Amaq News Agency

July 17, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

The Islamic State claims responsibility for Omani Shia mosque attack

The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a July 15 evening attack on the Shia Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque that killed six people in the Wadi Kabir area of the Omani capital of Muscat. IS’s...

August 15, 2022 | Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

Islamic State conducts second major prison break in Congo

On Aug. 10, jihadists belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the local name for the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), raided the central prison in the eastern Congolese city of...

October 15, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen Stands Up to Xi Jinping

A tale of two speeches.

September 20, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State bombs Taliban convoys in eastern Afghanistan

The Islamic State’s Khorasan Province has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings that targeted Taliban convoys throughout the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The group claims...

September 16, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

France says drone strike killed leader of Islamic State in Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday that Abu Walid al Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, was killed in a drone strike in August. Al Sahrawi’s men are prolific...

August 26, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide bombing in Kabul

The Islamic State’s Khorasan branch has claimed credit for a suicide bombing outside of the airport in Kabul earlier today. The group identifies the “martyr” (suicide bomber) as Abdul Rahman Al-Logari....

November 3, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State claims terrorist attack in Vienna

The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency has released a statement and shared a video claiming responsibility for the terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria yesterday (Nov. 2). At least four people were killed...

April 22, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Germany Disrupts ISIS Plot Targeting U.S. Military

Let's look at how ISIS has recruited a base of supporters from Central Asian states such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

April 20, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Arrests in Germany highlight reach of Islamic State’s Central Asian network

Last week, German authorities announced the arrests of four alleged Islamic State members. The suspects — identified as Azizjon B., Muhammadali G., Farhodshoh K. and Sunatullokh K. — are accused of...

August 18, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State suicide bomber strikes wedding in Kabul

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing at a hotel in Kabul. Scores of people were killed or wounded in the attack, the latest in a series of operations carried out by...

June 24, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State claims attack on Chechen leader’s home in Grozny

An Islamic State loyalist was shot and killed yesterday outside the home of Chechnya’s leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, in the capital of Grozny. RT, a pro-Kremlin site, reported that the 23 year-old assailant...

June 2, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State bombs bus, security personnel in western Kabul

Jihadists detonated three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in western Kabul earlier today. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the bombings, the second attack by its so-called Khorasan...

May 16, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

UN sanctions Islamic State’s Khorasan province, as jihadists claim operations in Kashmir and Pakistan

The United Nations Security Council has added the Islamic State’s Wilayat Khorasan, or so-called Khorasan “province,” to its list of sanctioned terrorist groups. The UN’s description of the group...

May 6, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Islamic State loyalists fight on in Libya

A team of Islamic State jihadists raided a military camp in the southern Libyan city of Sebha on May 4. It was the latest in a string of small-scale operations carried out by the so-called caliphate a...

April 27, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Sri Lankan security forces clash with Islamic State loyalists

The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency released this photo of two jihadists killed during a security raid in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities raided a suspected terrorist hideout late yesterday,...

November 9, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Islamic State Still Attacks Christians Despite Egypt’s Military Campaign

Islamic State (IS) militants on November 2 opened fire...

November 6, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Islamic State Attacks Central Town to Cement Its Foothold in Libya

Islamic State (IS) militants on October 28 launched a surprise...

September 14, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Islamic State Attacks Libya’s National Oil Corporation

The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility fo...

September 5, 2018 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Demographics of Southeast Asian Jihadism

An excerpt from the op-ed follows: Shortly after sunrise on July 31, soldiers at a military checkpoint outside Lamitan City in the Philippines...

July 13, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

The Terrorist Diaspora: After the Fall of the Caliphate

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