The Islamic State in Puntland, Somalia
Following a rare U.S. airstrike targeting ISIS in Puntland, Somalia in early February 2025, recent media reporting highlighted the role of ISIS in Puntland for the global operations of this terrorism network.
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The Houthi Torture Industrial Complex
Following U.S., UK, and Israeli strikes on Houthi assets in Yemen, an official Houthi Telegram channel announced the funerals of some of its military officers killed in the attacks. One of the names listed was Col. Majd al-Din al-Mortada. Al-Mortada...
CounterPoint Brief: The U.S.-Jordan Struggle to Extradite Hamas Member Ahlam al-Tamimi
President Trump and King Abdullah II of Jordan are set to meet this week, reigniting the issue of Hamas member Ahlam al-Tamimi’s extradition to the United States. Earlier this month, reports emerged in Arab media that Jordan had informed Hamas that...
ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency, Special Edition
ISIS carried out at least six confirmed attacks in November in the Homs, Hama, and Deir Ez Zor governorates, killing at least eight pro-regime soldiers and two civilians. There were also two high quality* attacks carried out during the month. ISIS...
CounterPoint Brief: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
On January 15, Hamas announced its agreement to a ceasefire with Israel to end the 15-month war in Gaza started by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror attack. The United States, Qatar, and Egypt brokered the multiphase agreement, which would see Israel...
Artificial Intelligence and Extremism: “Cybertruck Bomber”
The case involving Matthew Livelsberger, a former U.S. Army Green Beret, who used a Tesla Cybertruck to execute an explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, has brought broader public attention to the intersection of artificial...
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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