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On November 18, 2023, Al-Sahab, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda General Command, released a two-page "Statement Regarding the Zionist-Crusader War Against Gaza Hospitals," inciting attacks against U.S. and Israeli Embassies as well as "million-man marches" toward U.S. and European military bases in the region to expel the "killers" of Gazans.
On November 16, 2023, a pro-Al-Qaeda media outlet published a three-page statement, in Arabic, praising three recent attacks that targeted two synagogues in Montreal, Canada, using rifles and Molotov cocktails.
On November 19, 2023, the Houthi Ansar Allah movement armed forces claimed responsibility for the seizure of the Galaxy Leader shipping vessel, which it described as "an Israeli ship" in the Red Sea, and towed it to the Yemeni coast.
On November 20, 2023, "the armed forces" of the Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) published video footage on Telegram documenting its claimed November 19 attack on a vessel in the Red Sea.
On November 16 and 17, 2023, jihadis continued to react to the viral trend on Tik Tok, #LetterToAmerica, in which users uploaded videos reacting to reading Osama bin Laden's 2002 address, titled "Letter to America."
Recently, jihadis on Telegram continued to react to the viral trend on Tik Tok, #LetterToAmerica, in which users uploaded videos reacting to reading Osama bin Laden's 2002 address, titled: "Letter to America."
EXCLUSIVE: Jihadis React To Viral TikTok Trend About Osama Bin Laden's 2002 Letter To America
On November 15, 2023, several Salafi jihadis commented on the viral TikTok trend #LetterToAmerica, in which TikTok users uploaded videos reacting to reading Osama bin Laden's 2002 address, titled "Letter to America."
On November 16, 2023, "Gaza Now," a Gaza-based media outlet supporting Hamas and other Palestinian factions that took part in the October 7 attack on Israel, shared a post on its Arabic Telegram channel promoting a second Arabic channel for followers residing in Europe and the United States.
On November 16, 2023, Islamic State (ISIS) Mozambique Province published eight photos, showing the leadup, execution, and aftermath of an attack on a village in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province.
On November 16, 2023, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 417 of its weekly newsletter Al-Naba', featuring an editorial mocking the outcome of the extraordinary joint Islamic-Arab summit.
Issue 417 of Al-Naba', the official weekly magazine of the Islamic State (ISIS), released on November 16, 2023, contains an article titled "Lessons from the Battle of the Confederates," also referred to as the Battle of the Trench, which the Prophet Muhammad and his army fought against the tribe of Quraysh and several allied tribes, including the Jewish ones of Banu Qurayzah and Banu Al-Nadir.
On November 19, 2023, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed that on November 18, its fighters attacked the motorcade of the governor of Nigeria's Yobe State using various weapons, on the road between the cities of Jakana and Mainok, in Nigeria's Borno state, killing two of his bodyguards and injuring others.
On November 20, 2023, the Al-Sahab Foundation, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda's Central Command, released a new issue of its periodic bulletin.
In the September 2023 issue of its Urdu-language journal Nawa-i-Ghazwa-e-Hindi ("The Voice of the Battle of India"), Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) had several articles marking the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad and also the 22nd anniversary of 9/11.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Claims Five Attacks Within A Week In Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo
On November 13–16, 2023, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), claimed five attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Togo.
On November 16, 2023, the Syrian pro-opposition Euphrates Eye website reported, quoting "exclusive sources," that disagreements had erupted between members of the Syrian army's 4th Division and operatives of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Al-Tayyibah village, near Al-Mayadin in Syria's Deir Al-Zour governorate.
On November 21, 2023, the Syrian opposition-affiliated Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that in the previous hours, Iran-backed militias sent military reinforcements consisting of weapons and ammunition, short- and medium-range missiles, logistical equipment, and additional operatives to the desert of Syria's Homs governorate.
Children's Math Test In HTS-Controlled Area Uses Hamas's Attacks Against Israel As A Question
On November 20, 2023, a supporter of Syria-based Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) in Syria posted an image alleging that it shows a math test administered in a children's school in HTS-controlled northwestern Syria.
Islamic Resistance In Iraq Claims Additional Drone Attacks On U.S. Bases In Syria And Iraq
In recent days, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias, has claimed several additional attacks on U.S. bases in Syria and Iraq, "in retaliation for the crimes which the enemy perpetrates against our people in Gaza."
Iran-Backed 'Islamic Resistance In Iraq' Claims Two Attacks On U.S. Bases In Erbil, Anbar
In two statements released on November 17, 2023, "The Islamic Resistance in Iraq," which is an umbrella organization of several Iran-backed Shi'ite militias, claimed responsibility for two drone attacks on the U.S. bases in the country "in retaliation for the crimes perpetrated by the enemy against our people in Gaza."
Iran-Backed 'Islamic Resistance In Iraq' Claims Drone Attack On U.S. Base In Syria
On November 17, 2023, "The Islamic Resistance in Iraq," which is an umbrella organization of several Iran-backed Shi'ite militias, claimed responsibility for a drone attack on a U.S. base in Syria.
Iran-Backed Ashab Al-Kahf Threatens Bahrain Over Its Alleged Support For U.S. And Israel
On November 19, 2023, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia shared three photos of an airplane seen through a chain-link fence, claiming they show a C-5 aircraft at the international airport of Bahrain "which has normalized [relations with Israel]."
On November 17, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) designated six individuals affiliated as Specially Designated Nationals (SDN).
On November 20, 2023, the "military media" of the Iran-backed Iraqi Shi'ite militia Al-Nujaba Movement issued a statement announcing the group had unveiled a new unmanned boat created by its manufacturing and development unit.
On November 15, 2023, a Telegram channel in Farsi posted fliers written in six languages in support of Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel.
On November 19, 2023, a London-based website reported that some of the attacks against U.S. bases in Syria are launched from areas under the control of U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF).
On November 19, 2023, the armed forces of the Houthi Ansar Allah Movement issued a statement in which it threatened to attack all the Israeli vessels, and the ships that have connections with Israeli companies or with Israel, that sail in the Red Sea.
Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Creates 'People's Army' Of Tribesmen To Fight Against Israel
On November 16, 2023, the Houthi Ansar Allah movement in the Dhamar Governorate in western Yemen held a "people’s show of force" at a ceremony to mark the completion of the first training course of the newly-established Al-Aqsa Flood force.
On November 20, 2023, Saudi Arabia's Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that the Houthi Ansar Allah Movement has forced Yemeni women to donate money and jewelry "to support Gaza."
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The latest issue of an Urdu-language magazine published by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has several articles on Jews and Israel, condemns Israeli attacks in Gaza, and criticizes the lack of action by Islamic leaders to defend Palestinians.
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The Pakistani branch of the global Islamist organization Hizbut Tahrir, which is known for trying to form cells among the officers in the militaries of Islamic countries to seize power and establish an Islamic caliphate, issued two statements recently seeking to incite Pakistani military officers to join the jihad against Israel in support of Palestine.
