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 editorial published in Issue 204 of the Islamic State (ISIS) weekly newspaper Al-Naba', released by Nashir News Agency on October 17, 2019, denouncing anti-ISIS Sunni fighters who allied with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against the Islamic State.
On October 20, 2019 a pro-ISIS Telegram channel responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that ISIS has been defeated, and to his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria, by posting a video titled 'It's Still Burning.'
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-ISIS Media Group Releases Poster Threatening US, Showing San Francisco Street
A poster released October 24, 2019 on Telegram by a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media group shows two ISIS fighters and an ISIS flag against the backdrop of San Francisco's Geary Street.
On October 17, 2019, Bunat Al-Amajad, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media foundation, published a poster with text that read: "The Alliance of Devils Is Collapsing" and photos of U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-ISIS Military Education Group Showcases Publications, Calls For Attacks In The West
On October 8, 2019, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media group published a promotional magazine summarizing its output.
On October 14, 2019, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan's Sindh province revealed that Al-Qaeda In The Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is "regrouping" in the provincial capital of Karachi to carry out terrorist attacks. "We have received reports that six 'disgruntled' militants of the AQIS recently arrived in Karachi from Afghanistan and they are trying to activate their sleeper cell," CTD official Raja Umar Khattab told reporters.
On October 15, 2019, a pro-ISIS media group launched a series of videos that celebrates the lives of ISIS operatives and operations they were allegedly involved in.
Pro-ISIS Outlet Remains Operational Despite Arrest Of One Of Its Members
On October 7, 2019, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media operation released on Telegram an English translation of the video they had released on August 30, 2019, threatening to and vowing that they would murder a Spanish judge.
On October 24, 2019, the Islamic State (ISIS) in East Asia released a statement claiming responsibility for killing three members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and wounding five others in an IED attack in Mindanao, the Philippines.
On October 16, 2019, Al-Malahem, the media arm of Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released an audio recording featuring its Sudanese official and former Gitmo detainee Ibrahim Al-Qousi praising the recent attack on a U.S. base in Somalia, which was carried out by the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab In Somalia Sinks A Somali Army Boat With Soldiers On Board
On October 21, 2019, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen, claimed responsibility for the sinking of a Somali Army boat with soldiers and equipment onboard, in the south of the country.
On October 24, 2019, Shahada News Agency, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda affiliate Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (HSM) in Somalia, reported on Telegram that the group's fighters had killed a UN staff member and injured an official from the Somali prime minister's office in a bombing in the Waberi district of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating engagement with jihadi ideology and clerics.
Platform: Facebook
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating engagement with jihadi ideology and clerics.
Platform: Facebook
On October 9, 2019 the Incite The Believers Operations Room published a statement calling for the continuation of the jihad to restore independent control of the decision-making in Syria.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has rejected a report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documenting 2,563 civilian deaths and 5,676 civilian injuries in the first nine months of 2019.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has vowed to carry out its "religious and jihadi duty" to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) after the October 18, 2019, suicide attack inside a mosque, in which more than 60 worshippers were killed in the country's Nangarhar province.
On October 22, 2019, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban organization), expressed the Taliban's vow for jihad in response to a statement made in Kabul by the visiting U.S. Secretary Of Defense Mark Esper.
