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 January 15, 2025, a spokesman of the Iran-backed Yemeni Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) commented on the ceasefire agreement that was announced today between Hamas and Israel.
On January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas reached a 42-day ceasefire and hostage release agreement in the Gaza Strip, according to President Joe Biden and other officials involved in the negotiations.
On January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas agreed on a 42-day ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
On January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas reached a 42-day ceasefire and hostage release agreement in the Gaza Strip, according to U.S. President Joe Biden and other officials involved in the negotiations.
Historic fires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area in California, displacing countless people and wreaking widespread destruction from the ocean to the mountains, including in built-up areas.
As wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles, destroying large swaths of California's prized coastline and leveling entire neighborhoods, jihadis continue to react to, and rejoice in, the conflagration.
Jihadis and Iran-axis supporters are proclaiming that the wildfires that have been ravaging the Los Angeles area in California, displacing thousands of people and wreaking widespread destruction from the ocean to the mountains, including in built-up areas, are punishment and revenge from Allah.
As wildfires continue to ravage large swaths of California's coastline for one whole week, causing significant damage, the infernos have also sparked gleeful reactions among Salafi jihadis online, who have been celebrating the tragedy as "divine punishment" for the United States' "war on Islam" and support for Israel in the war in Gaza.
A Chicago-based entrepreneur of Jordanian descent on X (formerly Twitter) routinely praises terrorist groups on his account.
On January 10, 2025, an anti-Islamic State (ISIS) channel on an Al-Qaeda-operated server, published a post.
On January 9, 2025, the Syrian group South Liberation Front announced its establishment on Telegram and demanded that Israel withdraw its forces from Syrian territory.
Security forces from the new Syrian administration linked to Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) recently clashed with militants describing themselves as members of the "Syrian Resistance" near Jablah, in Syria's coastal Latakia governorate.
On January 9, 2025, the official Telegram channel of the General Command of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) published an infographic poster highlighting the diplomatic activities of its interim foreign ministry.
On January 11, 2025, the Interior Ministry of the new Syrian administration linked to jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) reported that the department of its General Intelligence Apparatus dedicated to combating the Islamic State (ISIS) had foiled an ISIS attempt to detonate an explosion inside the Al-Sayyidah Zaynab shrine on the outskirts of Damascus, in cooperation with the Public Security Administration (PSA) in Rif Dimashq governorate.
A Russian-language jihadi Telegram channel solicits donations in Tether (USDT TRC-20) cryptocurrency to raise funds for a film-making initiative the organizer said is dedicated to Islamic da'wah (call to Islam).
On January 9, 2025, A'maq News Agency, an official media outlet of the Islamic State, released a video documenting ISIS fighters in Syria killing four members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Jazrat Albu Humayd area, near Al-Kasrah, in eastern Syria's Deir Al-Zour.
On January 14, 2025, a Lebanese online newspaper published an article which stated that Lebanese Hizbullah had dismantled the militias it operated in Syria during the civil war in the country, and decided to dismiss its Syrian fighters.
An Egyptian-born preacher, who until recently belonged to Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), issued a call for a revolution against the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, following the successful toppling of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on December 8, 2024.
An Egyptian-born preacher, who until recently belonged to Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), issued a call for a revolution against the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, following the successful toppling of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on December 8, 2024.
Syrian Media Outlets: 38 Antiquities Were Looted From Arwad's Citadel Museum In Tartus
On January 14, 2024, a Telegram outlet affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) reported that "anonymous individuals" looted antiquities that were on display at Arwad's Citadel Museum on Arwad Island in Tartus.
Between January 6 and 11, 2025, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) claimed responsibility for three drone and missile attacks on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and on its attendant vessels in the Red Sea.
On January 15, 2025, Iran-backed Yemen's Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) claimed responsibility for launching several winged missiles and drones at the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea.
On January 11, 2025, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia leader delivered a video address praising the Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) Movement for its military activities in support of Gaza in the face of the American and British "aggression" against Yemen.
On January 14, 2025, a Telegram channel that supports Iran-backed militias in Iraq shared a poster depicting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump against the backdrop of a blurry image of a burning city.
On January 9, 2025, the Islamic State (ISIS) released Issue 477 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba'.
Issue 477 of Islamic State (ISIS) weekly Al-Naba', released on January 9, 2025, featured a short report about recent activity by the group's Somalia Province.
On January 14, 2025, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed responsibility for a January 13 attack, in which ISWAP fighters assaulted, with machine guns, the Christian village of Shikarkir in Borno state, northeast Nigeria.
Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed that in a series of attacks carried out between January 11 and January 15, 2025, its fighters killed at least 59 Christians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Islamic State Sahel Province Claims Killing Over 25 Soldiers In Northern Burkina Faso Attack
On January 14, 2025, the Islamic State Sahel Province claimed that on January 11, "soldiers of the caliphate" ambushed a convoy of the "apostate" Burkinabe army on the road between Dori and Seytenga in the Séno province of northeastern Burkina Faso's Sahel region, near the border with Niger.
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) continues to document attacks in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State and in neighboring Cameroon.
On January 10, 2025, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) released an English-language poster dDepicting a hand holding a pistol.
An 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), argues in favor of the effectiveness and supremacy of shari'a compared with the current laws in democracies, and advocates jihad to establish shari'a.
The latest 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), has an interview with a French jihadi, Abu Sufyan, who fought in Iraq and Syria.
An article in the latest 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), cites fighters from the early Islam to radicalize Muslims and cites cases from current era to ensure immigrating jihadis remain steadfast during their journeys.
An article in the latest 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), accuses the Afghan Taliban of hypocrisy, applying a double standard, serving the interests of unbelievers, and lying about the Islamic State.
Michigan-based pro-Islamic State (ISIS) preacher Ahmad Musa Jibril denounced the idea of gradualism in the implementation of Islamic law in society, instead advocating for its immediate implementation.
On December 18, 2024, a new channel was created on the Islamic State (ISIS)-operated server.
In December 2024, a Brazilian citizen was arrested on suspected links with the Islamic State (ISIS) and for recruiting for the organization.
On January 15, 2025, an anti-Islamic State (ISIS) channel on an Al-Qaeda-operated server recently published a post detailing the status of various ISIS bureaus.
On January 9, 2025, an Al-Qaeda supporter released a one-page essay on the Al-Qaeda-operated server.
On January 15, 2025, Al-Malahem, the official media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a two-page statement titled: "The Battle to Confront the Evils of the Rulers of the Two Holy Mosques," in which the group railed against the Saudi Royal Family and the Saudi government as responsible for violent and repressive actions against Muslims and Islam.
On January 10, 2025, the Al-Zallaqa Media Foundation, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), reported that on January 8, GSIM operatives raided a barracks of the Beninese army.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate In The Sahel (GSIM) Denies Connection To Kidnapping Of Austrian Woman In Niger
On January 12, 2025, the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Austrian citizen Eva Gretzmacher had been kidnapped the previous day by armed men in northern Niger.
The media arm of Al-Shabab in Somalia released an article detailing the life of a Syrian Al-Qaeda ideologue. The article was published shortly after the overthrow of the Syrian Government in December 2024.
On January 13, 2025, Al-Kata'ib, an official media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), released a new video of a Kenyan soldier captured by the group, beseeching the Kenyan people, government and army to work for his release, and that of other Kenyan prisoners.
In an editorial, a Pakistani Pashtu-language daily accuses outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden of saddling the incoming Trump administration with sanctions on Pakistan's ballistic missile program.
