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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Women in Syria's Al-Hol Camp, which holds people displaced from territory that the Islamic State (ISIS) held temporarily, have recently been discussing the coronavirus pandemic.
Photos have emerged recently of Islamic State in Khorasan (ISIS-K) chief Abdullah Orakzai aka Aslam Farooqi, who was arrested by Afghan officials. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government has asked for the custody of Farooqi, who is a Pakistani national.
A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) hacker group released a video that lists websites in South Africa that it says it hacked and defaced as part of a "cyber war" on the unbelievers in South Africa.
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On April 16, 2020, a media arm of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Mali-based Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM) released a statement claiming responsibility for the killing of five soldiers and seizure of loads of weapons and military equipment in an attack on a military base in Burkina Faso.
In 'Exclusive' Report On Al-Naba' Weekly, ISIS Claims First Attack In Maldives
On April 16, 2020, Issue 230 of Islamic State (ISIS) weekly Al-Naba' included an "exclusive" report claiming responsibility for the burning of five boats belonging to the government of the Maldives. This is the first attack ISIS has ever claimed in the small island nation in South Asia.
On April 9, 2020, the Islamic State (ISIS) released the latest issue of its weekly Al-Naba', which included a report with an exclusive interview with the military commander of its branch in West Africa in which the commander claimed that the ongoing military campaign "did not achieve any of its objectives" and vowed to continue chasing down and fighting the "unbelievers everywhere."
Pro-ISIS Media Outlet Celebrates Recent Kabul Attack On Sikh Temple As Revenge On India
On April 11, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released a short clip celebrating the recent attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul, describing it as revenge for the mistreatment of the Muslims of India.
Pro-ISIS Hadm Al-Aswar Foundation Advertises Positions Within Its Media Staff
On April 14, 2020, a pro-ISIS group shared a job posting on its Telegram channel.
On April 14, 2020, the official news agency of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadi group Al-Shabab claimed that six Kenyan soldiers were killed and five machine guns were seized in a "qualitative operation" carried out by Al-Shabab fighters in the suburbs of Wajir county in northeast Kenya.
On April 11, 2020, a pro-Al-Qaeda news agency forwarded a statement from the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM) in which GSIM claimed responsibility for an April 7 raid on a Malian military base in the town of Bamba.
On April 16, 2020, Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) announced that registration was open for those in the rebel-controlled areas to join its ranks.
