COUNTERPOINT BRIEF: RETALIATORY STRIKES LAUNCHED AGAINST HOUTHI TARGETS

(New York, N.Y.) — Yesterday, a U.S.-led coalition launched retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebel targets in Yemen in an effort to weaken the group’s ability to conduct its campaign against commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Together...

Eye on Extremism: January 12, 2024

“The U.S. military has unleashed large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets in Yemen following months of attacks by the Iranian-backed militants on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, a U.S. official said Thursday. The...

CEP Webinar: How the Houthis Control Telecommunications in Yemen | Ari Heistein

Presentation: Ari Heistein, Author of the CEP report series, Yemen Specialist and Defense Technology Professional On January 11, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to present a new, in-depth report concerning a major source of Houthi intelligence and revenue...

"Joshua Fisher-Birch, an analyst of the extreme right for the Counter Extremism Project, has kept tabs on rightwing extremists and their fascination with Ukraine. 'Chatter among the American online extreme right regarding travel to Ukraine to fight...

CEP Webinar: How the Houthis Control Telecommunications in Yemen | Edmund Fitton-Brown

Discussant: Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown, Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) On January 11, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to present a new, in-depth report concerning a major source of Houthi intelligence and revenue: telecommunications in...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in December 2023

Following is the December 2023 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2022 and 2021 can be found here and here. The...

Eye on Extremism: January 11, 2024

“The number of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. rose sharply in the three months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League, which tracked a total of 3,283 anti-Jewish incidents between Oct. 7 and...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Club of Angry Patriots- Part 1

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

"The Counter Extremism Project’s Riza Kumar warned: 'Wagner’s violent activities are increasing ammunition for violent extremist groups in their recruiting efforts across the Sahel. Whether or not Wagner establishes formal ties with Burkina Faso and...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "We have seen that Saudi Arabia in the last couple of months has voluntarily intercepted Houthi missiles flying to Israel. We have seen Saudi Arabia playing a fairly constructive role in trying to...