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The most recent speech by the Islamic State (ISIS) spokesman Abu Hamzah Al-Qurashi, published on January 27, 2020, marked a change in the ISIS discourse with a declaration of war on Israel and a shift of focus for branches in Sinai and Syria to killing Israelis and Jews.
EXCLUSIVE: Al-Shabab Claims Assassination Of CIA Agent In Mogadishu
On January 27, 2020, the new agency of Somali Al-Qaeda affiliate Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (also known as Al-Shabab), reported on its Rocket.Chat channel that an Al-Shabab "security division" had recently assassinated an officer allegedly working as a CIA agent.
An ISIS supporter originally from South Carolina recently visited a fellow ISIS supporter in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Platform: Facebook
On January 28, 2020, a pro-Al-Qaeda news agency published a short article in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's unveiling of his "Deal of the Century" Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-ISIS Media Outlets Focus On Israel
The most recent speech by the Islamic State (ISIS) spokesman Abu Hamzah Al-Qurashi, published on January 27, 2020, marked a change in the ISIS discourse with a declaration of war on Israel and a shift of focus for branches in Sinai and Syria to killing Israelis and Jews.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization), currently engaged in direct peace talks with the United States in Doha, Qatar, has issued the following statement on U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for Israel and Palestine.
On January 27, 2020, a U.S. plane crashed in a Taliban-control area of Afghanistan's Ghazni province. On January 28, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) issued a statement warning that the Taliban's war against America has gone aerial.
On January 23, 2020, an article in Al-Naba', the Islamic State (ISIS) official newspaper, reported that two days previously, on January 21, 2020, the organization's operatives in Somalia killed the former mayor of the town of Qandala, Faran Muhammad Khurshi, in the Suwayda neighborhood of the city of Bosaso in western Somalia.
ISIS Sinai Honors Two Recently Killed Operatives From Gaza
On January 25, 2020, the Islamic State (ISIS) published a poster in honor of two operatives from Gaza who were killed fighting in its ranks in the Sinai. The two are 'Imad Al-Quqa and Ibrahim Al-Bardini, aka Abu Yahya Al-Ghazawi and Abu Malik Al-Ghazawi, respectively.
ISIS In Yemen Showcases Application Of Islamic Law, Highlights Attacks On Houthis
In recent days, the Islamic State (ISIS) extension in Yemen has showcased its outreach to tribesmen in the central Yemen area where it is active.
On January 29, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet, shared on its Riot channel a poster titled "Oh Enemies of Allah" showing Khalifa Haftar, the Eastern-based commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), and Fayez Mustafa Al-Sarraj, the head of the Government of the National Accord (GNA), as ISIS captives kneeling in orange jumpsuits in front of knife-wielding executioners.
Pro-ISIS Outlet Releases Bomb 'Recipe' In Spanish
On January 28, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet, which mainly publishes ISIS material in Spanish, released a partial translation of the first issue of the English-language Al-Qaeda magazine Inspire.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate Ansar Al-Tawhid Releases Video Of Operations In Idlib, Syria
On January 22, 2020, Ansar Al-Tawhid, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadi faction fighting in Syria, released a video of its recent operations against forces of the Assad regime on the front southeast of Idlib.
On January 23, 2020, a media outlet that publishes English-language materials put out by Al-Qaeda affiliates in Africa, released a statement on the Rocket.Chat messaging app saying that a company of the Group For Support Of Islam And Muslims (GSIM), also known as Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM), detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on a vehicle of the French Barkhane forces.
On January 24, 2020, an Al-Qaeda channel on the Rocket.Chat platform reported that fighters from Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel region, had recently raided a Malian military base.
Zabihullah Mujahid – the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization), which is currently engaged in peace talks with the U.S. in Doha, Qatar – has issued the following statement about an American plane that crashed in Deh Yak, a Taliban-controlled district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
