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At least 15 people were killed and 30 more injured at around 3:15 am on January 1, 2025, when 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar allegedly rammed a rented pickup truck into revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter.
On December 31, 2024, the official Telegram channel of the Houthi Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) shared a poster titled ''2024 – The Year of the Harvest of American Aircraft Carriers.''
A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channel criticized Arab leaders who expressed their condolences to the U.S. for the passing of President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29, 2024.
On December 26, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 475 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba'.
A new group calling itself the "Syrian Resistance" has begun claiming attacks on the new Syrian administration, linked to jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and its security forces, particularly in the Syrian coastal region, much of whose population belongs to the Alawite sect.
On January 1, 2025, a new group called "The Syrian Resistance" claimed on its Telegram channel that its forces had attempted to assassinate a "terrorist" in Ra's Al-'Ayn, in northeastern Syria's Al-Hasakah governorate.
On December 26, 2024, the General Command of the Syrian militant factions, led by Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), announced it had appointed Anas Hassan Khattab as the new head of Syria's intelligence services.
On December 31, 2024, the Prime Minister's office in the new Syrian administration, linked to jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), announced that all government institutions would be on vacation on January 1-2, 2025, with the exception of ministries and public bodies whose work demands constant activity.
On December 29, 2024, the General Command of the Syrian militant factions, led by Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), published an order listing military officers it had promoted.
On December 21, 2024, Hizb-ut-Tahrir Afghanistan published an article accusing the group's leader, Abu Mohammad Al-Joulani, of having shifted away from strict Islamic governance to pragmatic politics after the fall of the Al-Assad regime in Syria.
On December 25, 2024, the Houthi Internal Ministry's Yemeni Security Media Telegram channel issued an official statement from its intelligence and security apparatus which claimed that over the preceding days several spies were arrested who had been recruited by U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies to gather intelligence.
On December 25, 2024, a brief video clip circulated on Telegram showing an attack at the tomb of 10th-century scholar Abu 'Abdallah Al-Husayn ibn Hamdan Al-Khasibi, one of the founders of the Alawite sect, in Aleppo.
On December 27and 28, 2024, the Iran-backed Houthi Ansar Allah movement in Yemen (the Houthis) claimed responsibility for two missile attacks, one on an airport and one on an air base in Israel, and for two drone attacks, one on Israel and one on a merchant vessel in the Arabian Sea.
On December 28, 2024, following Israeli threats to assassinate senior members of the Houthi Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) in response to its attacks on Israel, Houthi Political Bureau member Muhammad Al-Bukhaiti shared a report from the Israeli media on his X account.
On December 31, 2024, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) claimed responsibility for two missile attacks on Israel, one on Ben-Gurion Airport in the center of the country and another on a power station south of Jerusalem.
On December 27-28, 2024, Yemen's Iran-backed Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) claimed responsibility for several missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and a merchant vessel in the Arabian Sea.
Woman Expresses Desire To Fight In All-Female Hizbullah Division And Wishes For Martyrdom
A Hizbullah supporter routinely shares her support for the terrorist group on her account.
On November 27, 2024, Lebanese Hizbullah concluded a ceasefire with Israel, after the two parties had been at war since shortly after Hamas' invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.
On December 26, 2024, a Telegram channel linked to the Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) reported that HTS leader Ahmad Al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani, received Hamid Al-Shatri, the newly appointed Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence, in Damascus.
On December 28, 2024, the secretary general of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia shared a Telegram post calling on members of Syria's toppled Assad regime to join the "Syrian resistance" and commit attacks against the "terrorists" who have taken control over the country.
On December 30, 2024, the leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia published a statement on his X (formerly Twitter) account, accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of having enabled the entry of Islamic State (ISIS) operatives to Iraq, failing to fulfil his promises towards Gaza, and enabling Israel to deepen its "invasion" of Syrian territory.
According to a Dari-language report members of the Fatemiyoun Brigade, which is comprised of Afghan fighters recruited by Iran from Afghanistan and from inside Iran, shared photos on social media of Afghan members killed in Syria; their corpses were transferred to Iran.
In its cover article, the latest issue of an English-language magazine published by a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) warns that the fall of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria may lead to one tyrant being replaced by another who will serve Western interests, instead of establishing shari'a rule in Syria.
On December 26, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) released Issue 475 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba'.
Two articles included in the current issue of an English-language monthly magazine published by Al-Azaim Media Foundation a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS), focus on the battles fought by the Islamic State (ISIS) against the "tyrants."
On December 29, 2024, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against Christian villagers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
On December 27, 2024, an anti-Islamic State (ISIS) channel on the Al-Qaeda-operated Rocket.Chat server, published a post discussing ISIS's situation in Syria following the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
In recent days, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) continued its attacks on Christian villagers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
On January 1, 2025, Islamic State Somalia Province claimed in a statement that 12 "martyrdom-seeking" operatives had carried out a coordinated operation the previous day, December 31, 2024.
Australian Pro-ISIS Preacher Criticizes Muslims Who Celebrate New Year's Eve
An Australian pro-Islamic State (ISIS) preacher derided New Year's Eve as an un-Islamic holiday that Muslims should not celebrate.
On December 27, 2024, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel published a statement.
On December 26, 2024, Al-Shabab's Central Command released a statement eulogizing the governor of Somalia's "Islamic provinces" (i.e. Al-Shabab-controlled areas).
On December 27, 2024, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a statement from its "Security Council" titled "A Clarification Regarding Several Security Issues."
On December 26, 2024, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), released a statement eulogizing its senior official Sheikh Muhammad Mari Jama', reportedly killed in a U.S. drone strike two days earlier.
On January 1, 2025, the Shahada News Agency, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), issued a statement claiming that Al-Shabab operatives repelled an attack by U.S.-trained Somali special forces supported by American aircraft in Ber Hani, on the outskirts of Kismayo in Somalia's Lower Juba province.
On December 13, 2024, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issued a statement announcing that its leadership has instructed all TTP fighters to detain or kill members of Pakistani security forces who failed to comply with the group's two-month deadline to cease working for Pakistan.
According to a Pashtu-language report published by Shamshad TV of Afghanistan, Islamic religious scholars, speaking at a gathering in Kabul celebrating the work of late reformist Islamic scholar Maulana Muhammad Attaullah Faizani, demanded that the Afghan Taliban rulers lift their ban on education of girls and women.
