Analysis No. 492 of the Islamic State’s al-Naba weekly

Propaganda and operations of IS provinces

The Islamic State publishes its al-Naba magazine every week, which provides significant information on the group’s military, ideological, and propaganda activities in its provinces.

Analysing the weekly issue of the al-Naba newsletter, the Islamic State's official media product, allows one to assess the jihadist organisation's threat in operational terms.

The weekly newsletter reached number 492 last Thursday.

Operations and propaganda details

Issue 492, eight pages long, covers the week of 19 to 25 Shawwal 1446, from 17 to 23 April 2025.

Al-Naba generally includes most of the statements and photos published daily over the past week on its official channels, although often with new elements or additional details, both written and photographic. However, al-Naba won’t include unpublished statements or messages.

The main infographic summarises the areas affected by military operations during the week mentioned above: Nigeria, Cameroon, Syria, Mozambique, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

IS claims to have conducted 23 operations in all the mentioned areas and to have caused 159 deaths and injuries.

On the fourth page, the weekly goes into detail about the type of attacks, operations and targets of the Islamic State fighters, who follow the two main strategies of “war of attrition” and “economic warfare”, in addition to others dedicated to targeting Christians and Shias. Below is a breakdown and account of the attacks by province/area: