Competition among extremist groups defines Libya today. CEP profiles one of the most powerful, Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL), the union of two smaller groups that took part in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans...
The February beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by ISIS-alligned extremists in Libya grabbed international headlines, as did the reality that ISIS’s influence had spread far beyond Syria and Iraq. Since the beginning of 2015, forces loyal to...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.
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