"The report’s findings “demonstrate that, as expected, the Taliban leadership continues to be willing to protect not only the leadership of al Qaeda but also fighters, including foreign terrorist fighters from a long list of al Qaeda affiliates,”...

Eye on Extremism: March 22, 2024

“A suicide bombing outside a bank in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 20 people, including several members of the Taliban, according to hospital staff, in a bloody reminder of the terrorist threats that have persisted in the country...

CEP Launches New Series Detailing Raw Propaganda From ISIS And Al-Qaeda Affiliates In Afghanistan

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has launched a new weekly series, Afghanistan Content Report, that compiles the raw propaganda output of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates operating in Afghanistan, as well as content related to Afghanistan, collected...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for story: "Yemen's Houthi rebels have told China and Russia that their ships can pass through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea safely. The Houthis have been attacking vessels off the Yemeni...

Eye on Extremism: March 21, 2024

“A German federal court said Wednesday it had rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband enslaved when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to die of thirst in the sun...

CEP Report: Central Syria’s ISIS Insurgency In 2023

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released a report today detailing ISIS activity in central Syria in 2023 showing that ISIS attacks, high quality attacks, and civilian and military casualties rose dramatically last year—and were often more...

CEP Webinar: How the Houthis Target Women, Journalists and Religious Minorities | Ari Heistein

Ari Heistein Author of the CEP report series Yemen Specialist and Defense Technology Professional On March 20, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to present two new, in-depth reports concerning Houthi human rights abuses. The Houthis are currently claiming...

CEP Webinar: How the Houthis Target Women, Journalists and Religious Minorities | Amb. Fitton-Brown

Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) On March 20, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to present two new, in-depth reports concerning Houthi human rights abuses. The Houthis are currently claiming humanitarian motives, more...

CEP Webinar: How the Houthis Target Women, Journalists and Religious Minorities | Noura Al-Jarwi

Victim of Houthi Regime Providing Testimony : Nura al-Jarwi President, Association for the Protection of Violated Women and Survivors of Houthi Prisons On March 20, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to present two new, in-depth reports concerning Houthi...

Eye on Extremism: March 20, 2024

“Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen blew up a house Tuesday in a town southeast of the capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people from the same family, officials and residents said. This came a day after two Houthi fighters were killed in an...