Analysis No. 509 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 509 last Thursday.

Operations and propaganda details

Issue 509, eight pages long, covers the week of 20 to 26 Safar 1447, from 14 to 20 August 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 However, al-Naba won’t include unpublished statements or messages.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, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

IS claims to have conducted 22 operations in all the mentioned areas and to have caused 111 deaths and injuries.

In this issue of al-Naba, the Islamic State also published a detailed infographic on terrorist operations in the Central Africa Province (ISCAP) between 26 June 2025 and 20 August 2025. ISCAP claims to have carried out 27 attacks in 57 days (an average of one attack every two days) and to have caused 200 deaths and injuries (including Christian civilians, the Congolese Army, the Ugandan Army and pro-government militias). 132 houses and churches were burned in the Christian villages that were attacked.

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 detailed account of the attacks by province/area: