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, 2020, Al-Qaeda's central media outlet released a statement titled "Verily We Have Granted Thee A Manifest Victory"celebrating the Taliban's "victory" after signing a deal with the United States to withdraw American and foreign troops from Afghanistan.
On March 11, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released a video listing ISIS's attacks on Afghan officials, security forces, Shi'ites, and a rocket attack on Bagram airbase.
In a March 12, 2020 statement on its official website, the Iran-backed Kata'ib Hizbullah, also known as the Hizbullah Brigades, praised the previous day's missile attack against Taji military base in north Baghdad that killed two American service members and one British service member.
On March 9, 2020, a coalition of several Al-Qaeda-affiliated factions in Syria, released a video featuring foreign fighters, including an English speaker, rejecting the recently signed peace agreement between Russia and Turkey.
Issue Nine of a monthly magazine published by a group of Syria-based jihadi clerics was released on March 4, 2020.
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On March 7, 2020, a Syria-based Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihad group released an audio recording of a speech by its leader.
The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating terror-related activity / sympathies.
Platform: Facebook
ISIS Kills Six Christians In Borno State Amid Spike In Executions Of Nigerian Christians
On March 9, 2020, the Islamic State (ISIS) released four graphic photos showing the execution of six Christians in Nigeria.
ISIS Releases Video Showing Beheading Of Two Egyptian Army 'Spies' As Attacks Spike In North Sinai
On March 4, 2020, an Islamic State (ISIS) media outlet released a video showing two ISIS fighters beheading two Egyptian army "spies."
ISIS Claims To Foil Raid By DRC Military
On March 7, 2020, the Islamic State (ISIS) Central Africa Province issued a statement claiming that the previous day it had repelled a raid conducted by members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
On March 7, 2020, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Spanish-language media outlet released a video.
On March 7, 2020, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Spanish-language Muntasir Media outlet released a 13-minute video with the Spanish title, "Y El que Cumpla" (And He Who Obeys).
On March 7, 2020, Syrian jihadi group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) issued a statement in response to the ceasefire agreement concerning Syria's Idlib area.
On March 11, 2020, the media arm of the Syria-based Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hurras Al-Din group, released a statement eulogizing senior Al-Qaeda In The Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) leaders.
Al-Qaeda Affiliate In The Sahel Declares Its Willingness To Negotiate With The Malian Government
On March 8, 2020, the official media outlet of Group for Support of Islam and Muslims, Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel region, issued a statement declaring that the group is prepared to negotiate with the Malian government.
On March 9, 2020, via a media foundation, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims published a statement which said that earlier on the same day its operatives had activated a roadside bomb in northern Mali.
Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH), an Al-Qaeda affiliate operating in Jammu & Kashmir, released a statement in Urdu and English that eulogizes three of their fighters killed by Indian security forces in Tral.
