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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An Urdu-language daily in Pakistan reports that the assassination of Iran's General Qassem Soleimani could be avenged in Afghanistan. The Urdu daily, Roznama Ummat, which is said to be close to the Afghan Taliban and other jihadi organizations, reported: "Thousands of volunteers of the Fatemiyoun Brigade trained by General Qassem Soleimani are present in Afghanistan who can undertake retaliatory action against American forces."
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Following the U.S. assassination of IRGC Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani and PMF deputy-commander 'Abd Al-Mahdi Al-Muhandis, several Shi'ite factions in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia threatened to avenge their deaths by targeting U.S. interests.
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Commenting on Iran's January 8, 2020 rocket attack on the U.S. bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and PMF deputy-commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, the heads of Shi'ite militias in Iraq thanked Iran for helping to restore Iraq's sovereignty and threatened that their own response will be even harsher.
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On January 6, 2020, several YouTube channels posted a video featuring a group of masked fighters armed with rifles and RPGs, identifying themselves as members of the Imam Al-Hussein Martyrdom Brigades, and vowing to attack the U.S. in the near future to avenge the deaths of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF) commander Qassem Soleimani and Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) deputy-commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis.
On January 8, 2020, the official news agency of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab) published a statement released by the group's media arm, commenting on the group's January 5 attack on a U.S. military base in Lamu County, Kenya, at Camp Simba.
EXCLUSIVE: Salafi-Jihadi Clerics Denounce Al-Shabab Bombing In Mogadishu For Killing Bystanders
Following the December 28, 2019, bombing attack in Mogadishu perpetrated by Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen, a Somalia-based Al-Qaeda-affiliate, in which dozens of Somali civilians were killed alongside Turkish and government officials, prominent Salafi-jihadi clerics issued statements denouncing the attack and criticizing Al-Shabab, without explicitly naming it, for failing to heed the prohibition on spilling the blood of Muslims.
Platform: Facebook
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating an affinity for the ideology of the Islamic State.
Platform(s): Facebook
Platform: Facebook
Al-Shabab Claims Raid On U.S. Base In Kenya; Ongoing Combat With U.S. Forces
On January 5, 2020, the news outlet of Somalia-based Al-Qaeda-affiliate Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen released a statement in English and Arabic reporting on an ongoing raid on the joint American-Kenyan army base, Camp Simba, in Lamu County, Kenya.
The January 2, 2020 issue of the Islamic State (ISIS) weekly newspaper included an editorial claiming that the ISIS raid campaign avenging the deaths of its leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and its spokesman Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir had achieved its goals and exposed intelligence agencies' inability to stop attacks, and that there would be perilous and large-scale attacks in the future.
On December 19, 2019, an editorial titled "I Will Not Request Assistance from a Polytheist," was published in issue 213 of the official Islamic State (ISIS) newspaper.
Segments Of Syrian National Army Vehemently Oppose Sending Syrian Rebels To Fight In Libya
On December 29, 2019, the Shari'ah Committee of the National Liberation Front (NLF) issued a statement urging rebels to refrain from traveling to Libya to fight for the country's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).
Report: Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Carries Out Attacks On Syrian Army Locations, Russian Forces
On January 5 and 7, 2020, the Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) news agency Ebaa' reported that fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) jihadi group had carried out attacks on Syrian army locations and Russian forces in Idlib, Syria.
On January 2, 2020, a body which is part of the Salvation Government which administers Syria's rebel-held Idlib region, launched a campaign aims to encourage the population of Idlib to join rebel and jihadi factions, to defend themselves against "the Russian occupier, the Iranian militias, and the criminal regime."
