dozens more face deportation, the organisers and airport and security sources said on Thursday. Hundreds of people came to Egypt this week for the Global March to Gaza, an international initiative intended to exert pressure for an end to an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian enclave and draw attention to the humanitarian crisis there.
Gaza Strip
The new head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Az al-Din Haddad, keeps an extremely low profile, speaks Hebrew and carries photos of Israeli hostages on his cellphone, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. According to the report, which cited Arab and Israeli officials, as well as a former hostage who met him while in captivity, Haddad helped plan the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and saw 251 abducted as hostages to Gaza, triggering the ongoing war with Israel.
New York Times: Gaza Aid Group Says Hamas Attacked Its Palestinian Workers
An aid group in Gaza backed by Israel and the United States said that on Wednesday night a bus carrying some of its Palestinian workers was attacked by Hamas, leaving at least five people dead and others injured. At the time of the attack, the bus was carrying about two dozen of the group’s workers and was en route to an aid distribution site in southern Gaza, according to a statement from the group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Some of the workers “may have been taken hostage,” it said, adding that it was still gathering information.
Washington Post: Family pleads for the release of a Nepali student abducted by Hamas
The family of a Nepali man taken captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas appealed Thursday to his captors for his release, stressing that he has no involvement in the conflict in Gaza. Bipin Joshi, now 25, was among 17 Nepali students studying agriculture in southern Israel during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack that ignited the war in Gaza.
France 24: Israel says Hamas 'weaponising suffering in Gaza' as aid workers killed
Israel charged Thursday that Hamas was "weaponising suffering in Gaza" after a US and Israeli-backed charity accused the Palestinian militant group of killing eight of its aid workers in the territory.
Lebanon
Naharnet: Report: Araghchi told Qassem to show leniency, even on arms
In his latest meeting with Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi relayed a message from Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei that “Hezbollah should observe vigilance and caution and adapt to the new situation in the region,” sources close to Hezbollah said. Araghchi also told Qassem that Hezbollah’s “religious duty” at the moment is to “protect itself until the situations change,” advising the group’s leadership to “soften its rhetoric and seek rapprochement with the Lebanese state during this period,” the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted the sources as saying.
Naharnet: Le Drian meets Hezbollah's Raad, both support UNIFIL mandate renewal
French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian met Wednesday with Hezbollah lawmaker Mohammad Raad in Haret Hreik. Le Drian also met on Tuesday and Wednesday with President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil, Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel, and former PSP leader Walid Jumblat.
Iran
The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year. Iran reacted immediately, saying it will establish a new enrichment facility “in a secure location” and that “other measures are also being planned.”
Iran announced that it successfully test-fired an advanced missile equipped with a two-ton warhead, significantly ratcheting up its war machine amid nuclear negotiations with the United States and threats of attacks on U.S. military installations. Iran hailed the missile test as "a new achievement in its military capabilities" as part of the country’s "broader efforts to enhance its military readiness and defense power amid ongoing regional tensions." The test comes alongside U.S. preparations to evacuate embassy compounds in Iraq and other locations following Iranian threats.
Jerusalem Post: US, Iran not likely to hold sixth round of nuclear talks, source tells 'Post'
There is "definitely a chance" that a sixth round of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran will not take place, a source familiar with the details told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to vote on a draft resolution stating that Iran has not provided answers and is violating commitments regarding the nuclear agreement on Thursday. Iran has threatened to respond if the resolution is passed. Western intelligence officials believe Tehran is using the time afforded by ongoing negotiations to make alterations to its nuclear sites that would reduce the effectiveness of any future military strike. This past spring, Iran released multiple videos of underground “missile cities” and other military sites that could be used instead of ones that are currently aboveground.
Reuters: Iran will not compromise on right to enrichment, says official
Iran will not abandon its right to uranium enrichment because of mounting frictions in the region, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday, adding that a "friendly" regional country had alerted Tehran over a potential military strike by Israel. The official said the tensions were intended to "influence Tehran to change its position about its nuclear rights" during talks with the United States on Sunday in Oman.
Iraq
Kurdistan24: A Source to Kurdistan 24: Evacuation Has Begun at US Embassy in Baghdad.
The United States has begun formal preparations to partially evacuate its embassy in Baghdad due to heightened regional threats, a source inside the American mission confirmed to Kurdistan24 on Thursday. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that embassy staff had already begun transferring sensitive documents, equipment, and logistical supplies out of the compound. As of this morning, June 12, local Iraqi employees were instructed not to report for work until further notice.
Israel
US officials believe Israel is ready to carry out an attack on Iran and could launch military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming days, reports suggested early Thursday, even as high-level talks aimed at a diplomatic deal over Tehran’s nuclear activity remained on track for Sunday. The reports, from US networks NBC and CBS, that Israel was moving toward a long-threatened military strike came hours after the US announced it would evacuate some personnel from the region amid fears they could be targeted by Iran in reprisal actions.
Times of Israel: US rabbi and Trump-linked pastor visit Syria, say peace with Israel possible
Peace between Syria and Israel is “very possible,” a Trump-linked evangelical Christian pastor said after he and a pro-Israel American rabbi held talks this week with Syria’s Islamist leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the presidential palace in Damascus. Rev. Johnnie Moore, a White House adviser during US President Donald Trump’s first term, and Rabbi Abraham Cooper, from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, have promoted interfaith dialogue in Arab states for years. The two men met Sharaa late on Monday during a visit to Syria that they said was not aimed at discussing potential ties with Israel, though the topic came up.
Reuters: United Nations to vote to demand immediate Gaza ceasefire over US, Israel opposition
The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza after the United States vetoed a similar effort in the Security Council last week. The 193-member General Assembly is likely to adopt the text with overwhelming support, diplomats say, despite Israel lobbying countries this week against taking part in what it called a "politically-motivated, counter-productive charade."
Reuters: Israel set to deport eight activists, including French MEP, over Gaza boat
Eight pro-Palestinian activists including a French member of the European Parliament will soon be forcibly deported from Israel, three days after the Israeli navy prevented them from sailing into Gaza, their legal advisers said on Thursday. Four other members of the 12-strong crew aboard the charity vessel, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, agreed to leave Israel voluntarily on Tuesday, hours after the navy had brought them ashore.
Times of Israel: Bodies of Yair Yaakov, second slain hostage recovered by IDF from Khan Younis
The bodies of two slain Israeli hostages who Hamas-led terrorists abducted on October 7, 2023, were recovered by troops from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the military said in a statement. One of the hostages, Yair Yaakov, was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz and murdered by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists during the onslaught, the military said. The second hostage, whose name was set to be permitted for publication at a later time, was also abducted from Nir Oz and murdered during the onslaught. His family was notified that the body had been recovered.
Security officers from the southern border village of Shlomit rushed to assist the nearby Moshav Pri Gan as 10 Hamas terrorists on five motorcycles infiltrated the area from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. Pri Gan’s civil defense squad, which comprised just two members that morning, was ineffective in responding to the Hamas attack, according to an Israel Defense Forces probe published Thursday.
Jerusalem Post: WATCH: IDF kills three terrorists responsible for anti-tank missile attack
The IDF killed three terrorists on Wednesday who were responsible for firing an anti-tank missile towards soldiers who were operating in the Gaza Strip, the military announced the next day. Two soldiers were moderately wounded by the missile fired by the terrorist cell.
Syria
Reuters: Israeli military says it arrested Hamas members in Syria
Israeli troops entered southwestern Syria in the early hours of Thursday and arrested several people who the Israeli military said were members of Palestinian militant group Hamas but which Syria's interior ministry said were civilians. The arrests in the town of Beit Jinn, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) southwest of the capital Damascus, are part of a resurgence in Israeli military operations in southern Syria after weeks of relative quiet.
Turkey
EU Balkan News: Turkish Far-Right Leader Umit Ozdag on Trial for Inciting Hatred
A prominent Turkish far-right politician, Umit Ozdag, leader of the Victory Party, has gone on trial facing charges of inciting public hatred and hostility. The case has drawn significant attention, with critics suggesting it is a politically motivated attempt to silence opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Ozdag, a vocal critic of Turkey’s refugee policies, could face up to four years in prison if convicted.
Kenya
Reuters: Vehicles ablaze in Nairobi as Kenya protests escalate
Protests in the Kenyan capital Nairobi intensified on Thursday, with vehicles set ablaze and police firing teargas to disperse crowds angered by the death in custody of a political blogger last week, Reuters TV footage showed. The death of 31-year-old Albert Ojwang, who blogged on political and social issues, is the latest case to throw a spotlight on the country's security services, who have been accused of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances for years.
Mali
Associated Press: Mali’s government adopts bill granting junta leader 5 more years in power
Mali’s Council of Ministers on Wednesday adopted a controversial bill granting the head of the military junta an additional five years in power. Gen. Assimi Goita has led the West African nation since orchestrating two coups in 2020 and 2021. The move follows the military regime’s dissolution of political parties in May.
Sudan
Associated Press: Sudan’s paramilitaries seize a key area along with the border with Libya and Egypt
Sudanese paramilitaries at war with the country’s military for over two years claimed to have seized a strategic area along the border with neighboring Libya and Egypt. The Rapid Support Forces said in a statement Wednesday that they captured the triangular zone, fortifying their presence along Sudan’ s already volatile border with chaos-stricken Libya.
Technology
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