The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.)
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EXCLUSIVE: Poster Released By Pro-ISIS Outlet Threatens Barcelona Cathedral
On June 12, 2019, the pro-ISIS Muntasir Media released a new poster threatening the famous La Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain.
Platforms: Telegram, Twitter.
On June 13, 2019, a pro-Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Telegram channel shared posters urging Muslims to donate to the "Wage Jihad With Your Money" fundraising campaign to support the jihad in the rebel-held areas in northern Syria.
On June 14, 2019, Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a statement claiming that one of its fighters had blown up a vehicle belonging to the UAE-backed the Security Belt forces with an IED in the Al-Mahfad area of Abyan, Yemen.
On June 12, 2019, UAE-based Orient News published an exclusive interview with Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani.
ISIS Claims Attack On French, Kurdish Peshmerga Forces In Kirkuk, Iraq
On June 10, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS), via its official A'maq news agency, claimed responsibility for an IED attack on a vehicle carrying French and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the district of Kifri in Kirkuk, Iraq, saying the attack wounded two.
In an "exclusive" report in the June 13, 2019 issue of its Al-Naba' weekly, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the May 19 prison riot in Vakhdat, Tajikistan.
Poster By Pro-ISIS Media Group Encourages Lone Wolf Attacks In U.S., Britain, Europe
On June 1, 2019, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Al-'Adiyat Foundation released a poster encouraging lone wolf attacks in the U.S., Great Britain, and Europe, in retaliation for the international coalition's campaign against ISIS.
On June 11, 2019, the pro-Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Telegram channel published an account of a "martyr" ("The German"), who fled to Germany from Syria as a refugee and later returned to Syria to join the jihad.
Pro-ISIS Media Outlet Eulogizes Nigerian Fighter
On June 9, 2019, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Al-Muhajireen Foundation group published a eulogy for Abu Fatima Al-Ifriqi, a Nigerian who was a teacher for ISIS in Syria. Al-Ifriqi, whose real name is not given, was born in Abuja, Nigeria, and was a Christian before converting to Islam.
ISIS Video Documents Raids, Executions Of Pro-Government Militiamen In Iraq
On June 11, 2019, ISIS' official news agency released the second installment in a series titled "Splitting Heads," produced by the organization in Iraq.
On June 6, 2019, Shahada News, an affiliate of the Somali Al-Qaeda branch of Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (HSM), published an exclusive Arabic-language report on a Somali-language speech by HSM spokesman Shaykh Ali Mahmud Raji, aka Ali Dheere, marking Eid Al-Fitr. HSM's official media arm, Al-Kata'ib Media Foundation produced a video, titled "And Allah Is Predominant Over His Affair," of the speech.
On June 11, 2019, the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), a Uyghur jihadi group operating in Syria, released a video on its Telegram channel claiming that its fighters had repulsed the Syrian army's advance on Kibana Hill in Syria's Latakia province.
Zakir Musa, the emir of Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH), was killed by Indian security forces in an operation on the night of May 23, 2019, in Dadsara in the Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir. AGH, thought to be an Al-Qaeda affiliate, is active in the Kashmir Valley.
In a statement, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) criticized media organizations for highlighting the demand for a ceasefire by the Taliban as part of a solution yet to be agreed upon during the ongoing U.S.-Taliban peace talks.
On June 5, 2019, Al-Haqiqa Media Production, a pro-Al-Qaeda English-language media group based in Syria, published a 102-page photobook, titled "Life In Syria – In Pictures," containing photos showing the daily life of jihadi fighters and civilians in rebel-controlled Syria, with the aim of encouraging support for the Syrian jihad and inducing Muslims to travel to Syria.
