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Extremism News Roundup

July 13, 2023

Eye on Extremism: July 13, 2023

“At least 50 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in a fresh* operation at Weelmarow village in Lower Jubba, state media reported, in the latest crackdown targeting the group which has been wreaking havoc in the country for the last 16 years. The...

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July 12, 2023

Eye on Extremism: July 12, 2023

“A German court convicted a Syrian man Tuesday of torturing captives while he was a member of the Islamic State group in Syria. The Berlin regional court found Raed E. guilty of war crimes, membership of a foreign terrorist organization and other...

Extremism News Roundup

July 11, 2023

Eye on Extremism: July 11, 2023

“A roadside bombing blamed on the jihadist group Al-Shabab killed eight members of an extended family in central Somalia, a local mayor said on Monday. The blast occurred late Sunday near a village outside Buloburde, which lies about 220 kilometers...

Extremism News Roundup

July 10, 2023

Eye on Extremism: July 10, 2023

“Ten al-Shabaab members were killed by airstrikes conducted by US Africa Command in Somalia in the overnight hours of Saturday, the Defense Department announced. ‘At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted...

Extremism News Roundup

July 7, 2023

Eye on Extremism: July 7, 2023

“In a rare move, the spokesman for the military wing of Hamas said Thursday that the terror group was directly responsible for a recent string of deadly attacks in Israel and the West Bank. In a statement on Telegram, Abu Obaida said the terror...

Extremism News Roundup

July 6, 2023

Eye on Extremism: July 6, 2023

“France has returned 35 people — 10 women and 25 minors — from a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to Islamic State extremists. Al-Hol Camp — named after a town near the Iraqi border — holds about 51,000 people...

Extremism News Roundup

June 30, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 30, 2023

“The Uganda People's Defense Forces [UPDF] is preparing for the final assault on the Al-Shabaab across Somalia, despite immense setbacks the troops suffered during the Bulo Marer ambush, which left over 54 combat soldiers dead according to official...

Extremism News Roundup

June 29, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 29, 2023

“Pakistani soldiers have killed a member of ISIS in the rugged, semi-mountainous borderland between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It comes as five security forces were killed in clashes with Tehreek-ei-Taliban-e-Pakistan the local branch of the movement...

Extremism News Roundup

June 28, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 28, 2023

“Thousands of men who worked as intelligence operatives under former president Omar al-Bashir and have ties to his Islamist movement are fighting alongside the army in Sudan's war, three military sources and one intelligence source said, complicating...

Extremism News Roundup

June 27, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 27, 2023

“Over a thousand Afghan civilians have been killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according to a report by the UN's mission to Afghanistan released on Tuesday. Between August 15, 2021 and...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.  

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