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 April 19, 2022, War News In Ukraine And Russia, a pro-ISIS Telegram channel specializing in coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, shared photos of what it alleged to be "Libyan and African fighters" who fought alongside Russian mercenaries.
Houthis Threaten To Target New U.S.-Led Naval Force To Be Deployed In Red Sea
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On April 13, 2022, the United States Navy (USN) announced the establishment of a new multinational naval task force to target arms smuggling in the waters around Yemen.
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On April 18, 2022, Iran-backed Iraqi media outlets issued warnings on Telegram that Iraqi Shi'ite militias would carry out an attack against Israel in the coming days.
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On April 15, 2022, the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, riots and confrontations erupted on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem between dozens of young Palestinians and Israeli security forces, after several dozen Palestinians barricaded themselves in the compound.
On April 18, 2022, ISIS's Khorasan Province, comprising Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia, claimed responsibility for the firing of ten Katyusha rockets on Uzbek forces deployed in the city of Termez, just over the Afghan-Uzbek border.
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On April 17, 2022, an official Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released an audio message by the organization's official spokesman.
On April 17, 2022, an official Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released an audio message by the organization's official spokesman.
On April 20, 2022, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed responsibility for the detonation of an explosive device overnight in a crowded pub frequented by Christians in the town of Iware, in the northeastern Nigerian state of Taraba.
Pro-ISIS Foundation Publishes Article Claiming ISIS Appointed New Caliph Swiftly Despite Challenges
On April 20, 2022, a pro-ISIS Telegram channel shared a six-page article concerning the appointment of the new ISIS Caliph, Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi, following the killing of his predecessor, Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi, on February 3, 2022.
Between April 14 and April 17, 2022, the Islamic State (ISIS) released reports showing its fighters observing Ramadan in Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Egypt.
ISIS Publishes Infographic Of February and March Attacks in Nigeria And Cameroon
On April 14, 2022, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 334 of its Al-Naba' weekly magazine, which includes an infographic detailing ISIS operations in its West Africa province during Ramadan 2022.
On April 14, 2022, the Islamic State (ISIS) released Issue 334 of its weekly newspaper Al-Naba', which included an reiterating the group's commitment to fight the infidels until the end of days and referencing the group's surge of attacks in West and Central Africa, as well as East Asia.
On April 13, 2022, an anti-Islamic State (ISIS) channel in the Al-Qaeda-operated Rocket.Chat server accused Ali Jassim Sulayman Al-Jaburi, an ISIS operative, of being an "enemy of Allah" and released a five-page document, allegedly authored by Al-Jaburi, as proof of his transgressions.
On April 16, 2022, a Lebanese online daily reported that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) plan to execute 125 Islamic State (ISIS) members involved in the Ghuwayran prison break in late January 2022.
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On April 10, 2022, an Islamic State (ISIS) supporter from London born to Somali parents was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British court for the stabbing to death of British MP Sir David Amess in a lone-wolf attack in October 2021.
A recent article in The Atlantic published by author Graeme Wood reported that Australian pro-Islamic State (ISIS) cleric Musa Cerantonio had renounced Islam and has criticized the ISIS.
In a press release issued on April 14, 2022, pro-Islamic State (ISIS) British preacher Anjem Choudary argues on his blog that "the only way to stop atrocities against Muslims in India" is jihad, and calls on Muslims in the Indian subcontinent and around the world to fulfil the obligation of jihad during the month of Ramadan.
British pro-ISIS preacher Anjem Choudary announced a "Twitter storm" on Friday, April 22, 2022, to raise awareness about recent events at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem and the situation in Palestine in general.
Al-Shabab Releases Video Of Ramadan Qu'ran Competition In Somalia
On April 19, 2022, Al-Qaeda's Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) released the first of five episodes of its annual "Fruits of Sharia" video series.
In the past week, the Somalia-Based Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for its first attack on the new African coalition in Somalia and also claimed a number of attacks on major state facilities in the capital Mogadishu, including the parliament building, located within the presidential palace compound, a facility in the international airport and an army position near the defense ministry building.
On April 15, 2022, the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) released photos of its fighters in the mountainous Jabal Al-Zawiya (literally "Mount Zawiya") area in the countryside of Syria's Idlib governorate.
On April 14, 2022, Turkey's Cilvegözü Customs Enforcement Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate announced it had seized a huge shipment of amphetamine pills similar to Captagon that were being transported into Turkey in two trucks from Syria's rebel-controlled Idlib area.
On April 20, 2022, a Syrian opposition website claimed that the Abu Al-Fadl Al-Abbas Brigades, an Iran-backed Syrian Shi'ite militia, has over 5,000 fighters and operates under direct Iranian control.
On April 18, 2022, a media outlet that is one of the media arms of Al-Qaeda in the Arabia Peninsula (AQAP) posted an 11-minute video titled "Different Operations in Al-Bayda' [Province].”
On April 18, 2022, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a seven-page statement commenting on the formation of a new presidential council in Yemen, which was announced on April 7 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Yemeni Media Outlets: Ten Al-Qaeda Operatives Escape Central Prison In Hadhramaut, Yemen
On April 14, 2022, the London-based Qatari daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that ten prisoners, including members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), escaped a central prison in Say'oun, Hadhramaut province, in eastern Yemen.
Noted Pakistani author Mohammad Ali Babakhel, in a recent article, examined the origins and growth of the Central Asian jihadi organization Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
On April 13, 2022, the media arm of a Gaza-based jihadi organization published content promoting its fundraising campaign.
On April 20, 2022, a Telegram channel that supports the Iran-backed militias in Iraq claimed responsibility for an alleged cyberattack on Israeli news websites.
