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Extremism News Roundup

June 9, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 9, 2023

“U.S. officials tasked with tracking Islamic State are seeing worrisome signs that the terror group’s core leadership is strengthening control over its global network of affiliates despite a series of key losses. Specifically, the United States is...

Extremism News Roundup

June 8, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 8, 2023

“U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014, and are advancing work on the militant group’s gender-based violence...

Extremism News Roundup

June 7, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 7, 2023

“Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria's Lake Chad, demanding ransom for their release, fishermen and the head of an anti-jihadist militia told AFP Tuesday. The militants in eight boats stormed the...

Extremism News Roundup

June 6, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 6, 2023

“The acting governor of an Afghan province was killed by a suicide bomber Tuesday, officials said, months after the region's police chief was killed in a similar attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Security has improved dramatically since the...

Extremism News Roundup

June 5, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 5, 2023

“The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in northwest Pakistan that left two soldiers and two militants dead. The army said in a statement that militants opened fire on a security checkpoint Saturday evening in the Jani Khel area...

Extremism News Roundup

June 2, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 2, 2023

“IDF troops arrested over a dozen Palestinian terror suspects and uncovered two weapons caches during raids across the West Bank, the army said Tuesday morning. A total of 19 Palestinian suspects were arrested, including five men described as Hamas...

Extremism News Roundup

June 1, 2023

Eye on Extremism: June 1, 2023

“Islamic state on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a security post in northern Cameroon, the group said in a statement on telegram. Two customs officers, a policeman and a civilian, were killed in the attack that took place on...

Extremism News Roundup

May 31, 2023

Eye on Extremism: May 31, 2023

“Heavy fighting has been reported in central Somalia after al-Shabab militants stormed a government military camp in the town of Masagaway on Tuesday, the second attack in days. Security sources who are following the situation say deadly fighting...

Extremism News Roundup

May 30, 2023

Eye on Extremism: May 30, 2023

“The United States conducted an airstrike that destroyed stolen Al-Shabaab weapons and equipment in Somalia near an African Union military base that was attacked by the group, officials reported Saturday. The base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometers (75...

Extremism News Roundup

May 26, 2023

Eye on Extremism: May 26, 2023

“The US Air Force general who once led the air war against ISIS is set to become the Pentagon's top officer. Gen Charles Brown, 60, commanded air operations against ISIS in 2015 as a US-led coalition of dozens of countries sought to push the...

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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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