ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in October 2023

Following is the October 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in October in the Homs, Hama, Raqqa...

Extremist Content Online: Christchurch Attack Footage, Including AI-Generated Content, Circulated On Twitter/X

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located and reported 24 Twitter/X posts...

"How does the radical Islamic Hamas get money? The terrorist group's global corporate holdings alone are said to be worth at least $500 million, according to an estimate by the US Treasury Department. Extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the...

CEP CALLS ON U.S. LAW FIRMS TO CEASE WORK WITH QATAR UNTIL HAMAS LEADERSHIP IS REMANDED

Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend call on all legal firms representing Qatar, including particularly those that have taken strong public stances in support...

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a research analyst with the Counter Extremism Project, said people should not be quick to blame far-left groups for the letters just because of the symbols included. In fact, he said the opposite could be true. 'While this...

"Pro-IS groups have also been active in this time, praising the savage Hamas attacks and calling for action on European soil. On October 22, the pro-IS Tala’a al-Ansar Foundation released a video celebrating the Brussels shooting and urged its...

"'Hamas' aim is to produce horrific images of dead Palestinian civilians and thereby drag Iran and its proxies into the conflict,' Hans-Jakob Schindler, of the International NGO Counter Extremism Project, recently told DW."

"Palestinian civilians are cowering on the border with Egypt, fearing for their lives, while Hamas is hiding in its tunnels under the Gaza Strip - at least its military wing. The terrorist group's political arm is doing even better: Hamas's...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler said: "Hamas over the years has made sure that it has several overlapping income streams, so that if you pressure one of them, it can substitute it with others. So the biggest pots really are, until about...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on NewsNation

On November 8, 2023, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler appeared on NewsNation's Dan Abrams Live for segment, "Where’s The Outrage?? Hamas Leaders Live In Luxury As Civilians Suffer". "Hamas over the years has made sure that it has several...