Category: Hydra

This month’s In Focus analyzes the “Deterrence of Aggression “military campaign spearheaded by the Salafi-jihadi militant group, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. The military offensive took the Syrian Arab Army and their allies by surprise, enabling their rivals to conquer the cities...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Rafah in mid-October 2024, and the reactions to it from different militant groups in the Islamic world. While most were positive, exalting Sinwar’s biography and his key...

This month’s In Focus analyzes Al-Qaeda leader Saif al-Adel, who continues to outline strategic directives through a series of recent publications disseminated by the group’s official Al-Sahab media agency. Al-Adel proposes various tactics aimed at confronting the group’s adversaries, particularly...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the Islamic State shooting attack during Ashura Eve celebrations in a Shia mosque in Oman, marking the first officially claimed attack by the group in the country. The shooting incident joins recent attacks claimed by IS in Krasnogorsk, Istanbul, Kerman and Brussels,...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the three coordinated PBIED attacks in Nigeria targeting a wedding, a funeral and a hospital, which claimed the lives of at least 32 people, with at least 30 others injured. According to witnesses, at least one of the...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the Islamic State in Al-Sham Province (Syria.) The group has maintained a relatively high pace of insurgency in comparison with 2023, while carrying out SVBIED attacks against their enemies. In addition, we examined the attack that killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani – a high-ranking member of...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the Islamic State (IS) propaganda spotlight on stadiums and sport events in Europe as potential targets. The propaganda was disseminated during the final stages of the UEFA Champions League, and as preparation for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 in...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the major terrorist attack involving massive shooting and IIDs that shook a Moscow suburb city. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack with no affiliation to any province. However, it was suggested by different sources...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the Islamic State campaign against the general elections in Pakistan. The campaign included intensive dissemination of propaganda materials calling for a boycott of the elections and maintaining the known tone against the Pakistani regime and the...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the audio release of the Islamic State’s spokesman, Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari, and his reference to the ongoing war between Palestinian terrorist groups and Israel in the Gaza Strip, explicitly inciting operatives and supporters to avenge their fellow Muslims...

Overall in 2023, attacks claimed by global jihadi terrorist groups continued to decrease. Both Al-Qaeda (AQ) and the Islamic State (IS) continued to suffer from leadership crisis. Since Ayman al-Zawahiri’s elimination in 2022, AQ has yet to confirm his death or announce his...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the major military campaign by Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin in Djibo, in Burkina Faso, in which over 1,000 militants participated. The large number of Mujahideen illustrates the consistent strengthening of the jihadi group –...

This month’s In Focus analyzes the potential Global Jihad impact of Hamas’ wide-scale attack against Israeli towns and kibbutzim adjacent to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent declaration of war by Israel against the terrorist organizations...

This month’s In Focus analyzes Al-Qaeda’s increased propaganda efforts on the occasion of the commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The propaganda focused on inciting more attacks against the West, and military strategy theory by the AQ leader.In the...