Eyes on Jihadism. Monitoring Jihadist Propaganda Week 24 - 31 December.
Issue #144
🔹 Executive Intelligence Overview
This weekly intelligence brief documents and structures official jihadist propaganda output released between 24 and 31 December.
The product provides baseline situational awareness on media activity within the Salafi-jihadist ecosystem, with a focus on:
volume and temporal distribution of official propaganda,
organisational and geographic dispersion,
thematic and linguistic continuity across media products,
Short-term variations in output patterns.
The purpose of this brief is systematic monitoring and longitudinal comparability, supporting trend detection and data-driven analytical follow-on products.
This publication does not include threat assessments, operational intent evaluation, or cognitive warfare analysis, which are addressed in separate analytical formats.
🔹 Scope of Monitoring
This issue covers all identifiable official propaganda released during the reporting period by selected jihadist organisations and affiliated groups.
The focus is strictly on documentation, classification, and structured presentation of primary-source material, enabling analytical reuse and historical comparison over time.
🔹 Sources & Collection Methodology
The analysis is based exclusively on primary-source propaganda material, including:
Official magazines,
Videos,
Photo sets,
Statements and claims of responsibility,
Audio statements.
Material is collected and categorised by organisation, media outlet, and content type.
The study relies on OSINT, IMINT, SOCMINT, and Digital HUMINT collection streams.
No secondary reporting, media commentary, or interpretative overlay is applied.
🔹 Analytical Boundaries & Limitations
Observed fluctuations in volume, language, or format are to be interpreted as monitoring signals only.
They should not be considered, in isolation, as indicators of:
Strategic shifts,
Operational escalation,
Intent or capability changes.
All higher-order analytical interpretation is conducted separately within:
Intelligence Briefs,
Strategic Threat Outlooks,
Cognitive and Information Domain Assessments.
🔹 Monitored Propaganda Output and Weekly Monitoring Notes
This issue includes all primary propaganda material released during the week by:
Al-Qaeda and affiliates
AQAP
JNIM
Al-Shabaab
Islamic State
al-Naba’ (weekly issue)
Official IS media channels.
Independent Jihadist Groups
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah.
The conclusions include the Weekly Monitoring Notes.