ISIS

Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 22-28, 2022)

The Israeli security forces exposed details on the perpetrator of the double bombing attack which was carried out in Jerusalem. The terrorist was inspired by ISIS’s ideology but acted alone. This week, there was an increase in ISIS activity around the world. The organization’s activity focused on Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Nigeria. In Iraq The Iraqi army sustained fatalities in ISIS attacks in the provinces of Kirkuk and Erbil. In Syria a failed attempt was made by ISIS to break into a prison in Al-Raqqah. Read more...

Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 8-14, 2022)

This week, there was a moderate increase in ISIS activity around the world. The most prominent incident was an attack on a hotel in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, where Chinese citizens were staying. About 20 people were wounded. In Syria ISIS increased its scope of activity against the Kurdish SDF forces. In Sinai The Egyptian army increased security measures along the Suez Canal for fear of ISIS attacks . Read more...

Spotlight on Global Jihad (December 1-7, 2022)

ISIS operatives around the world published their pledges of allegiance to the organization’s new leader. As in recent weeks, ISIS’s relatively moderate activity continued around the world. The hotspots of activity were Afghanistan, Syria, Nigeria and Mozambique. Fighting continued between the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab and the Somali army. Read more...

ISIS has officially announced the death of the organization’s leader and the appointment of a new leader

On November 30, 2022, ISIS’s Al-Furqan Media Foundation published an audiotape of the organization's spokesman, in which he announces the death of Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the organization's leader, and the appointment of Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi as the new leader. In the spokesman's statement, no details were provided regarding the identity of the two leaders and the circumstances of the former leader's death. The United States Army Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that Al-Qurashi was killed in mid-October 2022 as part of a military operation conducted by the Free Syrian Army. Al-Qurashi's killing was a blow to the organization, which experienced a particularly difficult year during which it was forced to reduce the scope of its activities. In the ITIC's assessment, in the wake of the leader’s death, ISIS will strive to escalate its attacks but it is possible that due to its weakness, the intensity of the escalation will be less than before. Read more...

Spotlight on Global Jihad (November 24-30, 2022)

As in recent weeks, this week as well, ISIS’s activity throughout the world remained moderate. Prominent attacks took place in the Sinai Peninsula, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. The Somali government recorded achievements in fighting against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab Organization. ISIS issued hostile messages against the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, calling on its operatives to drive away the polytheists, Jews, and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula An element affiliated with ISIS disseminated a video on social media calling for attacks on Christmas against the “enemies of Muslims” throughout the world. Read more...

Hostile references by ISIS and Al-Qaeda to the FIFA World Cup games in Qatar

Official media channels of ISIS and Al-Qaeda show a hostile attitude towards the FIFA World Cup games Al-Naba, ISIS’s official weekly, called to act according to the recommendation of the Prophet of Islam Muhammad and to remove the polytheists, Jews, and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Qaeda called on Muslims to boycott the event because it promotes obscenity and homosexuality in the Arabian Peninsula and warned Muslims not to watch it, attend it or promote it. Read more...

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ISIS

ISIS is a relatively new Salafist-jihadi Islamic terrorist organization. ISIS is part of a radical Islamist movement that was established around a decade ago as a branch of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. During the course of the fighting against the United States, ISIS established itself in the Sunni areas of western Iraq. During the civil war in Syria, ISIS expanded to Syrian territory as well. In June 2014, ISIS recorded impressive achievements, culminating in the takeover of the city of Mosul, Iraq, the takeover of Al-Raqqah in Syria, and the announcement of the establishment of the Caliphate State (the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria).

ISIS has branches (provinces) in the Sinai Peninsula, Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, West Africa and elsewhere. These branches are inspired by ISIS. ISIS carries out terrorist attacks against the forces fighting against it, as well as terrorist attacks outside Syria and Iraq. In addition to fighting against its many enemies in Iraq and Syria, ISIS carries out terrorist attacks abroad, either directly by its operatives, or by instigating its supporters to carry out terrorist attacks in the countries where they live (“ISIS-inspired attacks”). ISIS has carried out several noteworthy attacks in cities in Western Europe, Turkey, the Sinai Peninsula, and Russia. In September 2014, the United States announced the establishment of a coalition for the war against ISIS. The US-led Coalition forces assist the Iraqi army and local forces in Syria through air support, sending experts, and providing weapons and training. In the wake of the war against ISIS, the organization has begun to lose its bases in Syria and Iraq, including the large cities of Mosul and Al-Raqqah.

ISIS places considerable emphasis on propaganda and has established extensive and professional media outlets that use Western tools and images to disseminate its messages. ISIS’s messages are disseminated around the world, trying to offer new meaning to isolated, alienated young Muslims.