On Sunday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States intends to designate the Houthis—officially known as Ansar Allah (Partisans of God)—as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...
On January 18, 2020, ballistic missiles struck a mosque at the al-Estiqbal military camp in Marib, killing at least 116 people in what was reportedly one of the deadliest attacks in Yemen’s civil war. Although there was no immediate claim by the...
CEP released 10 new reports on extremism and counter-extremism efforts, expanding to 38 the number of countries profiled in conjunction with an interactive map tool that pinpoints the geographic scope and impact of extremist and terrorist groups.
CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown was interviewed on BBC News World Service's Newsday, discussed the Houthis in Yemen and a new report from CEP that discusses the group's security and intelligence service, as well as its humanitarian aid diversion.
CEP Non-Resident Fellow Ari Heistein made an appearance on “The WarCast” podcast from War On The Rocks to discuss recent events in Yemen.
CEP Non-Resident Fellow Ari Heistein writes: "It has been widely acknowledged that the Houthi attacks against Israel and international shipping that followed Hamas’s deadly October 7th attacks last year, were used to defuse a domestic crisis. Shortly before that terrible day, the Houthis were facing unprecedented opposition at home due to growing resentment over their misrule. That changed in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, and Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Since the Houthis started bombarding Israel and international shipping one year ago, the group has promoted massive public rallies in Yemen to celebrate its “resistance” throughout the territory under their control. It has been generally assumed that the Houthi offensive had redirected public anger, but recent public opinion polls tell a different story."
"Edmund Fitton-Brown, senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project and the UK's former ambassador to Yemen, added to these concerns.
He pointed to the Yemeni Houthi rebels, another arm of Iran's "axis of resistance", as a further threat to consider as the conflict in the Middle East potentially spreads.
Fitton-Brown noted the importance of both groups, but maintained Hezbollah as the more "crucial Iranian asset", adding the worrying warning that it cannot be stopped by Israel."
Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown
Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
On September 25, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to discuss the problem of aid diversion in Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia.
Speakers considers CEP’s previous report, “Houthi Diversion of Humanitarian Assistance in Yemen,” and how its analysis of aid delivery in Yemen compares with forthcoming reports of aid diversion in Afghanistan and Somalia. The discussion examines which actors in these countries are disrupting and diverting aid delivery, how they do so, and why the problem remains poorly documented.
Speakers consider what donor countries ought to do in order to address this ubiquitous and insidious problem, and what steps might be taken if the issues at hand cannot be resolved.
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a webinar on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, to discuss the problem of aid diversion in Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia.
CEP Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown interviewed: "A special meeting with the former British Ambassador to #Yemen , Edmund Fitton-Brown. The meeting includes many important points about the British and Western position in general on the #Houthi militia , and how the international community is dealing with the Yemeni crisis?"
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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