Analysis No. 506 of the Islamic State’s al-Naba weekly.

Propaganda and operations of IS provinces

The Islamic State publishes its al-Naba magazine every week, providing 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 506 last Thursday.

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Operations and propaganda details

Issue 506, eight pages long, covers the week of 29 Muharram to 5 Safar 1447, from 24 to 30 July 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 However, al-Naba won’t include unpublished statements or messages.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, Syria, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

IS claims to have conducted 30 operations in all the mentioned areas and to have caused 123 deaths and injuries.

On the fourth page, the weekly magazine goes into detail about the types of attacks, operations and targets of Islamic State fighters, who follow two main strategies: “war of attrition” and “economic warfare”, as well as other strategies aimed at targeting Christians and Shiites. Since 20 March, the Islamic State has embarked on a new military campaign, particularly in Africa (in the areas of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Mozambique) called “Burning Camps”.

Below is a breakdown and account of the attacks by province/area: