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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Samidoun, a Palestinian prisoner solidary network which is affiliated with the U.S.-designated Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), is circumventing obstacles to its financial services by funneling donations through a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Tucson, Arizona.
A U.S.-based user of X routinely expresses his support for Hizbullah and Hamas on the social media platform.
In recent days, Syrian opposition websites have published new reports about a network of drug and weapons smuggling linking Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and involving Iran's IRGC, Lebanese Hizbullah and Iran-backed Iraqi and Syrian militias.
On May 25, 2024, the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported that the "Iraqi Resistance" has "despaired" of negotiations for the withdrawal of American forces in Iraq and is considering resuming its attacks on American bases in the region.
On May 23, 2024, the Committee for the Liberation of the Arabian Peninsula, a newly formed Iran-backed militant organization, issued a statement demanding that the Saudi royal family relieve Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of his duties within one month. If not, the committee threatened to overthrow the Saudi Government by force.
On May 27, 2024, following the fire exchanges that day between Israeli and Egyptian military forces at the Rafah border crossing, the jihadi group "Al-Farouq Brigades – Sinai" called on all people in Egypt, Sinai and Jordan, both soldiers and civilians, who possess weapons to immediately join the fray against Israel, alone or in small groups, and carry out deadly attacks on Israel's borders or against Israeli interests.
On May 24, 2024, Al-Sahab, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda General Command, released a three-page statement titled: "Support and Endorsement of the Lone-Lion Operations Against the Zionist Aggressors."
On May 29, 2024, Houthi Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e delivered a statement claiming responsibility for six attacks against six commercial ships, including one American ship, in the Red, Arabian, and Mediterranean seas.
On May 29, 2024, Houthi Ansar Allah armed forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e claimed that the group's Air Force had intercepted an American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) MQ-9 Reaper "while it was carrying out hostile missions in the airspace of Ma'rib Governorate." The Houthis hit the UAV with "a locally made surface-to-air missile."
On May 27, 2024, Houthi Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e delivered a statement claiming responsibility for five attacks against Israeli and American ships and American destroyers.
On May 24, 2024, for the first time, the Houthi Ansar Allah movement claimed an attack in the Mediterranean: a missile attack on an "Israeli vessel." The Houthis also claimed missile and drone attacks on two other ships: an "Israeli" vessel in the Arabian Sea and a vessel in the Red Sea belonging to a Greek company whose ships "docked at occupied Palestine ports."
On May 27, 2024, an escalation of the opposition to Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and its leadership occurred when a member of the HTS-linked General Security Administration (GSA) was found with his throat cut at his home southwest of Idlib.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Claims Killing 41 Armed Forces In Two Weeks Of Attacks In Burkina Faso
Over the past two weeks, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), has continued its assaults against armed forces in Burkina Faso. This report reviews a sample of the assaults.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate In Sahel (GSIM) Posts Photos Showing Its Fighters Training In Burkina Faso Base
On May 25, 2024, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), published a series of 10 photos documenting a GSIM military course in a camp in Burkina Faso.
On May 27, 2024, Al-Sahab, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda's central command, published a two-page statement in Arabic titled "Statement Of Condolences And Solace Regarding The Floods In Afghanistan." For the past two weeks and ongoing, severe flooding in Afghanistan’s northern provinces has killed hundreds and left thousands homeless.
On May 23, 2024, the Al-Andalus Foundation, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), published a 29-minute video, the seventh installment in a series titled "Enlightening the Minds about the Apostasy of Algeria's Rulers," which features an audio message from a senior AQIM operative.
On May 26, 2024, a prolific Al-Qaeda supporter, published a poster in Arabic calling on Muslims to support Gaza by killing Jews and their "allies" around the world.
On May 29, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) Somalia Province published a statement claiming that its operatives had detonated an IED on a group of Somali policemen near a police checkpoint in Mogadishu's Daynile district, killing two policemen and wounding four others.
On May 28, 2024, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) published a statement claiming dozens of casualties in May 26 clashes between operatives of the group and forces of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in Nigeria's Borno state.
Over the past two weeks, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) has continued its assaults on Christian civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This report reviews a sample of the assaults.
The editorial in issue 444 of Islamic State (ISIS) weekly magazine Al-Naba', released on May 23, 2024, is titled "And We Set a Time for Their Destruction" (Quran 18:59). Celebrating the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and other members of their entourage in a May 19 helicopter crash on their way back from Azerbaijan, Al-Naba' declares their demise only one example of Allah's destruction of the "nations of unbelief" which challenge Him.
Issue 444 of Islamic State (ISIS) weekly magazine Al-Naba', released on May 23, 2024, covers recent operations by ISIS affiliates in Nigeria, Niger, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Mozambique, and presents previously unreported details and photos about attacks in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, the DRC and Mozambique.
On May 23, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) released Issue 444 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba'. The publication featured an infographic detailing attacks perpetrated by its branch in West Africa (ISWAP), between May 10 and May 19, 2024.
A 20-minute Pashtu-language video, titled "A Warning To Jews" and released by the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP)-linked Al-Hadid Media Foundation, urges Islamic State fighters to attacks Jews, Christians, synagogues, and churches in the West.
On May 17, 2024, a pro-Afghan Taliban media outlet published a Pashtu-language article saying that terror attacks carried out by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere are planned by terrorists based outside Afghanistan and in areas under American control.
In an article published on its official website, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) accuses the West of disseminating false propaganda against the Taliban government in Afghanistan, painting it as regressive and hindering development work. The IEA has banned girls and women from schools, colleges, universities, parks, and workplaces.
An article published by one of the official websites of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban) eulogizes Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the second Emir-ul-Momineen and successor to Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, crediting him with building the military and administrative structure of the IEA.
