The next are a few of this week’s reviews from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Risk Monitor (JTTM) Challenge, which interprets and analyzes content material from sources monitored across the clock, amongst them crucial jihadi web sites and blogs. (To view these reviews in full, you should be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership info, ship an e-mail to jttmsubs@memri.org with “Membership” within the topic line.)
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Because the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Risk Monitor (JTTM) revealed its seminal report The Coming Storm – Terrorists Utilizing Cryptocurrency on August 21, 2019, the JTTM analysis group has continued to observe jihadi use of cryptocurrency together with MEMRI’s Cyber & Jihad Lab (CJL), which focuses on jihadi use of rising applied sciences equivalent to encryption, synthetic intelligence, drones, bots, and cryptocurrency. Since its inception 15 years in the past, it has labored with legislatures and tech corporations to develop methods to counter terrorists’ use of such applied sciences.
These teams have most lately been utilizing cryptocurrencies in a spread of how: Professional-ISIS web sites are elevating funds utilizing cryptocurrency and have revealed English-Arabic dictionaries of cryptocurrency phrases; Professional-Al-Qaeda teams in Syria and jihadi teams in Gaza have raised cryptocurrency to fund army motion; Russian-speaking pro-jihadi teams have referred to as for donations utilizing cryptocurrencies; Iran-backed militias in Iraq have promoted a web site that purports to promote U.S. and NATO weapons utilizing cryptocurrency.
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On Could 21, 2023, a person of the ISIS-operated Rocket.Chat server revealed a publish saying that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Al-Qaeda-linked Pakistani neuroscientist incarcerated within the U.S. for making an attempt to kill a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, has been granted a visitation by her sister for the primary time in 20 years.
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An article within the newest situation of “Voice of Khurasan,” an English-language month-to-month journal revealed by Al-Azaim Media Basis, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for ISIS, criticizes Western icons like Harry Types, Jaden Smith, BTS, Elon Musk, and Brad Pitt, accusing the mainstream media of glorifying “unrighteous conduct” for males who are usually not, within the journal’s opinion, masculine.
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On Could 16, 2023, a brand new Telegram channel which helps Ashab Al-Kahf, an Iran-backed Iraqi Shi’ite group, started to publish messages which threaten the American and British forces energetic in Iraq. The messages additionally warn the Iraqi individuals to not collaborate with these forces and echo earlier threats towards the U.S. Embassy within the nation.
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On Could 17, 2023, following the thirty second Arab League Summit held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Shahada Information Company, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabab, reported on the occasion and translated the Somali-language speech of the Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, into Arabic.
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On Could 24, 2023, Turkish media reported that the Intelligence and Counterterrorism Branches of the Istanbul Safety Directorate had arrested 12 suspected members of the reportedly Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated “Takva Group” in simultaneous raids within the Turkish provinces of Istanbul, Konya, and Antalya. ISIS supporters reacted on-line.
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On Could 18, 2023, ISIS launched Situation 391 of its weekly Al-Naba’ publication, which incorporates an editorial praising shari’a legislation as the very best and best type of laws for humankind, and criticizing artifical legal guidelines for spreading immorality and making an attempt to steer Muslims away from Islam.
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ISIS Weekly Publishes Eulogy Of Afghan ISIS Commander Who Fought Soviets, People, Taliban
On Could 18, 2023, ISIS launched situation 391 of its weekly Al-Naba’ publication, which included the eulogy of a “martyred” ISKP (Islamic State Khurasan Province) commander.
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On Could 17, ISIS revealed a photoset displaying ISIS fighters taking strongholds belonging to an “apostate Al-Qaeda militia” (belonging to Al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the Sahel, the Group for the Assist of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), in north-eastern Mali.
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On Could 17, 2023, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed {that a} day earlier, its fighters performed a suicide assault towards Nigerian forces amid sustained combating round Algarno forest in northern Borno state.
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Between Could 20 and 22, 2023, Islamic State Central African Province (ISCAP) claimed accountability for a collection of assaults towards Christians carried out by its operatives over the previous week within the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu, that are positioned within the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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On Could 23, 2023, ta pro-ISIS outlet posted an article by a distinguished feminine ISIS supporter, a author and poet.
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On ISIS-run Rocket.Chat server, members of an outlet devoted to offering ISIS supporters with materials about info, communication, and cyber safety, introduced a state of “basic mobilization” amongst Arab and Muslim hackers to hold out cyber-attacks focusing on Israeli primary infrastructure techniques in response to Israel’s persevering with bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
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On Could 22, 2023, a pro-ISIS media outlet that shares info safety ideas and is on the pro-ISIS Rocket.Chat server, shared a hyperlink to an article discussing the safety features of the Session messaging app, through which it warns ISIS supporters towards utilizing it, as a result of suspicion that the site visitors on the app is monitored by intelligence and safety components.
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On Could 18, 2023, the moderator of a channel devoted to cybersecurity on an ISIS-operated Rocket.Chat server revealed a publish in Arabic and English calling on supporters to launch cyberattacks on Israeli targets.
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An argument has erupted amongst customers of a Rocket.Chat server operated by ISIS supporters, after a pro-ISIS outlet launched a collection of posters, primarily based on official ISIS media, encouraging Muslims to get an training even in “colleges of tyranny” throughout the present interval when ISIS lacks “empowerment.” A number of supporters had been outraged by the group’s implied advocation of attending colleges run by non-Muslims, claiming that such establishments search to indoctrinate Muslims to desert their faith.
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On Could 3, 2023, an ISIS supporter on Telegram revealed a publish calling on Muslims residing in non-Muslim nations to not work for Christians or Jews, explaining that working for them is akin to empowering infidels towards Islam. He additional referred to as on them to hold out lone wolf assaults.
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Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Claims Drone Assault On UAE-Backed Forces
On Could 18, 2023, the Al-Malahem Media Basis, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda within the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), launched an announcement claiming accountability for a drone assault towards a army outpost belonging to the “mercenaries of the [United Arab] Emirates,” – the Shabwah Protection pressure – in Shabwah Governorate, inflicting the forces to flee.
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On Could 24, 2023, the Al-Malahem Media Basis, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda within the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), launched an announcement claiming accountability for a drone assault focusing on a workers military basic within the Shabwah Protection pressure in Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate.
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On Could 24, 2023, the Shahada Information Company, the media arm of Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabab, launched a report, in Arabic and English, summarizing Al-Shabab operations and their outcomes throughout the previous eight months, primarily based on an announcement delivered by the group’s army spokesman.
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On Could 22, 2023, Al-Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabab’s Shahada information company claimed {that a} “safety detachment” of Al-Shabab detonated an explosion in Mogadishu’s Daynile district, focusing on Somali forces who had been lately educated in Uganda and answerable for safety within the capital, Mogadishu.
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On Could 21, 2023, the media arm of Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen (Al-Shabab) revealed a video in Somali detailing the result of the second session of Al-Shabab’s consultative assembly held over eight days to debate jihadi points associated to east Africa.
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The Group for the Assist of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), Al-Qaeda’s affiliate within the Sahel, launched two statements claiming accountability for 5 assaults focusing on Burkinabe and Malian forces between Could 16 and 19, 2023. The group additionally launched photographs documenting an assortment of kit and weapons seized throughout the assaults.
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On Could 22, 2023, the official media arms of Firqat Al-Ghuraba (FG) launched an eight-minute video trailer asserting the upcoming launch of the second installment of the video collection “Refutations” to focus on jihadis’ rejection of HTS remedy and systemic focusing on of overseas jihadi teams in HTS-controlled territory.
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On Could 17, 2023, a pro-Al-Qaeda outlet inspired its supporters on the Chirpwire platform to look at and share a YouTube video lately launched by a Jordanian Salafi influencer.
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On Could 16, 2023, Muhammad ‘Ali Al-Houthi, a member of The Supreme Political Council of Yemen’s Iran-backed Ansar Allah Motion (the Houthis), tweeted a publish that had first been revealed Could 15, 2021 on the Telegram channel of the Yemen Revolutionary Middle through which he had proposed to UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that they droop their army marketing campaign in Yemen and deal with liberating Jerusalem.
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On Could 18, 2023, an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, issued a declare of accountability for a January 10, 2017 IED assault focusing on a U.S. armored car in Iraq’s Salah Al-Din Governorate.
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On Could 23, 2023, a Syrian opposition-affiliated information web site revealed an article in regards to the arrival of 750 Hizbullah operatives to Lattakia, Syria, to take part in army workouts. Fight programs have been happening within the mountains of Lattakia province, together with the Turkmen Mountains, within the north of the province.
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On Could 22, 2023, the Telegram channel of the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Al-Nujaba Motion revealed a video displaying what seemed to be Lebanese Hizbullah army coaching in southern Lebanon.
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On Could 21, 2023, Lebanese Hizbullah held a army drill in southern Lebanon as a part of its celebrations of the twenty third anniversary of Resistance and Liberation Day, which marks the Israeli military’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. Many Hizbullah fighters participated within the drill, which simulated an assault on Israeli army bases and automobiles and concerned the usage of infantry techniques, explosives, bikes, ATVs, and small drones.
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On Could 22, 2023 a Lebanese Hizbullah-linked outlet reported {that a} Saudi-born unbiased jihadi cleric has left Idlib, which is managed by Syrian jihadi group Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), and moved to Turkey.
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On Could 19, 2023, the official outlet of Jaish Al-Adl, a Salafi jihadi group primarily based in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province, revealed a poster calling for the killing of a former police commander of Chabahar metropolis, providing a bounty of 1 billion Iranian toman (about $23,450) to whoever kills him.
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In latest months, a brand new jihadi terror group referred to as Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP, the Jihadi Motion of Pakistan) has claimed a number of assaults in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province.
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The media arm of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has revealed a set of photos displaying the TTP fighters who underwent a particular coaching course on the usage of “laser weapons” and heavy weapons at Al-Farooq Coaching Middle, whose location is just not recognized.
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In two Urdu-language statements dated Could 6 and Could 15, 2023, the shadow governor of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for Zhob in Baluchistan province and a commander of TTP’s Jamaatul Ahrar (Omar Khalid Group) – has sought to dismiss media reviews of factional variations inside TTP and slammed Pakistan’s main Islamic non secular scholar and chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) get together Maulana Fazlur Rehman for not being loyal to Islam.
