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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EXCLUSIVE: Shahada News Agency Claims Al-Shabab Foiled U.S. Special Forces Raid In Janale, Somalia
On February 11, 2019, Shahada, the news agency of the Somalia-based jihadi group Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (HSM), reported that Al-Shabab had foiled a raid by U.S. Special Forces and Somali soldiers in the town of Janale in Lower Shabelle province south of Somalia.
The supporters of the Islamic State Of Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK) aka Jundul Khilafah Kashmir ("Soldiers Of The Caliphate in Kashmir") have released Issue Two of Volume Two of their English-language magazine Al-Risalah, which is published by ISJK media arm Al-Burhan Media Center.
Platform: Facebook
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating terror-related activity / sympathies
Platform: Facebook
Platform: Facebook
Over the past week, numerous posters have been published by pro-ISIS media groups threatening Western targets, including those situated in the United States, Great Britain, and France.
Telegram Channel Names Dutch, German ISIS Defectors
In recent weeks a Telegram channel, which posts information about foreign fighters who have allegedly left the Islamic State (ISIS) to join rival jihadi factions in Syria, posted the names of Dutch and German ISIS defectors who joined the Al-Qaeda affiliate Hurras Al-Din.
Video From ISIS Supporters Threatens And Incites Attacks In Europe
On January 11, 2019, a group of ISIS supporters shared a video on Telegram inciting and threatening attacks in Europe.
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Pro-ISIS Media Outlet Eulogizes British Media Operative Killed In Syria
On February 10, 2019, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet, published a eulogy on Telegram for an Englishman named as, who was a British media operative for the jihadi organization.
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating terror-related activity / sympathies
Platform: WhatsApp
On February 13, 2019, Al-Andalus, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), released a statement condemning Algerian Minister of Education Nouria Benghabrit for supporting a teacher's decision to punish a student who prayed in a school's courtyard. In the statement, titled "The War Against Islam In Algeria And Tunisia... Till When The Silence?"
Al-Shabab Releases Video Documenting Killings and Attacks in Mogadishu
In February 9, 2019, the Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) Telegram channel published an 11-minute video from Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen, titled The Successful Face 2 - Muhammad bin Maslamah Battalion.
On February 7, 2019, clashes broke out between fighters from Hurras Al-Din, the Syrian affiliate of Al-Qaeda, and Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) at Tall Hadiyah, south of Aleppo.
Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Releases Video Showing Rescue Of British Aid Worker Kidnapped In Syria
On February 14, 2019, Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) released a video showing the rescue of a British aid worker named Shakil and the arrest of his kidnappers, who had demanded four million U.S. dollars as ransom for his release.
The most recent issue of Al-Risalah, a magazine published by the Islamic State of Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK), includes an interview of a jihadi fighter identified as Abu Nader Al-Kashmiri. ISJK is also called Jundul Khilafah Kashmir and operates in Jammu & Kashmir against India.
An article in the latest issue of Al-Risalah, a magazine published by the supporters of the Islamic State of Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK), declares that the police in Jammu & Kashmir are apostates. Since Jammu & Kashmir is a Muslim-majority state, the policemen, who are at the forefront of fighting against jihadi groups, are mostly Muslim.
In the latest issue of Al-Risalah, a magazine published by the supporters of the Islamic State of Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK), jihadi fighter Abu Ghareeb Al-Hindi argues: "Living longer is not the aim, dying upon tawheed [Islamic monotheism] is." This is also the title of the article.
Speaking at separate events in the Muzaffargarh district in Pakistan, radical Islamic cleric Maulana Mujahid Abbas said: "Target the chiefs of kufr [unbelief] to defeat the enemy of Islam."
Uyghur jihadi group Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) released Issue 25 of its Arabic-language magazine Turkestan Al-Islamiyyah on February 10, 2019, which featured an article highlighting the Uyghurs' efforts over the years to make hijra ("immigration") to jihad fronts, including Afghanistan and Syria.
Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Launches Website Hosted In UK
On February 1, 2019, Uyghur jihad group Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) announced that it had launched a new website.
Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Magazine Features Interview With Uyghur Fighter In Afghanistan
On February 10, 2019, the Uyghur jihadi Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), which is affiliated with Al-Qaeda, released the 25th issue of its magazine Turkestan Al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Turkestan).
On February 12, 2019, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) named a 14-member team to negotiate with U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad later in the month.
Mosque In Peshawar, Pakistan, Emerges As Hub For Jihadi Group Jaish-e-Muhammad
Jama Masjid Sanan Bin Salma, a mosque situated in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, has emerged as a major hub of jihad activities organized by Pakistani jihadi group Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM).
Jaish-e-Muhammad Holds Eight Meetings With Pakistani Religious Scholars
A delegation of radical clerics associated with the Pakistani jihadi organization Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) has, as a part of JeM's outreach program, held introductory meetings with Islamic scholars in the Pakistani towns of Hafizabad and Mandi Bahauddin, both in Punjab province.
Afghan Taliban Publish List Of 793 Afghan Officials Who Joined The Taliban In January 2019
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) has published a list of 793 Afghan government officials who joined the Taliban in January 2019.