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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On July 24, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) published on its Nasher News Telegram channel an infographic listing the attacks it perpetrated and their consequences during the first half of 2019.
A July 25, 2019 editorial in a Pakistani newspaper examined the implications of two recent terror attacks and stressed the need for a counter-radicalization policy.
On July 26, 2019, pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channel posted a letter in English allegedly handwritten by a "muhajira[i.e., female foreigner]" of ISIS, urging ISIS fighters to "save" ISIS women held in the Al-Hawl camp in Syria and complaining about the return of children and orphans of the "Islamic State" to their home countries.
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-ISIS Poster Threatens Lives Of Spanish Official And Family By Name
On July 26, 2019, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) outlet, Muntasir Media, released a wanted poster in Spanish titled, "A Reward is Offered – Search and Eliminate," calling on ISIS supporters in Madrid to target a magistrate whose responsibilities include heading investigations into ISIS operations in Spain.
EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Beheads Taliban Prisoner In Front Of A Crowd Of Children
On August 1, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) Wilayat Khurasan (Khurasan Province) shared images on Telegram of the execution of a member of the Taliban in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.
ISIS Publishes Infographic Poster Summarizing Its Global Activity For The First Half Of 2019
On July 24, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) published an infographic on its Telegram channel, Nashir News, in the form of a poster, listing the attacks it perpetrated and their consequences during the first half of 2019.
ISIS In Yemen Renews Its Oath Of Allegiance To Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
On July 27, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) posted a video showing operatives in its Yemen Province swearing allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and vowing to continue to fight.
On July 26, 2019, Al-Battar Media Foundation, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) outlet, released a six-minute video, highlighting recent ISIS attacks on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
ISIS Claims Attack In Rafah City In North Sinai, Says Ten Egyptian Soldiers Killed And Wounded
On July 30, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for an IED attack on a vehicle carrying Egyptian soldiers in Rafah city in the restive province of North Sinai.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Two Bombs In Dhaka, Bangladesh
On July 25, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) reported that the previous day it had detonated two bombs at security checkpoints set up by local police in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
More Than 40 Nigerian Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Two ISIS Attacks
On July 31, 2019, the Islamic State's (ISIS) A'maq News Agency reported that more than 40 Nigerian soldiers were killed or wounded in two separate ISIS attacks on Nigerian military positions in Borno, eastern Nigeria, on the previous day.
ISIS's Al-Naba' Weekly Claims 'West Africa Province' Abducted Six Aid Workers In Nigeria
In Issue 192 of its weekly newsletter Al-Naba', published on July 25, 2019, by the Telegram channel of Nashir News Agency, the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for abducting six aid workers in Damasak village, Nigeria.
On July 26 and 27, 2019, respectively, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Al-'Adiyat Media Foundation released two new posters on Telegram threatening the U.S.
Posters From Pro-ISIS Media Threaten San Francisco, New York, And London
On July 29, 2019, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Ash-Shaff Media Foundation shared five posters on Telegram which threaten and encourage terror attacks in the West.
Pro-ISIS Al-Murhafat Media Institute Marks Year Of Activity And Advertises For Recruits
On July 31, 2019, on the first anniversary of its establishment, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media institute published two infographics on the Junud Allah Telegram group.
Arabic- And Russian-Language Video Shows Russian-Speaking Foreign Fighters In Syria
On July 24, 2019, the Balagh Telegram channel released a video showing an HTS commander preaching to a group of foreign fighters, one of whom translated his words into Russian.
On July 31, 2019, a media outlet affiliated with Al-Qaeda In the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released an eight-minute video featuring four detained Islamic State (ISIS) fighters accusing ISIS of disregarding its "soldiers" by rejecting Al-Qaeda's offer for exchanging prisoners.
On July 27, 2019 the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a four-page statement in response to the death of 92-year-old Tunisian president, Mohammad Beji Caid Essebsi.
Platform: Facebook, YouTube, Blog
Profile Of Munna Lahori, Leader Of Jaish-e-Muhammad's (JeM) IED Strategy In Kashmir Valley
Munna Lahori, a top militant commander and bomb-making expert of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), was killed by Indian security forces in Kashmir on the morning of July 27, 2019, according to Indian news sites.
Taliban IED Expert Arrested In Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan
On July 27, 2019, an Afghan news website reported that Habibullah, a bomb-making expert of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization), was arrested while trying to plant IEDs in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province.
In a July 22 statement posted on the organization's website, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) claimed to have killed two U.S. officers in an attack in Ghazni province. "a Mujahideen fighter fought off the joint enemy's operation thwarting them in their attempts to raid defenseless civilians in Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province," it said in a report.
Photos: Afghan Taliban Delegation Led By Mullah Baradar Akhund Meets With Indonesian Leaders
A delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization), led by Mullah Baradar Akhund, met with Indonesian leaders about the peace process in Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has reacted to Afghan media reports that talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government will be held in Germany sometime in the next two weeks.
