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 March 12, 2022, the Saudi Arabian government executed 81 individuals convicted on terror-related charges — 73 Saudi nationals, seven Yemenis, and one Syrian.
On March 4, 2022, a user of the Islamic State (ISIS)-operated Rocket chat server, published a post in which he expressed jubilation over "the massacre" allegedly carried out by the Russian "unbelievers" against the "Crusader European Ukrainians."
Responses to the unfolding events started to increase after Russia announced its recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine on February 21, 2022.
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On March 10, 2022, a media outlet which specializes in circulating official statements from the leadership of the Islamic State (ISIS), released a 12-minute audio statement announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurayshi and ISIS spokesman Abu Hamza Al-Qurayshi and the appointment of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi as the new ISIS leader.
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Shortly after the release of ISIS's statement announcing the appointment of a new caliph, disseminated widely on social media, ISIS fighters and supporters published statement and photos declaring their allegiance to the new leader and encouraging others to do the same.
Following the statement made by the Islamic State (ISIS) on March 10, 2022, announcing the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurayshi along with ISIS spokesman Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir and the appointment of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi as the new caliph, groups around the world which are affiliated with the organization in various ISIS provinces began to release pictorial reports documenting their oaths of allegiance to the new caliph.
On March 14, 2022, the Islamic State (ISIS) Syria province released an eight-minute video titled, "The Jihad of the Believers Will Continue," showing its members pledging allegiance to the new ISIS caliph Abu Al-Hassan Al-Qurashi Al-Hashimi.
ISIS Weekly Highlights Five ISIS Sinai Attacks On Egyptian Army In One Week, Killing Seven
The March 11, 2022 issue 329 of the Islamic State's (ISIS) weekly newspaper Al-Naba' reported that "soldiers of the Caliphate" in Sinai carried out five operations against the "Egyptian Apostate Army and its militias."
ISIS Fighters In West African Sahel Join Other ISIS Provinces In Pledging Allegiance To New Caliph
On March 14, 2022, Islamic State (ISIS) official media published 23 photos showing ISIS fighters in the West African Sahel region gathering to swear their allegiance (bay'ah) to the group's new caliph, Abu Al-Hassan Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi.
ISIS In Central Africa Claims Deaths Of 50 Christians In Eastern DRC
On March 16, 2022, the Islamic State in Central Africa (ISCAP) reported that its operatives clashed with pro-government militias in the Ituri region of Eastern Congo.
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ISIS Escalates Attacks In Nigeria During March 6-10
During March 6-10, 2022, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) increased its attacks in Nigeria, totaling ten attacks and dozens of casualties.
Video From ISIS In Nigeria Portrays Show Of Force And Pledge Of Allegiance To New ISIS Leader
On March 15, 2022, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) released a 12-minute video titled, "The Jihad of the Believers Will Continue," which follows a similar clip posted by the Islamic State (ISIS) Syria Province on March 14, and provides the impression that the clips are the first two in a series.
ISIS Operatives In India Province Pledge Allegiance To New Caliph
On March 15, 2022, the Islamic State (ISIS) India Province (Wilayat Al-Hind) published eight photographs on Telegram depicting its members pledging allegiance to the new ISIS caliph, Abu Al-Hasan Al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi.
The second issue of Voice of Khurasan, an English-language monthly magazine published by the Islamic State (ISIS), declares the Afghan Taliban to be "enemies of Islam" and "U.S. mercenaries."
Al-Qaeda Somali Affiliate Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Deaths Of 11 Kenyan Soldiers in Kenya
On March 14, 2022, the media outlet of the Somalia-based Al-Shabab jihadi organization reported that on the same day, Al-Shabab operatives detonated an IED on a Kenyan Defence Forces convoy loaded with military equipment near a military base in northeastern Kenya.
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On March 15, 2022, Katibat Al-Tawhid Wal Jihad, a Syria-based Uzbek jihadi group, released a statement in English rejecting the March 7, 2022 designation of the group by the U.S. State Department as "Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)."
Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Video Celebrates Achievements Of Syrian Revolution
On March 14, 2022, a Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS)-linked media outlet released a video celebrating the achievements of Syria's decade-long civil war.
Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Marks Eleventh Anniversary Of Syrian Revolution In Public Statement
On March 15, 2022, Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) released a statement marking the eleventh anniversary of the Syrian revolution.
On March 14, 2022, a Syrian opposition website which covers the Damascus area reported intensive Hizbullah military activity in the western part of Rif Dimashq and in the Qalamoun Mountains along the Syria-Lebanon border.
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On March 9, 2022, the Telegram channel of the Balagh monthly magazine, published by independent, anti-Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) jihadi clerics in Syria's Idlib region, released Issue 34 of the magazine, which contains a scathing editorial attacking the rebel leaders in Syria.
On March 8, 2022, a Dubai-based Syrian opposition website published a report alleging that a Lebanese national employed by the Beirut office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-OHCHR) is a Hizbullah collaborator.
Following the March 13, 2022 missile attack on Erbil in northern Iraq, for which Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility, Syrian opposition websites report that the IRGC and militias subordinate to it have reorganized their forces in various parts of eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border, and have moved some of them into inhabited areas, in preparation for a possible counterattack by the U.S.
Syrian Jihadi Cleric Proposes 'Jihad At Sea' To Deter Russian Incursions Into Syria
On March 9, 2022, a Syria-based jihadi cleric said that Syrian jihadis should face the Russians at sea to deter them from making further incursions into Syria.
On March 13, 2022, at approximately one a.m., several missiles hit the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.
Between March 13, and March 15, 2022, the Telegram channels that support the Iran-backed militias in Iraq reported that the militias carried out five IED attacks against American logistics support convoys in southern Iraq.
On March 10, 2022, an Iranian-backed Shi'ite group released a statement which claims that it has exposed secret activity being conducted by U.S. and NATO intelligence elements in Iraq and Syria, aimed at recruiting young people from the Middle East as mercenaries for the fight against the Russians in Ukraine.
On March 13, 2022, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched several ballistic missiles at Erbil. According to Iran, the target was a base belonging to Israeli forces from which drones were sent to attack the Kermanshah region in western Iran about a month ago.
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An anti-Afghan Taliban armed group announced its presence in Afghanistan and vowed to eliminate the Taliban from Afghanistan, according to an Afghan news agency. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization) seized power on August 15, 2021.
This report will review details of attacks that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of Pakistani Taliban, TTP) claimed during the week ending March 13, 2022.
A jihadi group from Waziristan led by Commander Hafiz Ihsanullah has joined Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of Pakistani Taliban, TTP), the TTP said in a statement.
In a March 10, 2022 statement, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of the Pakistani Taliban, TTP) said that three jihadi groups based in Lakki Marwat district have joined the TTP.
