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 12, 2024 the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced, at 2:30 a.m. Sanaa time on the previous day, that CENTCOM forces had conducted joint strikes on targets of Yemen's Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis), in coordination with Britain and with support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bahrain, "to degrade [the Houthis'] capability to continue their illegal and reckless attacks on U.S. and international vessels and commercial shipping in the Red Sea."
The Islamic State in Iran released a statement on January 4, 2024, claiming responsibility for the January 3 twin blasts in the Iranian city of Kerman, saying the attack was part of ISIS's newly launched security campaign dubbed, "And Kill Them Wherever You Find Them."
On January 7, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) A'maq News Agency released a short video clip showing the two perpetrators of the January 3 twin blasts in the Iranian city of Kerman.
On January 3, 2024, Brigadier-General Yahya Saree', the military spokesman of Yemen's Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis), issued a statement on X (formerly Twitter), claiming an attack on the CMA CGM TAGE container ship, which he alleged was "heading towards the ports of occupied Palestine."
On January 9, 2024, the military spokesman for the Iraqi Hizbullah Brigades, Ja'far Al-Husseini, confirmed in an exclusive interview with Mayadeen TV (Lebanon), that communication with the Palestinian factions and the Iraqi resistance factions following Hamas's attack on Israel has expanded.
On January 6, 2024, a Telegram channel that supports Iran-backed militias in Iraq, published short videos showing the recent joint military parade involving the Naval Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), in Al-Faw District, in Iraq's Basra Governorate.
On January 4, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) Al-Furqan media outlet released an audio message titled "And Kill Them Wherever You Find Them" (Quran 2:191), in which the organization's spokesman Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari declared support for the Muslims of Gaza, while discrediting Palestinian faction such as Hamas for their alliance with Iran and declaring that Palestine will only be truly liberated when it is governed in accordance with shari'a.
On January 10, 2024, Yemen's Houthi Ansar Allah Movement claimed responsibility for firing missiles and drones at a U.S. ship in response to the U.S. Navy helicopters' sinking of three Houthis boats on December 31, 2023.
On January 9, 2024, the speaker of the Houthi Ansar Allah movement's Shura Council convened and approved Houthi leadership and Yemen's President Mahdi Al-Mashat's "brave" stance to support the Palestinian people against "Zionist arrogance."
On January 3, 2023, the Secretary General of Lebanese Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah, made a televised speech in which he vowed to avenge the killing of Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy chief of Hamas's Political Bureau.
On January 9, 2023, Lebanese Hizbullah's Military Media Telegram channel issued a claim of responsibility for an attack by several assault drones on the IDF Northern Command headquarters in the city of Safed in northern Israel (Camp Dado).
Lebanon's Maronite bishops have sounded the alarm over the arming of displaced Syrians in the country.
On January 3, 2024, over 100 people were killed and over 200 wounded in two explosions at a memorial for Qasem Soleimani, slain commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, near his grave in the city of Kerman, in Iran's Kerman province.
On January 4, 2024, Iran-backed Al-Nujaba' Movement militia members mourned the death of a senior commander of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), who was killed that day in a U.S. drone strike targeting the commander's vehicle in eastern Baghdad.
Iran-Backed Islamic Resistance In Iraq Claims Two Drone Attacks On U.S. Bases In Eastern Syria
On January 3, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iran-backed joint operations group of Iraqi militias, claimed two drone attacks on U.S. bases in eastern Syria, and released a video clip documenting another drone attack on a third U.S. base perpetrated the previous day.
On January 4, 2024, Abu Murtaja Al-Husseini, spokesperson for the Iran-backed Iraqi Shi'ite Ashab Al-Kahf group, published a statement on Telegram in response to a same-day U.S. airstrike in eastern Baghdad which killed a senior official in the Iran-backed Iraqi Al-Nujaba Movement militia and the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), along with his aide.
On January 7, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iran-backed joint operations group of Iraqi militias, claimed responsibility for an attack on "a vital target in occupied Haifa," during the preceding days.
Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia Threatens To Attack UAE For Its Alleged Assistance To Israel
On January 9, 2024, the military spokesman for the Iraqi Hizbullah Brigades, Ja'far Al-Husseini, gave an exclusive interview to the Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV channel during which, among other things, he condemned several Gulf states for abetting "the Zionist aggression" against the Gaza Strip and added that, "The Emirates play a vile role at this time."
On January 10, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq – an umbrella organization of several Iran-backed Iraqi militias – claimed a missile attack on a U.S. base in eastern Syria as well as a drone attack on a U.S. base in northern Iraq.
On January 9, 2024, a Syrian pro-opposition website posted an "exclusive" report according to which the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently deployed dozens of short-range rocket launchers in various parts of Deir Al-Zour Governorate.
On January 4, 2024, Al-Furqan, the media outlet of the Islamic State (ISIS) Central Command, released an audio message from the group's spokesman, Abu Ḥudhayfah Al-Ansari, titled: "And Kill Them Wherever You find Them."
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), says that the establishment of Pakistan was an effort to deceive the Ummah because the so-called Islamic state is not following the principles and values of the Quran and the traditions of Muhammad.
On January 8, 2024, the Islamic State's (ISIS) official A'maq News Agency reported that according to a "security source," about 30 policemen belonging to the Pakistani police were killed and wounded in an ISIS explosion targeting their vehicle in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
A lead article in the latest issue an English-language monthly magazine published by a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) says that the Muslims lost during the First Crusade (1096-1099) because they "stopped trying to stay well-prepared for jihad, socially, physically, and strategically."
A lead article in the latest issue an English-language monthly magazine published by a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) offers "a comprehensive shari'a vision" to fight Jews.
On January 4, 2024, Al-Sahab, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda's central command, published Issue 42 of its Al-Nafir bulletin.
On January 8, 2023, Al-Qaeda's central media wing published a 30-page document telling the story of an American Jewish aid worker taken captive by Al-Qaeda.
On January 9, 2024, Jordan-based pro-Al-Qaeda ideologue 'Isam Al-Barqawi aka Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, published an article about the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and whether it is appropriate to join the fighting.
Statement By Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab Calls On Somalis To Wage Jihad Against Ethiopians
On January 5, 2024, an official media outlet of Al-Shabab published a three-page press release in Somali condemning the memorandum of understanding which Ethiopia and the breakaway Somaliland regions signed on January 1.
The media outlet of Al-Shabab released on January 3, 2024, a 14-minute video in Somali of a senior Al-Shabab religious figure.
On January 4, 2024, the media outlet of Al-Shabab released a 29-minute video in Somali documenting the ceremony of graduation of new troops from the Sharif 'Abd Al-Nur Camp.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, The Movement of The Pakistani Taliban) has released Part Seven of its video series showcasing sniper attacks on Pakistani security forces in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
