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Mai 7, 2024

Eye on Extremism: May 7, 2024

“Global shipping lines have become increasingly strained as the Houthi militia in Yemen broadens its attacks on cargo vessels, one of the largest companies in the industry warned on Monday. “The risk zone has expanded,” Maersk, the second-largest...

CounterPoint Blog

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Wagner Group – Part 2

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

Press Release

Mai 7, 2024

Extremist Content Online: Main Telegram Channel For French Active Club Allegedly Making Money From Telegram Ads

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers identified an advertisement on the...

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Press Release

Mai 6, 2024

CEP ENDORSES IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM

Today, in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel (Yom HaShoah), the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), including more than one dozen signatories from CEP’s board of global leaders and experts, is officially endorsing the International...

Extremism News Roundup

Mai 6, 2024

Eye on Extremism: May 6, 2024

“The U.S. has asked the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to expel Hamas’s political leadership if the group doesn’t agree to a Gaza cease-fire deal in high-stakes talks under way in Cairo, an official from the region said. Qatar, which has hosted the...

Extremism News Roundup

Mai 3, 2024

Eye on Extremism: May 3, 2024

“A new United Nations report suggested Thursday that the hardline Taliban government in Afghanistan has eased its drive to enforce an Islamic dress code or hijab on women. However, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, noted in its...

CounterPoint Blog

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in April 2024

Following is the April 2024 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. All previous 2024 monthly installments can be found here, as well as a review of...

Extremism News Roundup

Mai 2, 2024

Eye on Extremism: May 2, 2024

“A humanitarian crisis is worsening in northeastern Mali where armed groups linked to Islamic State have besieged major towns leaving residents including some 80,000 children vulnerable to malnutrition, locals and an aid group warned Wednesday. The...

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CounterPoint Blog

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Wagner Group – Part 1

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

Extremism News Roundup

Mai 1, 2024

Eye on Extremism: May 1, 2024

“The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting this week targeting members of the country’s minority Shiite community inside a mosque in western Afghanistan that killed six people. The militant group said in a statement...

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