Eye on Extremism: October 7, 2024

A new round of airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs late Sunday as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region. Palestinian officials said a strike on a mosque...

"Daniel Roth, Managing Director at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), stated that much of the underground system remains intact despite Israeli airstrikes and ongoing efforts to neutralise it. He told the Daily Express: 'Given that Hamas...

"'The intelligence community is vast, but so are the number of priorities assigned to its staff,' said Norman Roule, former national intelligence manager for Iran and senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project. 'Absent steady policymaker demand...

"Norman Roule, former national intelligence manager for Iran and senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, said, 'The intelligence community is vast, but so are the number of priorities assigned to its staff.' He added, 'Absent steady...

"Alexander Ritzmann, Senior Advisor at the Counter Extremism Project, cautions that Active Clubs are carefully presenting themselves as 'just another right-wing sports club' to evade detection by authorities."

Eye on Extremism: October 4, 2024

“Israel targeted Hezbollah’s likely successor to slain leader Hassan Nasrallah with heavy airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday, as it continues to try to dismantle the Lebanese militant group’s leadership structure. The attempt on Hashim...

"'Rightwing extremist propagandists have been looking for a Telegram alternative for several years,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, analyst at the Counter Extremism Project, who first alerted the Guardian to the SimpleX migration of far-right extremists....

“There is a lot of speculation, but hardly any precise information. Since October 7, Israel has been hunting Jihia Sinwar , one of the masterminds of the massacre that the terrorist organization carried out in Israel that day. More than 1,200 people...

"Edmund Fitton-Brown, senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project and the UK's former ambassador to Yemen, added to these concerns. He pointed to the Yemeni Houthi rebels, another arm of Iran's "axis of resistance", as a further threat to...

Eye on Extremism: October 3, 2024

“An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely...