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Extremism News Roundup

January 3, 2025

Eye on Extremism: January 3, 2025

“Since their return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have steadily wound back women's rights week after week, gradually eroding their freedoms and dignity. On December 29, 2024, the Taliban's Economy Ministry announced that all non...

Extremism News Roundup

January 2, 2025

Eye on Extremism: January 2, 2025

“The Biden administration directed new airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on Tuesday, as the United States and its ally Israel struggle to halt a campaign of regional assaults by the Iranian-backed militant group. U.S. Central Command, which...

Extremism News Roundup

December 30, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 30, 2024

“Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting to leave, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday. Julien Harneis told U.N...

Extremism News Roundup

December 27, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 27, 2024

“A 28-year-old terrorist from Tulkarem in Samaria shouted “Allahu Akbar” and then stabbed and mortally wounded a woman near the nursing home where she lived on Kedoshi Hashoah Street in Herzliya on Friday morning. Magen David Adom emergency personnel...

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December 26, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 26, 2024

“A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack. The driver was arrested at the scene...

Extremism News Roundup

December 20, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 20, 2024

“A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United...

Extremism News Roundup

December 19, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 19, 2024

“While the international community is setting conditions for the new rulers in Syria, the leading rebel group has taken a conciliatory approach, similar to one the Taliban adopted in Afghanistan, to seek international recognition, say analysts. Ahmed...

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December 18, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 18, 2024

“The leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist rebel group that spearheaded the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime, said Tuesday that Syria’s rebel factions will be dissolved, with all fighters uniting under the country’s Defense Ministry...

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December 17, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 17, 2024

“Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the rebel coalition that swept into Damascus last week and ousted the Assad regime, urged the United States and other nations to remove sanctions imposed on the country, saying in an interview on Monday that all...

Extremism News Roundup

December 16, 2024

Eye on Extremism: December 16, 2024

“A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. With Assad gone, the militant group based in Lebanon is even weaker. Hezbollah...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

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. 

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