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 February 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump said during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he foresees long-term U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and relocating residents of Gaza while the Gaza Strip is reconstructed.
On February 4, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of the United States taking ownership of the Gaza Strip and resettling its Palestinian residents by moving them to other countries.
On February 6, 2025, the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (PMM) issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposal on Gaza in which he suggested that Israel turn the strip over to the United States at the conclusion of fighting and resettling Palestinians elsewhere in the region.
On February 1, 2025, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia-affiliated Telegram channel shared a post suggesting that Teheran has begun to produce nuclear warheads for intercontinental hypersonic missiles as part of its deterrence strategy in the region.
On January 30, 2025, Telegram channels affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) reported that Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, visited Damascus where he met with HTS leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a.k.a. Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani, who was recently declared Syria's transitional President.
On February 2, 2025, the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic shared a photo on its official Telegram channel showing President Ahmed Al-Sharaa aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani – who had previously headed jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) – and Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani onboard a plane, reporting that they were en route to their first official visit, to Saudi Arabia.
On February 4, 2025, the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic shared photos on its official Telegram channel showing President Ahmed Al-Sharaa aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani – who had previously headed jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) – and Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani on their way to visit "the sister Turkish republic."
On February 4, 2025, on its Telegram channel, the recently-formed Islamic Resistance Front in Syria militia issued an official statement from "the General Command" in which it declared "the start of preparations for The Promise of the Hereafter campaign against the Israeli, American, and Turkish occupation in Syria.
In several posts between January 31 and February 1, 2025, on its Telegram channel, the recently-formed Islamic Resistance Front in Syria militia claimed responsibility for an attack on soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Quneitra area in southern Syria.
On January 29, 2025, a Syrian jihadi group which reportedly participated in the Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS)-led November 2024 campaign against Bashar Al-Assad's government, released a 48-second video featuring footage from several drone attacks carried out by the group's operatives against Al-Assad's forces.
In recent days, the Public Security Administration (PSA) of the new Syrian administration, linked to jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), reported capturing a senior Assad regime official and cousin of Bashar Al-Assad accused of "crimes against the Syrian people."
On January 29, 2025, a "Convention to Announce the Victory of the Syrian Revolution" was held in Damascus, where Ahmed Al-Sharaa aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani, who had served as leader of jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), was announced interim president of Syria.
New Syrian Presidency Condemns 'Terrorist' Attack In Manbij, Vows To Pursue Plotters
On February 3, 2025, the Syrian Presidency released a statement about a car bomb attack that took place the same day in Manbij, located 19 miles from the Turkish border, describing it as a terrorist attack.
On February 3, 2025, Syrian Telegram channels shared a statement by the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) Prime Minister, dated January 30, in which he acknowledged the government of President Ahmed Al-Sharaa aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani, appointed on the previous day as Syria's interim president.
On January 29, 2025, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani, leader of Syria's largest jihadi group, Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), was installed as Syria's interim president.
A Syrian resistance group, which is opposed to the new Syrian administration linked to jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), issued a cryptic "final military statement" bemoaning the lack of response to its leadership's attempts to strengthen the group and calling on its operatives to continue their struggle against Syria's new rulers.
On January 30, 2025, the Hamas military spokesman delivered a 10-minute, 53-second video address, in which he announced the deaths of Mohammad Deif, leader of Hamas's military wing, 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, and other senior military commanders.
Pro-Hamas Outlet Solicits Cryptocurrency Donations
On February 1, 2025, a pro-Hamas outlet published a post on its English-language Telegram channel calling for followers to donate money to Gazans.
Hamas Military Wing, 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, Solicits Donations Via Email
On February 3, 2025, the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a poster depicting an armed fighter aiming his rifle at an unseen target.
The official website of Yemen's Ansar Allah Houthi Movement published a report detailing Houthi military operations against Israel, the U.S., and the U.K., since October 2023.
On January 28, 2025, a media outlet affiliated with Yemen's Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) released an article titled, "'Revenge for America and Israel' Is the Title of Regional Mobilization Against Yemen: The Bitterness of Defeat Exposes Washington's Goals."
On February 5, 2025, the website of Yemen's Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis) published an editorial, titled "The U.S. Army Flounders in the Face of Sana'a: Escaping Military Defeat to Media Escalation."
On February 3, 2025, the Australian Government imposed anti-terror sanctions on several entities worldwide, including Lebanese Hizbullah's new Secretary-General Na'im Qassem, saying the Iran-backed organization is responsible for the deaths of countless civilians in Lebanon, Israel and across the Middle East.
On February 4, 2025, a new Iraqi militia released a new video statement. In the video, nine masked and armed men stand holding photos of IRGC Qods Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi PMU deputy leader Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, who were both assassinated in a U.S. airstrike in January 2020.
The Secretary-General of the Iran-backed Badr Organization in Iraq met in Baghdad with Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative of the Russian President to the Middle East.
The Islamic Army in Iraq – a Sunni Islamist organization which was active during the U.S. invasion of Iraq – praised remarks made by Tulsi Gabbard, the Trump Administration's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, during her Senate confirmation hearing.
In statements released between January 30 and February 1, 2025, Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed four attacks against Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) northeastern provinces, North-Kivu and Ituri.
On February 4, 2025, Islamic State Mozambique Province released a photoset on Telegram which documented its fighters attacking Mozambican Army fortifications in Mocimboa da Praia, in the country's northeastern Cabo Delgado Province.
On January 30, 2025, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 480 of its weekly newsletter.
On January 30, 2025, the media arm of the Islamic State (ISIS) released a two-minute video showing the aftermath of the suicide attack targeting Nigerian army forces in Abima, Borno state, that took place on January 24, when a "martyrdom-seeking fighter" of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) detonated his car-bomb on Nigerian forces, killing and wounding 60 soldiers.
On January 30, 2025, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 480 of its weekly newsletter.
A key article in the latest issue of the "Voice of Khurasan," 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), outlines conditions under which it becomes necessary to cease obedience and loyalty to an Islamic ruler – whether caliph, imam, or leader.
On January 29, 2025, it was reported that Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who had publicly burned copies of the Quran on several occasions, was shot to death in his apartment in the Swedish city of Södertälje, near Stockholm.
On February 2, 2025, a new German-language pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released a poster in English and German versions titled: "Who Are You To Hunt Us? We Are Coming To Slaughter You!"
On January 30, 2025, a Sydney-based pro-Islamic State (ISIS) preacher posted a video on Telegram in which he criticized Muslims who consider Christians and Jews their "brothers."
On January 30, 2025, 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 seven assaults by Somali government militias supported by Djiboutian forces on the outskirts of Buloburde, in central Somalia's Hiran province.
On February 4, 2025, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), issued a statement claiming that on February 2, GSIM operatives assaulted three "military points" of the Burkinabe army in Djibo, Burkina Faso's Soum province, killing and wounding several soldiers.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Launches New Android Smartphone Application
On January 29, 2025, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM) released a poster promoting its new smartphone news application.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Publishes Two Photosets Of Its Da'wah And Training Activities In Mali
On January 30, 2025, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM) released a photoset documenting the group's da'wah (advocacy) activities in the Aribanda area in Mali's Timbuktu region.
On January 20, 2025, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a five-page statement eulogizing two of its operatives killed in a recent U.S. drone strike in Yemen at an unspecified date.
On February 3, 2025, the official media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), issued a four-page statement in Arabic titled "A Statement Regarding the Death of the Aggressor against the Holy Quran in Sweden."
On January 30, 2025, the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, announced the deaths of its leader Muhammad Deif, and other senior military commanders, and on February 5, 2025, Al-Malahem, the official media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), issued a three-page statement in Arabic titled "[Allah May] Choose Martyrs from Among You [Quran 3:140]."
On February 1, 2025, Al-Qaeda's Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) media outlet released a three-page statement in Arabic and English titled "Gaza: An Epic That Redefines Victory."
According to a report published by Tolo News, Suhail Shaheen, the ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) in Doha, has praised Qatar's "significant role" in expanding the Taliban's relations with different countries.
