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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Two U.S.-based converts to Islam were recently arrested for conspiring with other Islamic State (ISIS) supporters to coordinate an attack.
On September 22, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) English-language Telegram channel published a post recommending attacking the trucking and shipping industries in Western countries in order to disrupt their economies.
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Al-Qaeda Group Publishes Comprehensive Manual For Lone Wolf Attackers
A pro-Al-Qaeda media group recently republished an Arabic manual for individual terrorists.
EXCLUSIVE: In New Video Clip, Pro-Al-Qaeda Media Group Threatens France
On September 18, 2020 a pro-Al-Qaeda media group released a short clip threatening France.
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On September 22, 2020, a pro-Syrian regime group posted an animated video on its Facebook page threatening to attack a U.S. military base in Al-Tanf, on the border between Syria, Iraq, and Jordan.
On September 15, 2020 a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) outlet which focuses on the group's activity in the Sahel region, released an article titled "The War of the Caliphate against Apostasy since 9/11."
Article In ISIS Magazine Warns The West: '9/11 – This Game Will Not Pause Now'
An issue of an English-language pro-ISIS magazine published on September 19, 2020, promotes jihadi messaging among young Muslims, calls on them to join the ISIS caliphate, and warns the Western world that the "9/11 game" will not pause.
On September 17, 2020 the Islamic State (ISIS) released its weekly newspaper which included an editorial accusing the Taliban, as well as jihadi factions in Syria, Iraq, and other countries of ending their enmity toward the crusader countries led by the U.S, and instead deciding to ally with them to fight against ISIS.
On September 23, 2020, the Islamic State (ISIS) Khurasan Province released a video accusing the Afghan Taliban of apostasy for allying with Afghan Shi'ites, abandoning the Arab mujahideen, and accepting support from the U.S. led coalition to end the ISIS presence in Khurasan region.
On September 19, 2020, a Telegram channel affiliated with a U.S.-based jihadi cleric promoted a GoFundMe campaign that had already raised over $1000 for supporting ISIS women held in Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)-run camps in Syria.
On September 18, 2020 the news agency of the Islamic State (ISIS) published a video documenting the group's attack on members of Al-Qaeda in Mali.
A U.S.-based Facebook user posts consist pro-Islamic State (ISIS) content and promotes donations via bitcoin to help the women in Al-Hol Camp in Syria.
On September 11, 2020, Al-Qaeda's central media wing released an English translation of its original Arabic-language magazine released on December 31, 2019.
On September 21, 2020, the official media outlet of the Syria-based jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) reported on Telegram members of the "Russian occupation militias" were killed and several others were injured after stepping on a minefield previously set up by the mujahideen near Idlib.
On September 20, 2020, a branch of the Management of the Liberated Areas in Syria issued an order to adopt the resolutions which emerged from a recent conference held to discuss changes to the local educational system.
On September 23, 2020 a jihadi group in Syria released a French-language video in which it defended itself against the accusations made by Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) against the group, and particularly against its leader.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate Releases Video Documenting Attack On Somali Army Checkpoints
On September 21, 2020, the media arm of a Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate released a video documenting the group's attack on Somali army checkpoints.
On September 19, 2020 the news agency of a Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate released "exclusive" photos allegedly showing a U.S. surveillance drone that fighters seized after it fell.
On June 25, 2020, soon after fighting broke out between the Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) and a recently formed Al-Qaeda-aligned operations room, HTS attacked a village outside of Idlib city in Syria.
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The intra-Afghan talks, concerning the future of peace in Afghanistan, began on September 12, 2020, in Doha, Qatar, and are expected to give a share of power to the Afghan Taliban in Kabul.
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Amid the intra-Afghan talks underway in Doha, Muhammad Naeem Wardak, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban organization), has ruled out any ceasefire in Afghanistan to facilitate a path to peace, according to an Afghan news website.
