The Global Jihad

Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 23 – March 1, 2023)

ISIS activity around the world moderately increased this week. In Syria: Ten civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded in the explosion of two mines in the Syrian Desert. In Afghanistan: Two ISIS operatives, one of them a senior Khorasan Province operative, were killed and another was detained in a counterterrorism operation. In Burkina Faso: ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on the army of Burkina Faso that took place last week, saying that about 70 soldiers were killed.: The ISIS-affiliated Al-Battar media foundation calls for attacks against Christians in Western countries against the background of the burning of the Quran in Sweden.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 16-22, 2023)

This week saw a moderate increase in ISIS activity around the world. The center of activity was in Syria, ISIS operatives continued to attack civilians in the desert region. Close to 100 people were killed in recent attacks. In Iraq Twelve ISIS operatives were killed in a counterterrorism operation by the Iraqi Air Force on the outskirts of Baghdad. Taliban Special Forces operated against an ISIS hideout in Kabul. UN experts estimate that the successor of Ayman al-Zawahiri in the leadership of Al-Qaeda is Saif al-Adel, who guided some of the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 9-15, 2023)

This week, there was a moderate increase in ISIS’s activity around the world. The centers of ISIS activity were Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mozambique., Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov warned that the threat posed by ISIS remains high, especially in Africa. The editorial of ISIS’s Al-Naba weekly claimed that the earthquake is a message of warning and intimidation from Allah to the Muslims so that they strengthen their faith. In a video by Al-Zawahiri on the issue of “Palestine” he calls on Muslims around the world to help the Palestinians “liberate Palestine.”
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 2-8, 2023)

This week, the relatively low level of ISIS activity around the world continued. Turkey arrested a squad of ISIS operatives who planned to carry out attacks against the Swedish and Dutch consulates and against Jewish and Christian targets in Istanbul, In Syria The US-led Global Coalition to fight ISIS, in collaboration with the Kurdish SDF forces, arrested 210 ISIS operatives in Al-Raqqah and Al-Tabqa In Africa: a summit conference was held in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to coordinate activities against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab. The editorial of ISIS’s Al-Naba weekly called on the organization’s operatives and supporters to kill Jews around the world. At the same time, ISIS continues its campaign calling for the killing of Christians around the world, especially in Europe.
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ISIS calls for attacking Jews around the world

ISIS’s weekly Al-Naba, in its editorial, calls on the organization’s operatives and supporters to carry out terrorist attacks against Jews around the world, especially in Israel and Europe.The article, replete with virulent anti-Semitism, demonizes the Jews and claims that there is an eternal conflict between Muslims and Jews that will continue until the Day of Judgment. Therefore, Muslims must stay away from Jews, fight them, and carry out attacks against them.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 26 – February 1, 2023)

This week, the relatively low level of ISIS activity around the world continued. The Somali government’s activity against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab continues to bear fruit. The editorial of ISIS’s Al-Naba weekly emphasizes the commitment of ISIS’s operatives to continue jihad until the conquest of Mecca, Rome and Jerusalem. An infographic published in the weekly makes threats against the Jews and Christians. ISIS calls for attacking Christians following the provocative burning of a Quran by a Danish-Swedish politician.
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