Email from Counter Extremism Project (CEP) ISIS, al-Qaeda have evolved in last decade, still pose global threat, say analysts Eye on Extremism November 13, 2025   Top Stories New York Times: How France Remembers the November 2015 Terrorist Attacks in Paris France is making a significant effort to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks, which killed more than 130 people and injured more than 500. The coordinated shootings and suicide bombings by Islamic State extremists were the worst assaults in France’s post-World War II history and inflicted lasting damage on the nation. In recent weeks, there has been a flurry of books, shows, documentaries, exhibits and events tied to the assault. Paris is dotted with plain blue posters bearing the city’s motto — Latin for “She is rocked by the waves but does not sink” — which became an ode to resistance after Nov. 13. AFP: ISIS, al-Qaeda have evolved in last decade, still pose global threat, say analysts A decade on from deadly attacks in Paris, the world’s two most notorious jihadist groups, Islamic State and al-Qaeda, have significantly evolved, and their branches still pose a global security threat, especially from Africa, analysts say. With strong central leadership, the groups were once able to train and then send commandos into Europe to carry out attacks such as the November 13, 2015 strikes in Paris that left 130 people dead.   CEP's ARCHER at House 88 The Auschwitz Research Centre on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88 is sited at the former residence of Rudolf Höss, Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration and death camp from 1940-1944. We will transform it into a unique symbol of the fight against antisemitism, extremism, and terrorism. Follow ARCHER at House 88 on X, Facebook, and Instagram to stay updated on our progress.   CEP Mentions ADF: Terror Attacks Spread Across Sahel Nations Analysts with the Counter Extremism Project recently warned that a JNIM victory in Mali could make it the first country ruled by al-Qaida. Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, believes a JNIM victory could result in indirect rule instead. RTVE: Bataclan, Paris, November 13, 2015: the night that would change Europe forever "It confronted European officials with a new reality," comments Hans-Jakob Schindler, founder and current director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)—based in New York and Berlin—and former head of the UN Security Council's Sanctions Monitoring Team against the Islamic State (Daesh), Al Qaeda, and the Taliban. "They no longer only had to monitor terrorists leaving Europe to join the caliphate. Above all, they had to ensure that they did not return from Iraq or Syria and closely monitor their networks here, determined to attack on European soil." WELT: "The algorithms on social media are becoming increasingly aggressive." Islamist terrorist attacks are increasingly being carried out by lone perpetrators—radicalization is happening faster and faster and also affects minors. “We are in a very complex threat situation,” says terrorism expert [and CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler. NDR: Terrorism expert Schindler: IS continues to pose a threat in Europe The Middle East conflict has radicalized many people in Islamist and left-wing extremist circles, [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler said on NDR Info. ProSieben/Sat.1: Newstime 11 November 2025 CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed following the arrest of a right-wing extremist in Germany who allegedly planned to kill German politicians on the dark net. WDR Aktuell | 11.11.2025 | 21:45 CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the arrest of a right-wing extremist in Germany accused of planning to kill German politicians on the dark net. GIT Sicherheit: ASW North at the Weeze Training Base: Personal security, supply chains, terrorism prevention Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, renowned terrorism expert and Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, analyzed the current threat posed by international terrorism. In his keynote speech, he referred to nine attempted attacks in the recent past and identified three key challenges: First, the geopolitical situation, marked by conflicts such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as disinformation campaigns. Secondly, technological developments, with terrorists increasingly resorting to modern technologies and artificial intelligence – for example, to plan attacks or manufacture explosive devices. Thirdly, the legal situation, which, according to Schindler, needs to be fundamentally overhauled in order to effectively counter the current threats. Analysis Times of Israel: ISIS, al-Qaeda have evolved in last decade, still pose global threat, say analysts A decade on from deadly attacks in Paris, the world’s two most notorious jihadist groups, Islamic State and al-Qaeda, have significantly evolved, and their branches still pose a global security threat, especially from Africa, analysts say. With strong central leadership, the groups were once able to train and then send commandos into Europe to carry out attacks such as the November 13, 2015 strikes in Paris that left 130 people dead. But today, ISIS has lost the sanctuary it once enjoyed in Syria and Iraq. GNET: Echoes of Resistance: Mapping Geuzenbond and its Latest Plot in the Netherlands Bellingcat has described Geuzenbond as “a Dutch affiliate of the white supremacist Active Club movement.” Adherents of Geuzenbond share extremist views on racial supremacy, ethnonationalism, xenophobia, and Eurosceptic ideology, particularly geared towards energising youth. Therefore, this Insight maps Geuzenbond’s online activities, and youth radicalisation and recruitment through social media. This analysis aims to assess Geuzenbond’s growth pattern and offer P/CVE recommendations to security officials and social media companies, based on the Terrorist Threat Assessment (DTN) and its associated Threat Levels, which are published every six months by the NCTV. ICCT: Right- and Left-Wing Violent Extremist Abuse of Digital Technologies in the Global South The abuse of digital technologies by violent extremists is keeping pace with the exponential growth of new technologies and poses multifaceted challenges to national and global security. Cyber-enabled threats manifest in terrorist-operated websites, the shift by violent extremists to alternative or fringe social media platforms, their use of the decentralised web, and gaming and adjacent platforms, and the abuse of live-streaming technologies to maximise the impact of their attacks. In addition to these online activities, there is a threat of more disruptive or destructive cyber operations by extremist actors, such as Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks and the hacking of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, potentially resulting in civilian casualties. Jewish Insider: Elon Musk’s role in the rise of right-wing antisemitism So much of the conversation about the rise of right-wing antisemitism has been focused on the supply side of the equation — the growing number of online commentators and podcasters, led by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, who are mainlining anti-Jewish tropes, conspiracy theories and Holocaust revisionism to their sizable audiences. Less scrutinized is the demand-side part of the equation: Why are so many people in the independent podcasting ecosystem mimicking the same antisemitic arguments and hosting the same extremist guests? Is there really a significant audience for this nonsense? United States Washington Post: Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium On and off for over a decade, the Central Intelligence Agency conducted an audacious highly classified program to covertly manipulate Afghanistan’s lucrative poppy crop, blanketing Afghan farmers’ fields with specially modified seeds that germinated plants containing almost none of the chemicals that are refined into heroin, The Washington Post has learned. The covert program, which has not previously been disclosed, is an unreported chapter in the 2001-2021 U.S. war in Afghanistan and in the long checkered history of American efforts to combat narcotics globally, from Latin America to Asia. Times of Israel: Rubio says ‘there’s some concern’ West Bank violence could undermine Gaza ceasefire US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said “there’s some concern” about events in the West Bank undermining efforts to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza, in his first remarks on the latest spate of settler violence. “Certainly there’s some concern about events in the West Bank spilling over and creating an effect that could undermine what we’re doing in Gaza,” Rubio told reporters, before clarifying that he hopes the violence doesn’t undermine the ceasefire and does not expect it to, either. Rubio hailed the condemnations that were issued by President Isaac Herzog and senior commanders in the IDF against the settler violence, a day after dozens of Israelis launched a large-scale arson attack on Palestinians in the West Bank, targeting factories and farmland between the major cities of Nablus and Tulkarem. Jerusalem Post: Fundraiser raises thousands for student who harassed Jewish barstool founder Dave Portnoy Thousands of dollars were raised on Tuesday for the legal defense of the Mississippi student who allegedly hurled coins and antisemitic abuse at American businessman Dave Portnoy on Friday. Almost $29,000 was raised by 903 donors on GiveSendGo for Patrick McClintock, who was arrested by the Starkville Police Department on Monday for disturbing the peace. Fox 5 News: FBI: Baltimore County man extorted minors on Roblox for online extremist group ederal authorities allege that a Halethorpe man used the internet to extort minors playing on Roblox into performing sexual and violent acts as part of his involvement in an online “nihilistic violent extremist” group. The basis for the cyberstalking, online coercion and sexual exploitation charges against Erik Lee Madison, 20, are laid out in a disturbing, 49-page affidavit unsealed Friday in Maryland’s federal district court. An FBI agent concluded in it that Madison was behind a Roblox profile giving gruesome orders to minors he met online. The profile told minors to perform sex acts on camera, cut themselves and use their blood to write on a wall. It also ordered one teenager to kill her sister’s dog, but she refused to do so. The Independent: White supremacist guilty of killing so brutal that it was first reported as a bear attack A white supremacist has been found guilty of murder in a brutal killing at a southwestern Montana campsite last year, a crime initially reported as a possible bear attack. Prosecutors stated that Daren Christopher Abbey attacked Dustin Kjersem with a block of wood, an axe, and a screwdriver after they met at Mr Kjersem's campsite near Big Sky in October last year. Abbey later admitted to stealing Mr Kjersem's guns, cooler, mobile phones, and other belongings, and concealing evidence. New York Times: Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance Kevin D. Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation, a powerful think tank at the center of conservative politics. He makes more than $800,000 a year. He manages a budget of $100 million. He has a doctorate in history. Now, he is trying to escape a gaffe that could derail his career. So he is asking allies to believe something at odds with his sophisticated credentials: He erred out of ignorance, because he does not follow current events. KSRO: Neo-Nazi Leader Reported Back In Petaluma Area Jon Minadeo II, the controversial founder of the Goyim Defense League, is facing a federal lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. According to the Press Democrat, the suit accuses Minadeo and his associates of committing violent hate crimes, specifically citing an alleged assault on a biracial man during a neo-Nazi rally in Nashville, Tennessee, in July 2024. Minadeo, who has a history of promoting antisemitic propaganda, has recently resurfaced in the Petaluma area. Canada The J.: MMA Coaches And Gym Owners Identified Among Attendees At Secret Neo-Nazi Networking Event In B.C. An investigation into a private white nationalist networking event held in Vancouver this past July has identified several martial-arts coaches and gym owners among roughly 50 attendees. The gathering, promoted online as “Exiles of the Golden Age,” was advertised primarily in extremist online spaces and deliberately kept off the public calendar. Organizers instructed attendees on the meeting location only on the day of the event, before redirecting them to a secret venue. Promotional materials for the conference prominently featured neo-Nazi symbolism, including the sonnenrad and sun rune associated with Hitler’s regime, underscoring the event’s deeply rooted white supremacist and fascist ideology. Argentina Fox News: Argentina reveals secret WWII files on Hitler's henchmen who fled before, after the war Multiple documents featuring some of the worst Nazi war criminals were released and declassified earlier this year by Argentine President Javier Milei. The more than 1,850 documents comprise thousands of pages detailing the South American country’s efforts to track and verify the whereabouts of thousands of Nazis who fled Europe after World War II. Brazil Billboard: Ye Threatened With Arrest in Brazil If He ‘Promotes Nazism’ During Concert: Report Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) concert slated for Nov. 29 in São Paulo is in jeopardy. According to Metropoles, the São Paulo State Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPSP) has reportedly ordered that West be arrested if he makes any pro-Nazi remarks during the show or performs his controversial song “Heil Hitler.” Denmark Jerusalem Post: Swedes suspected of attacking Israeli embassies face terrorism charges in Denmark Two Swedish men who have been accused of shooting at the Israeli consulate in Sweden and throwing grenades at the Israeli embassy in Denmark are set to face terrorism charges at their trial, which began on Wednesday. The trial is taking place in Denmark. After an investigation, the Danish prosecution managed to link both attacks and ordered the extradition of the younger suspect, who was at that moment a minor living in Sweden. According to Danish media, the men,18 and 21 years old respectively, have been accused of attacking the Israeli embassy in October 2024. France Associated Press: 10 years after Bataclan massacre, Paris is still scarred by Islamic State attacks Sophie Dias fought tears outside the Stade de France on Thursday as she described her “void that never closes” since her father became the first person killed in France’s deadliest peacetime attack -- a night of terrorism a decade ago that still scars Paris and shapes the country. The coordinated assaults on Nov. 13, 2015 turned the French capital into a theater of blood and calamity: gunfire on café terraces, explosions at a stadium, a massacre at the Bataclan concert hall. Many in France and abroad have described the attacks as the country’s 9/11. France 24: How do ISIS recruiters target people they plan to radicalise? The deadly Paris attacks of November 13, 2015, led to a seachange in France’s counterterrorism strategy. A decade later, there is a larger focus on preventing radicalisation and the mechanisms behind it are better understood. FRANCE 24 Reporter Claire Paccalin talks about her France in Focus show: ‘France’s Fight Against Extremism’, and whether France is now better at preventing violent extremism. Germany Deutsche Welle: Suspected Hamas member arrested in Germany Federal police arrested a suspected Hamas member soon after his entry into Germany on the A17 autobahn near the Czech border, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Lebanese-born man is accused of procuring weapons that were supposed to be used for attacks on Israeli or Jewish sites in Germany and Europe, the federal prosecutor's office based in Karlsruhe said. The suspect, who was detained on Tuesday, was to be transported to Karlsruhe, where he would appear before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice, who would make a decision on investigative custody. BILD: Large-scale raid in 12 federal states against Islamist propaganda The investigations are primarily directed against young people and adolescents who receive and disseminate Islamist propaganda. Simultaneous searches were also carried out in Austria and Switzerland. The accused are charged with, among other things, disseminating propaganda for unconstitutional and terrorist organizations, publicly inciting criminal acts, and sedition. The crackdown on Islamist propaganda by TikTok preachers was made possible by monitoring Islamist posts on the internet, according to the BKA, for example on the basis of religious songs ("nashids") with criminal content. ARD: New AfD youth organization: New name, old networks However, according to research by WDR and NDR, the new AfD youth organization apparently wants to reconnect with the radical wing of the AfD at its founding meeting. Internal documents show that for the founding meeting in Giessen, where nearly 2,000 founding members are expected at the end of November, the AfD youth wing not only wants to invite right-wing conservative organizations to present themselves with stands, but also several organizations whose representatives are active in the far-right milieu. A total of 26 organizations, media outlets, associations, and influencers have been officially invited and can, if they wish, present themselves with information stands in the foyer of the event. Many of them are old acquaintances who have already attended previous events organized by the far-right JA. DPA: Germans divided on cooperation with far-right AfD, survey shows Germans are divided on whether other political parties should work with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a survey has found. The study by broadcaster ARD, released on Thursday, found that 40% of German voters believe parties should rule out any cooperation with the AfD, the country's largest opposition party. ZDF: The role played by the neo-Nazi scene in Dortmund Martin S., who has been arrested, is alleged to have kept a death list and planned attacks on politicians. Investigators are currently examining whether he comes from the right-wing extremist scene in Dortmund, a scene that has been considered a stronghold of the West German neo-Nazi scene for decades. The German domestic intelligence service had been monitoring the 49-year-old for some time because he became radicalized during the coronavirus pandemic, explains ZDF legal expert Sarah Tacke. According to Sundermeyer, Dortmund has been a central stage for neo-Nazis in western Germany for decades. Neo-Nazis have organized themselves into communities in the north and west of the city and repeatedly held marches. Ireland GCN: Hate crime coalition demands action against rising extremism in Ireland Following the arrests of men suspected of involvement with a violent far-right organisation, the Coalition Against Hate Crime has warned that Ireland is facing a growing and deeply concerning threat of hate-driven extremism, racism, intolerance, and harassment. Irish Examiner: Sinn Féin expels member after partner arrested as part of probe into far-right extremism A Sinn Féin party member has been expelled as her partner was arrested as part of an investigation into far-right extremism. The party confirmed the partner of a female member of the party had been arrested as part of a cross-border terrorism-related investigation. United Kingdom BBC: Former PC is barred after admitting pro-Nazi texts The dismissal of a former police officer for sending pro-Nazi text messages would have been "justifiable" had he not left the force, a misconduct panel has heard. Connor Rowley joked about rape victims and exchanged racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages over three years while working as a constable with Norfolk Police, the hearing learned. Daily Mail: Reform UK row after a party chairman shared Nazi image on social media and likened it to the Labour Government A row has erupted within Reform UK after a branch chairman shared a Nazi image on social media and likened it to the Labour Government. Steve Trumm made an 'offensive' post comparing the new digital ID scheme to Nazi Germany. Gaza Strip / West Bank Reuters: Hamas, Islamic Jihad announce hostage body handover The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said on Thursday they would hand over the body of a hostage at 8 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), though Israel said it had not received any official notification of a planned transfer. Islamic Jihad, which is allied with Hamas and also seized hostages during the October 7, 2023, attack that precipitated the Gaza war, said the body was recovered in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Long War Journal: Palestinian terrorists broke Gaza ceasefire 6 times from November 7 to 12, IDF says Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have violated the stipulations of phase one of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel on at least six occasions between November 7 and November 12, according to reports from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Since the ceasefire’s implementation on October 10, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have violated the deal 24 times in total, according to the IDF, with Hamas still required to return the bodies of four slain hostages that it holds. Times of Israel: IDF says it killed several gunmen on Israeli-held side of Gaza’s Yellow Line The Israeli military said it killed four terror operatives on the Israel-controlled side of the Yellow Line in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including several gunmen detected near troops. In one incident, the Israel Defense Forces said that troops operating in the Rafah area to demolish Hamas tunnels opened fire on four terror operatives who were spotted near them. Times of Israel: ‘Unjustifiable and intolerable’: IDF commander in West Bank condemns extremist settler attacks The commander of the IDF’s regional brigade in the northern West Bank, in a missive to troops, condemns the recent attacks carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians. “In recent times, we have witnessed a sharp and significant increase in the number and severity of nationalist violent incidents in the brigade’s sector and throughout Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] in general,” says Col. Ariel Gonen, commander of the Samaria Regional Brigade. Times of Israel: Settlers torch West Bank mosque, scrawl hateful messages after IDF leaders’ reproach Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight Wednesday, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a different attack by settlers against Palestinians. One wall and at least three copies of the Quran and some of the carpeting at the mosque in the Palestinian town of Deir Istiya had been torched when an AP reporter visited on Thursday. Jerusalem Post: IDF allegedly sent Gazans to explore Hamas terror tunnels, US-gathered intel suggests The United States allegedly gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials discussing how their soldiers had sent Palestinians into Hamas terror tunnels the Israelis suspected may have been lined with explosives, according to two former US officials familiar with the matter. Israel Jerusalem Post: Israel's Shin Bet thwarts imminent attacks from West Bank, 40 Bethlehem terrorists arrested The Shin Bet on Thursday announced an unusually large bust of around 40 Palestinian terrorists from Bethlehem in thwarting a series of imminent major terror attacks. According to the size of the multiple cells, the bust may be a strategic setback to Hamas and other terror groups, who may have been looking to significantly increase waves of terror from the West Bank, at a time when they are weaker in Gaza. The announcement also marked the first such publicly announced operation since David Zini took over running the agency on October 5. Jerusalem Post: Shin Bet foils ISIS-inspired terror plot by 18-year-old Israeli The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the police announced on Wednesday that they had uncovered and thwarted a security plot involving a young resident of the Sharon area. The suspect, 18 years old, was arrested about a month ago on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack inspired by ISIS. According to investigators, the suspect had allegedly made a decision to carry out a violent attack and, in the months leading up to his arrest, studied how to produce explosives and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Authorities also found evidence linking him to the possession of weapons. Jerusalem Post: Sirens sound in Gaza border region, IDF confirms false alarm Sirens sounded in the Gaza border region on Thursday for the first time since the US-backed Gaza ceasefire took effect. The sirens sounded in Sderot, Nir Am, Ibim, and Mefalsim. Residents of the region reportedly heard explosions from interceptions. Times of Israel: Mossad chief Barnea to step down next June; PM begins search for successor Mossad Director David Barnea will step down from his position in June 2026, Channel 12 reported Wednesday, citing a decision reached jointly by Barnea and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of their most recent meeting. According to the report on Wednesday, three candidates are currently being considered to succeed Barnea: Mossad’s current deputy chief, known only as “Alef”; a senior official referred to as “Chet,” who has held a central operational role in the agency for the past two years; and Netanyahu’s military secretary, Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman. Associated Press: Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end Israel’s president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of settler violence in the occupied territory. President Isaac Herzog described the attacks as “shocking and serious,” adding a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of the settler violence. Herzog’s position, while largely ceremonial, is meant to serve as a moral compass and unifying force for the country. Jewish Insider: Israel’s neighbors have banned the Muslim Brotherhood, but Israel hasn’t. Why not? While Congress is working on a bill to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in the U.S., and the Islamist group is banned from Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and beyond, the group’s status in Israel is much more complicated. The matter drew renewed attention this week after Mansour Abbas, the leader of the Ra’am party in the Knesset, an ideological offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, declined to call for the eradication of Hamas on Israeli radio. Lebanon Naharnet: Geagea accuses government of showing no determination to disarm Hezbollah Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has lamented that the Lebanese government has shown “no perseverance” and “no determination” to disarm Hezbollah. “There is no determination. There is no clearness, there is no perseverance. From time to time, there are some declarations, and everybody knows that these declarations are like empty declarations,” Geagea said in English in an interview with the UAE’s The National newspaper. Naharnet: Bassil says Hezbollah would disarm 'at will' when army is equipped to defend country Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil said Thursday that the army must be allowed and equipped to defend Lebanon against any aggression and that Hezbollah would then deliberately hand over its arms. Bassil accused the political authority in Lebanon of being powerless and taking orders from foreign countries, as Washington is pressing the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah. Syria Times of Israel: US envoy: Syria to help in fight against ISIS, Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah Syria will play an active role in assisting the United States in fighting armed groups, including Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hamas and Hezbollah, US special envoy Tom Barrack said on Thursday. Islamist interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, himself a former jihadist, became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House since his country’s independence in 1946. Shortly after his visit, the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group (ISIS) announced that Syria had become its 90th member. On Thursday, Barrack wrote on X that “Damascus will now actively assist us in confronting and dismantling the remnants of ISIS, the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), Hamas, Hizballah, and other terrorist networks.” Turkey Nordic Monitor: US flags Erdogan ally Turkish Hizbullah as terrorist group for immigration control In a discreet yet politically charged move, the US Department of State has flagged Turkish Hizbullah as a terrorist entity on its Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL), a mechanism that targets immigration, visa and entry controls. The designation effectively empowers US authorities to bar or deport any foreign national associated with the group, even though Turkish Hizbullah has not been listed under the broader and more public Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) framework. Turkish Hizbullah, not to be confused with its Lebanese namesake even though both are linked to Iran, emerged in the 1980s as a Sunni Kurdish Islamist group that waged a violent campaign of assassinations, kidnappings and brutal torture across Turkey’s southeast. Yemen The National: Houthis raid Red Cross offices in Sanaa for first time Yemen's Houthis have raided offices belonging to the International Committee for the Red Cross in Sanaa for the first time, keeping dozens of employees including foreign workers under siege during questioning, a source told The National. The source said armed men confiscated mobile phones and laptops, cutting off communications with staff at the office including the ICRC's head of mission Christine Cipolla. Hours later, the devices were returned and many of the workers released. It was not immediately clear whether any had been forcibly taken from the offices to Houthi-run locations. The source said the head of IT was held on Sunday for 24 hours before being released. Pakistan Reuters: Afghans carried out two suicide bombings in Pakistan, says minister Afghan nationals carried out two suicide bombings in Pakistan this week, including one in the capital Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday, amid sharpening tensions between the South Asian neighbours over militant violence. Both the bombers involved in the attacks have been identified as Afghans, he told parliament in a session carried live on television. "It is our major, serious concern," Naqvi said, adding that Pakistani authorities had time and again taken up the issue of security with the Afghan Taliban administration in Kabul. He blamed the Afghan Taliban for supporting Islamist militants who attack Pakistani forces. Mali Reuters: Jihadist takeover of Mali is far-fetched, foreign minister says Mali's foreign minister has dismissed as implausible the notion that jihadists could soon take the capital, in the first extensive government response to security fears that have spurred Western countries to urge their citizens to leave. The landlocked West African country is battling al Qaeda-linked jihadists who in September announced what they described as a fuel blockade that has led to long lines at petrol stations in the capital and temporarily forced schools to close. The latest show of force by the group, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has raised concern abroad that it might eventually try to impose its rule over the country. Sudan Jerusalem Post: Paramilitary force pushes east in new escalation of Sudan's war The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan's civil war is shifting its focus eastward after consolidating its grip over Darfur last month, reigniting violence and launching drone attacks across the country's oil-producing southern areas. Escalating drone strikes and new deployments of troops and weapons by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army suggest both sides are now centring their efforts on Kordofan, a region comprised of three states that serves as a buffer between the RSF's western Darfur strongholds and the army-held states in the east. Australia Jerusalem Post: Australia debates banning Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir over upcoming caliphate event An Australian organization dedicated to establishing a caliphate across the Muslim world is set to hold a conference in late November on encouraging Islam as an alternative global governance system, with Australian officials warning that the group presents a threat and should be banned. Hizb ut-Tahrir is set to hold its 2025 national conference in Bankstown on November 23, proposing that the "moral decay of the global order" exposed by the war in Gaza demanded a new system under Islam. Promotional materials repeatedly referred to societal crises and problems around the world, such as war, slavery, poverty, and corruption, and revolution, and assured that Islamic rule would bring about peace, prosperity, and purpose. 9 News: 'Nazi scum' chants greet white supremacist Thomas Sewell as he's released A chorus of "Nazi scum, off our streets" has been shouted by protesters as a white supremacist group leader walked from court after securing bail. Thomas Sewell, 32, was granted bail by a judge today after he was found not to be an unacceptable risk to endangering community safety and had presented compelling reasons to be freed. Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Should neo-Nazis be banned from protesting? How is it that a neo-Nazi rally targeting Jewish people was allowed to take place on the steps of the New South Wales parliament? Why is it that the same group of people, who want a 'white Australia', could be allowed to form a political party? Today, extremism expert Josh Roose explains the tactics neo-Nazi groups are using to skirt the law and continue to build their brand. Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Unmasking the men who attended a Neo-Nazi protest outside NSW parliament On Saturday, around 60 men dressed in black rallied at a protest organised by the Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network at NSW Parliament House, where a banner that read "Abolish the Jewish lobby" was displayed. Unusually, the men were unmasked, allowing journalists to identify them and discover details about their lives from social media. CEP Podcasts Unpacking the week's extremism-related anniversaries and news, as well as counter extremism developments and prospects. A deep dive into CEP's research and topics that are relevant to our mission, from our Berlin-based team.   The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a nonprofit and non-partisan international policy organization working to combat the growing threat posed by extremist ideologies. 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