CEP APPLAUDS U.S. DESIGNATION OF NORDIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AS A SPECIALLY DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released the following statement regarding today’s decision by the U.S. State Department to designate the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive...

Eye on Extremism: June 14, 2024

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Eye on Extremism: June 13, 2024

“US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Hamas that it is "time for the haggling to stop", after its leaders proposed "numerous changes" to a plan for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. He told reporters in Doha that some of the changes...

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"There have been a number of warnings from FBI director Chris Wray that the terrorism picture in the U.S. is worsening. The arrest of foreign nationals with alleged links to terror organizations here in the U.S. may prove his point. In this week’s...

Eye on Extremism: June 12, 2024

“Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. The suspects had been on the FBI’s...

"However, experts warn against taking this approach as an example: "The Taliban are always very willing to accept advance payments, but if they offer something in return, things get very complicated," Hans-Jakob Schindler from the International...

Eye on Extremism: June 11, 2024

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