Supporters of jihadi groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda, and of Syria-based jihadi factions including Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), Ahrar Al-Sham, Jabhat Tahrir Syria, and the Nour Al-Din Al-Zinki group are actively using U.S.-based walkie-talkie encrypted chat application Zello to incite violence, promote jihadi ideology, and interact with fighters. Hundreds of active public and private jihadi channels can easily be found on Zello by searching for keywords and names frequently used by jihadis. After creating an account, a user can add channels and contacts to interact with other users and listen to their contributions.
On these channels, fighters and online jihadis engage in discussions, promote jihadi ideology, and incite violence by sharing lectures, speeches, religious edicts, jihadi songs, and audio segments from jihadi videos.
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