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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Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah spoke in a September 19, 2024, address about the pager blasts that rocked the party's personnel across Lebanon.
On September 23-24, 2024, two Arab media sources reported on two closed meetings that were held recently in Iraq and in Syria, attended by senior members of Iran-backed Iraqi militias.
On September 20, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman announced that on the same day the Israeli Air Force had attacked Beirut and killed Ibrahim Aquil, Hizbullah operations chief and the head of its elite Radwan Unit.
On September 5, 2024, a documentary film was shared on social media network X on the life Mullah Sangeen Zadran, an Afghan Taliban commander whose fighters in 2009 captured U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who had wandered away from his camp in Afghanistan.
In a recent Dari-language report, Afghanistan's independent daily Hasht-e-Subh examined how the Haqqani Network may be relating to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban), revealing a power struggle between Afghan Taliban emir Mullah Hibbatullah Akhundzada and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.
On September 23, 2024, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced in a Telegram post that the messaging app will disclose IP addresses and phone number of users to authorities in response to search warrants or other valid legal requests.
On September 23, 2024, Israel launched a large-scale attack against hundreds of Hizbullah targets. Lebanese health authorities said that more than 270 people had been killed, even after Israel warned the people to evacuate areas where the armed movement was storing weapons.
In recent weeks, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have published statements announcing the killing of several of their operatives and commanders in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
On September 22, 2024, the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a poster depicting a rifle being fired at an Israeli tank, causing it to burst into flames and explode.
On September 25, 2024, a pro-Hamas outlet published a post on its Telegram channel in English, Arabic, and Russian soliciting donations of the cryptocurrency Tether USDT (TRC20).
On September 18, 2024, the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily published an article addressing Iran-backed Yemen's Ansar Allah Movement's (Houthi) announcement of a new wave of military attacks under the framework of the "fifth phase" of their conflict against Israel.
Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Claims Interception Of Tenth U.S. Drone In Yemeni Airspace
On September 16, 2024, Yemen’s Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis) claimed that it had intercepted "an American MQ-9 aircraft in the airspace of Dhamar Governorate, where it was carrying out hostile missions."
On September 20, 2024, Israeli security sources reported that an airstrike carried out in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, killed Ibrahim Aqil, a senior Hizbullah military commander and member of the Jihad Council, the party's top military body.
On September 23, 2024, Al-Ahed News, Lebanese Hizbullah's official media outlet, published a speech by the chief of Hizbullah's foreign relations department.
In the past few days, an international hacking group called, "Pro-Palestine Hackers Movement (PPHM)" claimed to have launched a series of cyberattacks targeting Israeli websites.
The Secretary-General of the Iran-Backed Badr Organization in Iraq called on the Iraqi people to mobilize in support of Lebanon after Iraq's Top Shi'ite cleric called for "all efforts to be made" to stop what he called Israel's "barbaric aggression against Lebanon" in a statement released on September 23, 2024.
Over Two Days, Islamic Resistance In Iraq Claims Five Attacks Against Israel
From September 24-25, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias in Iraq, released five statements claiming responsibility for five different attacks that targeted Israel's northern and southern regions.
Between September 16 and 21, 2024, on its Telegram channel, the Iran-backed Iraqi Sarkhat Al-Quds Brigades militia (formerly Ashab Al-Kahf) posted statements in which it announced the transition to “a new phrase in the confrontation with the enemy,” and its readiness to send thousands of fighters to Lebanon to participate in the war against “the Zionist entity.”
On September 21, 2024, the Syrian opposition-affiliated Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that Iran-backed militias had completed a new underground border crossing between Iraq and Syria in the desert near Al-Bukamal, in eastern Syria's Deir Al-Zour governorate, with the goal of transporting weapons and ammunition while avoiding airstrikes targeting trucks. According to the article's headline, this comes "after Israel's tracking of their trucks."
Islamic Resistance In Iraq Claims 10 Attacks Against Israel Between September 15-23, 2024
In the week of September 15-22, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias in Iraq, issued 10 statements claiming responsibility for 10 separate attacks that targeted Israel's northern and southern regions, including the city of Haifa in the north.
An Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Imam Ali Brigades, called for total resistance against the U.S., Israel, and the West in a statement released on September 23, 2024.
Issue 461 of the Islamic State (ISIS) weekly newsletter, Al-Naba', released on September 19, 2024, featured details about armed clashes between ISIS operatives and Azerbaijani forces in Qusar District, northeastern Azerbaijan.
On September 19, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) released issue 461 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba'.
On September 18, 2024, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Bariqah News Agency reported that ISIS operatives carried out an "armed attack" that morning on a Niger Armed Forces base in Eknewane, Niger's Tahoua region.
On September 22, 2024, the Islamic State East Asia Province (ISEAP) published a statement claiming that the previous day, operatives of the group shot and killed a "spy" for the "Crusader" Philippine government in Ampatuan, in the Philippines' Maguindanao del Sur province.
During recent weeks, the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) continued to claim attacks targeting Christian villagers as well as on personnel and outposts of the Congolese armed forces, the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC), and affiliated "militias" in Ituri Province and the Lubero territory, in the DRC's North-Kivu Province.
In the last two weeks, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) issued statements claiming its operatives had carried out four attacks in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
On August 16, 2024, a Telegram channel publishing ISKP-related material in several languages shared a 582-page Pashtu-language book titled "An In-Depth Look At The Policies Of The Salafists Of The Current Era," and published by Al-Azaim Media Foundation, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS).
Article In Issue 38 Of ISKP Magazine 'Voice Of Khurasan' Accuses Taliban Of Violating Shari'a
An article in the latest issue of the "Voice of Khurasan," an English-language monthly magazine published by Al-Azaim Media Foundation, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS), accuses the Afghan Taliban rulers of violating shari'a and assuming the legislating power of Allah to declare things to be forbidden and permissible.
In an Urdu-language booklet, the Islamic State Khurasan Province discusses the policies of the Afghan Taliban regime in Afghanistan, arguing that while "the Taliban rulers assume they are mujahideen, they are actually allies of Jews and Christians."
In a Dari-language video, the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) discusses the Afghan Taliban's relations with non-Muslim countries, calling them "allies of unbelievers" and "militias" working for Russia and the United States in a war against Islam.
On September 20, 2024, Al-Azaim Media Foundation, a media outlet linked to Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), released issue 39 of its English-language magazine, "Voice of Khurasan."
In a Pashtu-language documentary released on the Afghan Taliban's three years in power, the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) criticizes the Taliban rulers' governance, issues 37 charges against the Taliban, accusing them of violating the shari'a, taking aid from non-Muslim countries, and oppressing the Afghan people by collecting excessive taxes, among other things.
On September 7, a Telegram channel publishing ISKP-related material posted a Pashtu-language video criticizing Afghan Taliban member and follower of Sufism Khalifa Deen Muhammad, who is also the head of Ulema Council of the Taliban in Kabul province and whom ISKP accuses of supporting Sufism.
A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channel advised supporters not to publish photos of themselves online to avoid identification, surveillance, and detection.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Claims Attacks On Armed Forces In Mali, Togo, Benin
On September 23, 2024, the Al-Zallaqa Media Foundation, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), published statements claiming responsibility for attacks on armed forces in Mali, Togo, and Benin.
From September 2-18, 2024, the Shahada News Agency, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), reported on a series of attacks carried out by its operatives against Ethiopian and Ugandan forces active in the country and Kenyan forces in Kenya's northeastern counties of Manderal and Lamu.
On September 20, 2024, the Shahada News Agency, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Harakat Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab), published a statement claiming that Al-Shabab operatives shelled the Halane military base, the "largest base belonging to the International Coalition Forces and its institutions," in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
On September 23, 2024, the seventh issue of the unofficial magazine Incite the Believers, published periodically by a group of Al-Qaeda supporters, was shared by several pro-Al-Qaeda Telegram accounts.
On the evening of September 24, 2024, multiple Syrian jihadi Telegram channels reported that an MQ9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the U.S.-led coalition carried out an airstrike targeting a rebel position at the Duwayr Al-Akrad front, between the Hama and Latakia governorates in northwestern Syria.
The pager blasts that rocked Hizbullah in Lebanon over the past few days continue to draw reactions by jihadis in Syria, who rejoiced at the development against a "fanatical" Shi'ite Iran-backed armed group.
In the past few days, pro-Salafi jihadis media outlets and platforms have announced their need for new operatives, specifically in the media field.
Salafi-Jihadis In Gaza Solicit Cryptocurrency Donations To Purchase Food, Water, Weapons
On September 18, 2024, a Telegram channel, linked to Al-Qaeda supporter Fu'ad Al-Khatib, forwarded a post from another channel reporting that drinking water was distributed to displaced Gazans in refugee camps in Al-Mawasi, near Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has released Issue 45 of its Urdu-language PDF bulletin "Manzil," in which the TTP spokesman calls on the people of Pakistan to support the jihadi group in its fight against the Pakistan military.
In a new Urdu-language video, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) challenges Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir's recent statement in which he vowed to eliminate jihadi terrorism from the territory of Pakistan.
In an Urdu-language video bearing the the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) logo posted on the social media platform X on September 10, 2024, the PAF eulogizes fighter pilot Group Captain Saiful Azam, celebrating his bravery during the 1965 India-Pakistan War and the Six-Day War.
