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March 7, 2022

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacists Continue to Spread Propaganda and Seek to Gain Followers Through Rhetoric on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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. Extremist groups and individuals online continue to focus on the Russian...

Press Release

March 2, 2022

Ukraine, Russia May Attract Extremist Foreign Fighters

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked online activity from far-right white nationalists and neo-Nazi groups, supplementing the existing movement of extremists emboldened by Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP)...

Press Release

March 1, 2022

Tech & Terrorism: Taliban Minister Brags About Historic Number Of Suicide Attacks On Twitter

Last week, Taliban Acting Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi bragged about his group’s “historic” number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan over the past 20 years. Pro-Taliban accounts on...

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February 28, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Extremist Groups Spread Propaganda Regarding Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

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. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, various extremist groups and...

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February 24, 2022

Concern Mounting That U.S. Will Lift Terror Designation Against IRGC For Nuclear Deal

Speculation is increasing that the United States could agree to Iran’s demand to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations as a condition of a nuclear agreement. Senior officials in Israel...

Press Release

February 23, 2022

CEP Webinar: “The Fall-Out of Gendered Counterterrorism Approaches in Northeast Syria”

The ISIS attack on a prison in al-Hasakah, Syria, on January 20, and the ensuing battle left hundreds of ISIS suspects dead, escaped, or unaccounted for. While the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have regained control of the prison, many...

Press Release

February 22, 2022

Extremist Content Online: Hateful White Supremacist Propaganda Remains On YouTube

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. Over the past two weeks, white supremacists have uploaded a variety of...

Press Release

February 16, 2022

Turkey’s Extremist Ties Make It Fertile Ground To Plot, Direct Attacks

Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has become a haven for terrorist operatives. It maintains open relations with extremist groups and harbors internationally sanctioned and wanted extremists affiliated with the Taliban, the Muslim...

Press Release

February 9, 2022

Biden Administration Must Redesignate Houthis As A Foreign Terrorist Organization

Last February, the Biden Administration revoked the Trump-era designation in the hopes of reducing violence and easing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. However, since removing the Houthis from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)...

Press Release

February 7, 2022

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Supporters Spread Conspiracy Theories Online About Al-Quraishi’s Death

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, following the U.S. announcement that ISIS leader Amir...

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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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