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On January 7, 2021 the Islamic State (ISIS) released its weekly Al-Naba' newspaper. The issue contained an editorial commenting on the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump on January 6.
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The January 6 events at the U.S. Capitol were celebrated by dozens of Salafi-jihadis on Telegram, including supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, and the Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), who posted photos and videos of the protests.
Over the past two days, several Telegram channels affiliated with Iran-backed militias in Iraq have gloated about the recent riot in Washington DC and expressed their hope for more violence that will plunge the country into chaos and pit communities on each side of the political spectrum against each other.
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On January 2, 2020, the Secretary General of an Iraqi militia made a speech commemorating the one-year anniversary of the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, highlighting their role in defeating the Islamic State (ISIS) in many parts of Iraq.
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On December 25, 2020, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban organization) issued a statement on one of its official websites to mark 41 years since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
Pro-ISIS Media Outlet Celebrates Attacks On Christians In Nigeria
Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlets have been celebrating the recent series of attacks carried out by the organization's West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Christian villages in Nigeria, attacks in which dozens of people were killed and abducted.
On the first anniversary of the assassinations of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy chairman of Al-Hashd Al-Sha'abi (Popular Mobilization Units, PMU), the Secretary-General of the Hizbullah Brigades issued his first official statement, in which he stresses that the Hizbullah Brigades have no intention of "going in today" to storm the U.S. Embassy or of bringing down the Iraqi government, declaring that there is plenty of time for that.
On January 1, 2021, a Telegram channel affiliated with pro-Iranian Iraqi militias announced that it had succeeded in perpetrating a cyberattack and penetrating the database of an American security company.
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On January 4, 2020, Telegram channels affiliated with Iran-backed militias in Iraq posted responses to a BBC televised report that marked the first anniversary of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, on January 3, 2020.
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On January 4, 2021, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) issued a statement condemning the "crime" committed by France.
EXCLUSIVE: In Belated Statement, Al-Qaeda General Command Urges Attacks And Boycott Of France
On January 2, 2021, Al-Qaeda's general command released a statement condemning insults against the prophet Muhammad in France. The statement urges Muslims to join the ranks of Al-Qaeda and replicate the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.
ISIS Claims Killing Of Policeman In Chechnya
The weekly magazine of the Islamic State (ISIS), released on January 1, 2021, claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack on policemen in the Chechen capital of Grozny.
Increase In ISIS Activity In The Syrian Desert
On December 30, 2020, it was reported that dozens, most of them soldiers, were killed in an ambush set by ISIS operatives for a convoy of buses transporting Syrian regime forces.
On January 1, 2021, the weekly paper of the Islamic State (ISIS) published an editorial castigating the Gaza-based Islamist Palestinian militant group Hamas for calling slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a "martyr."
An article in the latest issue of a jihadi magazine published by the supporters of the Islamic State's Wilayah Hind ("India Province") rejects democracy and urges the Muslims of India and Pakistan to rise up, join the ISIS caliphate, and fight against the tyrants of the East and West.
An article in the latest issue of a jihadi magazine published by supporters of the Islamic State's Wilayah Hind ("India Province") incites Muslims to launch various types of attacks, big or small, against non-Muslims.
An article in the latest issue of a jihadi magazine published by the supporters of the Islamic State's Wilayah Hind ("India Province") urges Muslims to wage jihad against non-Muslims at individual levels and argues in favor of eye-for-an-eye punishment of unbelievers.
On January 4, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) outlet released a video featuring a poem glorifying martyrdom and threatening to terrorize the countries participating in the U.S.-led Coalition.
A private English-language Telegram channel is run by a woman who claims she migrated to Syria and once lived in Islamic State (ISIS)-controlled territory in Syria.
A Facebook user who is an Islamic State (ISIS) supporter and detainee in Al-Hol camp in Syria wrote that her mother was sentenced to prison in Indonesia for helping to plot a suicide bombing.
A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) man runs a jihadi media operation which posts videos of jihadi preachers on Instagram, YouTube, and Telegram.
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has released the latest issue of its Urdu-language magazine. The magazine includes articles stressing the message of jihad, but its focus is on four mosques, and it issues a warning that jihadis are coming to protect the honor of the Babri mosque in India.
Al-Qaeda's Syrian Affiliate Claims Raid On Russian Position, The Group's First Operation Since June
On January 1, 2021, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Hurras Al-Din, claimed a raid on a Russian military position.
On January 2, 2021, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in East Africa, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), reported the group had perpetrated a suicide attack targeting Turkish troops and Somali special forces.
On January 3, 2021, Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen released a new audio speech from its leader dedicated to the raid on the Camp Simba U.S. military base at Manda Bay in Kenya in January 2020.
On January 6, 2021, the press office of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate, jihadi group Al-Shabab, released a statement in which it expressed its gratitude and appreciation for Al-Qaeda's branch in Mali, Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), for the attacks it recently carried out against French forces.
GSIM Claims Killing Of French Soldiers In Mali; Rejects Algerian Government Reports
On January 2, 2021, the official outlet of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel region released a statement in Arabic, French, and English claiming responsibility for an attack on a convoy of French Barkhane forces in Mali.
On January 5, 2021, the official outlet of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel region released a four-page statement in Arabic, French, and English claiming responsibility for an attack which killed members of French Barkhane forces in Mali on January 2.
On January 5, 2021, a pro-Al-Qaeda news agency published an article describing France, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and other countries as "ignorant and enemies of the religion."
On January 1, 2020, an Iran-backed militia claimed responsibility for two IED attacks on U.S. logistics convoys in Iraq.
On December 29, 2020, a Telegram channel affiliated with the Iran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq, shared a poster showing an image of the December 31, 2019 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and threatening an impending attack on the same target during the 2020 holiday season.
On December 29, 2020, an Iran-backed militia in Iraq released a video clip commemorating IRGC Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Deputy Commander of the Poplar Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, who were both killed in a U.S. airstrike on January 3, 2020.
On TikTok, numerous users have posted TikTok videos that eulogize Qassem Soleimani, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force (IRGC-QF) general killed by a U.S. airstrike on January 3, 2020 in Iraq.
