In one publication, a newsletter collects the main propaganda of Jihadist and Salafist-Jihadist organisations and groups, from 15 to 22 June.
Propaganda will be divided into individual organisations:
In the case of al-Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS), central leadership and official branches and provinces will be included.
As of 1 June 2023, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), groups operating in Syria, will no longer be included in this weekly monitoring of jihadist propaganda. The reasons are found in the fact that they no longer seem to apply the ideological and theoretical principles of jihadism in their propaganda, operations, and daily lives. Salafist-Jihadists are defined by their desire to create a state based on a Salafist approach to Islamic law, they oppose Muslim regimes that are not governed by Islamic law and their foreign supporters, and they aim at the total overthrow of the established order. HTS seem to be doing none of this. They do not implement jihadist governance or oppose foreign Muslim states but want to ally themselves with them, and even reach out, collaborate, agree with Western countries, or be recognised by international organisations. They avoid, in the areas under their control, implementing Salafist norms on the population, they oppose and fight other jihadist organisations, and in the speeches of their ideologues they do not seem to evoke or cite Salafist jihadist arguments, but purely Islamist ones.
On the other hand, some groups integrated into the HTS brigades or collaborating with the “Al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room” and the aligned groups remain included, as in their ideology and propaganda (also since they are not indigenous groups) continue to show clear links to local or global jihadism.
So, after AQ and IS, a section will be devoted to groups integrated into the Liwa of HTS but publish independent propaganda.
This will be followed by groups aligned with HTS (operationally and militarily, they coordinate with the “al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room” of HTS or they respect the policies of HTS), but not integrated with it.
Then there will be the independent groups, i.e. those that even though they have alliances and close relations with other jihadist groups, have independent operations and propaganda.
Finally, there will be the Jihadist tactical groups.
This issue features all the main propaganda material from:
al-Qaeda:
(AQAP, JNIM, Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahidin);
Islamic State (IS):
(1 issue al-Naba, IS official media)
Independent Jihadist groups:
( Turkestan Islamic Party, Ansar al-Islam).
Jihadist Tactical Group
(1453FSM Tactical, Tacmed Sham).
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Al-Qaeda (AQ)
Ansar al-Sharia Correspondent, media outlet of al-Malahem Media, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) published photos of its two cells in the areas of Abyan governorate celebrating Eid al-Adha. Yemen
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (#AQAP) published 2 statements and 2 photos to claim 2 attacks as part of the “Arrows of Truth” campaign with sniper attacks.
Target: Security Belt Force
Area: al-Mudiya area, Abyan governorate. Yemen.
Az-Zallaqa Media, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), released 1 statement, 6 photos and 1 infographic to claim a major attack against a Burkinabè army barracks in the Mansila area of the Yagha province, Sahel region. Burkina Faso The group shows pictures of a huge amount of seized weapons. In the graphic, it claims to have killed and wounded 107 soldiers and taken seven prisoners.
Az-Zallaqa Media, Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) published a photo report of 20 pictures showing different cells of the group in Mali and Burkina Faso celebrating Eid al-Adha.
Az-Zallaqa Media, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), released 2 statements, and 1 photo, claiming 6 attacks.
Target: Wagner militia, Malian Army
Area:
- Farabougou- Sokolo road, Niono area, Diabaly area, Segou Region; Mopti area, Mopti Region; in Mali
- Banfora area, Comoé Province, Cascades Region;
Al-Kataib Media, Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahidin, published 9 photos and a very long video in 7 languages (Arabic, Oromo, Amharic and English, among others) to show the creation of its new “special forces” unit training in the camp called “Usama Bin Laden Military Academy”. Somalia
Islamic State (IS)
The Islamic State released 1 issue, 448, of its weekly al-Naba Newspaper.
Within the issue, much information is disseminated about the military operations conducted by IS in the week covering from 14 to 20 June 2024.
The provinces affected by the mentioned week’s military operations were: Sham (Syria), West Africa (Nigeria) and Central Africa (RD Congo), Sahel (Mali), Mozambique, Iraq, Khorasan (Afghanistan), Somalia and East Asia (Philippines).