January 2025 Hydra report
IS-Affiliated New Year’s Attack in New OrleansWho’s Who? American Phone Number link to Iraqi Islamic State Media OperativeForeign Fighters in the Ranks of the Islamic State in SomaliaWho’s Who? Islamic State Adherents in MoroccoHezbollah Money Laundering in the DRCWho’s Who?...
Hydra report November 2024
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...
Hydra report – October 2024
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...
Hydra report – September 2024
This month’s In Focus analyzes the bold Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin assault on Bamako, attacking the main airport of the Malian capital, as well as the gendarmerie school in Faladie District. This was the first attack in Bamako in...
Hydra report – August 2024
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...
Hydra report July 2024
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,...
Hydra report June 2024
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...
Hydra report May 2024
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...
Hydra report April 2024
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...
Hydra report March 2024
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...
Hydra report February 2024
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...
Hydra report January 2024
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...