Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
Press Releases
Press Release
August 5, 2024
CounterPoint Brief: Far-Right Riots in the United Kingdom
This past weekend saw a slew of violent protests erupting across the United Kingdom after a stabbing rampage at a children’s dance class in Southport left three children dead and several seriously injured.
Press Release
August 2, 2024
Ten Years on from the Yazidi Genocide: Victims of Kidnapping and Enslavement Still Await Justice
Tomorrow marks ten years since ISIS launched an assault on the Yazidi religious minority in the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq—the beginning of a sustained campaign of oppression and violence carried out by ISIS against the Yazidi community.
Press Release
CounterPoint Brief: Death of Hamas Commander Mohammed Deif
Today, nearly three weeks after an air-strike targeting senior Hamas leaders in the vicinity of Khan Younis, Gaza—and in the wake of a slew of assassinations and deaths of top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders including Ismail Haniyeh and Fuad Shukr—the...
Press Release
Juli 31, 2024
CEP Statement on Killing of Hamas Leader Haniyeh
Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend released the following statement regarding the death in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh:
Press Release
Juli 30, 2024
CounterPoint Brief: Implications of Hezbollah Attack on Majdal Shams
On July 27, Hezbollah fired a rocket from Lebanon that killed at least 12 and wounded more than 30 on a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in Israel’s Golan Heights. All the fatalities were between the ages of 10 and 20. Hezbollah...
Press Release
Juli 29, 2024
ICYMI: Counter Extremism Project President Frances Townsend Named To Independent Security Review Following Trump Assassination Attempt
(New York, N.Y.) – On July 21, CEP President and Former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend was named as part of a bipartisan panel of experts conducting a 45-day independent security review of the July 13 attempted assassination of...
Press Release
Juli 20, 2024
CEP BRIEF: ISRAEL RESPONDS TO HOUTHI DRONE STRIKE AGAINST TEL AVIV
Israel carried out airstrikes today against the Houthi-controlled Al-Hudaydah port in Yemen, which is used by the Iran-backed Houthis as an entry point for the smuggling of IRGC-supplied weapons. The airstrikes, which targeted gas and oil depots as...
Press Release
Juli 14, 2024
CEP STATEMENT FOLLOWING TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING
(New York, N.Y.) — Counter Extremism Project CEO Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement regarding the apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania yesterday evening: “I denounce this horrific...
Press Release
Juli 1, 2024
Extremist Content Online: Nordic Resistance Movement Telegram Channel Still Has Advertisements Enabled Following State Department SDGT Listing
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 found that the main Telegram channel used by the Nordic...
Press Release
Juni 17, 2024
COUNTERPOINT BRIEF: US DESIGNATES NORDIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AS SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
On Friday of last week the State Department announced its decision to designate the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Organization (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. The State Department has...
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