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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On December 10, 2020, a Telegram channel affiliated with Iran-backed Shi'ite factions in Iraq, published a post claiming that a group named Qasem Al-Jabareen carried out attacks on two U.S. army convoys in south Baghdad near Al-Samawah.
EXCLUSIVE: Islamic State's Khurasan Province Claims Murder Of Afghan Woman Journalist In Afghanistan
On December 10, 2020, the Islamic State's (ISIS) Khurasan Province claimed responsibility for the murder of an Afghan woman journalist.
EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Presents Its Own Video Narrative Of The Battle Of Mosul To Counter Netflix Film
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Media activists who support the Islamic State (ISIS) exploited the highly publicized release of the film Mosul, on Netflix on November 26, 2020, to propagate their own narrative about the war for control of the city.
An article in an Urdu-language jihadi magazine published by the Taliban asserts that a photo of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Afghan Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sharing a stage in Doha, Qatar, shows that the Taliban is an "equal partner with a superpower like America."
On November 28, 2020, a new Shi'ite militia in Iraq posted footage on its Telegram channel which, it claimed, shows the headquarters of "U.S. companies" operating in Iraq.
A Facebook user appears to be close with two men arrested on suspicion of materially supporting the Islamic State (ISIS) and planning terror attacks on U.S. soil.
On December 3, 2020, a London-based Qatari daily published an article reporting that in order to evade aerial attacks, Iran and its allied militias have further developed the network of tunnels that had been used by the Islamic State (ISIS).
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An article in the latest issue of an Urdu-language jihadi magazine published by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) blames "the Jews and their puppets" for the coronavirus epidemic and for harassing Muslims during the pandemic.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For IED Attacks On Chadian Army Boats On Lake Chad, Killing Dozens
On December 8, 2020, the Islamic State (ISIS) released a statement claiming that its fighters carried out IED attacks on Chadian army boats on Lake Chad.
On December 3, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet on Telegram released a poster depicting a heavily armed ISIS fighter standing in a Paris street looking at the Eiffel Tower.
On December 4, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channel launched a social media campaign aimed at inciting Muslims in India to follow the path of jihad under the leadership of ISIS.
An Australia-based Instagram user has posted many photos of himself with an ISIS supporter who was arrested in Sydney on charges of planning terrorist acts.
A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Facebook user writes that he now lives in Washington, D.C., and that he attended University there.
A Facebook user whose profile indicates he is based in the Netherlands regularly shares audio sermons and videos by jihadi scholars and leaders.
Jihadi Group Claims Responsibility For Shelling Turkish Army Base In Idlib, Syria
On December 7, 2020, a Syria-based group that says it is "independent" released a statement claiming that one of its detachments has shelled a Turkish army base in Idlib.
On December 3, 2020, a pro-Al-Qaeda media outlet released a letter written by the leader of an Al-Qaeda-affiliate in Syria.
On December 8, 2020, a jihadi group that had been linked to Al-Qaeda before declaring its independence shared a video on Telegram documenting its fighters' military training and operations against the Syrian regime and Russia.
The past few months have witnessed a surge in activity on several Telegram channels affiliated with Iran-backed groups in Iraq, including a team that targets social media accounts belonging to Iraqi activists who oppose Iran-backed militias in Iraq, including journalists and researchers based outside the country.
Following Split, Iraqi Shi'ite Group Changes Name, Denies Involvement In Baghdad Vandalism
On December 7, 2020, an Iraqi Shi'ite group issued a statement announcing that the group's name has been changed. The decision came a few weeks after the group announced that its members decided to split into two groups.
On December 5, 2020, an official media outlet of an Al-Qaeda affiliate released a statement claiming responsibility for simultaneous rocket attacks on three bases of French Barkhane forces in Mali, which took place on November 30.
On November 5, 2020, the U.S. State Department rescinded the terrorist designation of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), an Uyghur jihadi group believed to be active in China's Xinjiang province, also known as East Turkestan.
At a multilateral conference on Afghanistan in Geneva on November 24, 2020, Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and a vice president of the European Commission, said: "A ceasefire should not be an outcome of the (peace) process. It should accompany the process from today... Any attempt to restore an Islamic emirate would have an impact on our political and financial engagement."
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has strengthened its ranks in recent months by uniting several former factions, has published Issue Eight of its Urdu-language magazine.
