Category: Hydra

The April 2026 attack on the Israeli consulate and the deadly December 2025 siege in Yalova underscore the significant repercussions of Turkey’s long-standing policy of engaging militant jihadists on its territory. By leveraging Sunni militant networks against regional adversaries, Turkey...

On January 20, 2026, the Al-Saqri Foundation for Military Sciences, which is affiliated with the Islamic State, released a short manual entitled “The Security Planning.” Published in Arabic, the manual provides a series of basic guidelines and principles for planning...

The Islamic State has expanded its reach into Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking populations by leveraging a sophisticated digital infrastructure. Recent counterterrorism successes, most notably the dismantling of a Moroccan-Spanish cell and several arrests in Brazil, have uncovered a recruitment network. This network...

This report details a multifaceted military and subversion campaign conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against Gulf Cooperation Council nations in March 2026. The documentation highlights confirmed strikes targeting critical energy infrastructure and Western military bases in Qatar,...

In the spring of 2026, the Middle Eastern security environment underwent a catastrophic transformation as localized tensions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US-Israeli coalition escalated into a full-scale regional conflict. Within this operational theater, the activity of...

The Iranian-led Axis of Resistance is employing a decentralized operational model in Europe and the United States to project power while maintaining plausible deniability. This strategy relies on a dual recruitment mechanism: Lone actors radicalized through digital propaganda. This was demonstrated by the...

In late 2025, GOT TV emerged on numerous mainstream and fringe media platforms, promoting content associated with the Islamic State’s Central African Province and opposing Uganda’s secular state and civic institutions. GOT relays ISCAP-related news and interprets IS media for...

The militant threat landscape in Francophone regions, particularly in Mauritius, is defined by a sophisticated digital propaganda infrastructure where core Arabic messages are translated into other languages to reach broader audiences. This online radicalization, fueled by French-language propaganda on social...

A confrontation with Syrian security forces in northern Idlib Governorate on October 21-22, 2025, highlighted the presence of Firqat al-Ghuraba, a faction of French-speaking jihadists active in Syria since 2013. While many foreign jihadist organizations in Syria eventually integrated into...

The January 2026 Hydra report examines a series of recent developments illustrating the evolving threat landscape posed by the Islamic State and its global support ecosystem across disparate geographic theaters – from Australia and the Balkans to Syria. The report...

The annual Hydra 2025 report contains an almanac of jihadi statistics and infographics published throught the year. In Somalia, the Al-Karrar office manages a significant portion of the coordination for the Islamic State’s operations at the regional level in Africa....

This month’s report reviews key developments within the Islamic State’s African network, with a primary focus on the Islamic State – Central Africa Province (ISCAP) following the release of its 18-minute documentary Jihad and Da’wah. The video combines historical framing,...