IS' Idlib Province Announces its Seizing Control Over Regime Positions near Sinjar

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Hamas announces release of a Russian hostage in "appreciation" for the Russian government's support: "In response to the efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and appreciation of the Russian position in support of the Palestinian cause, the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas released a detainee holding Russian citizenship." https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/hamas-announces-release-of-russian-hostage-in-appreciation-for-russian-position-on-palestinian-cause.html
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While it might seem small, the statement is a telling example of Russia's continuously increasing influence in the Middle East, including among certain terrorist groups in the region—not to mention its growing alliance with Iran.
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Al-Qaeda continues to stir the pot against Sunni countries in the Middle East, and also elsewhere. Al-Qaeda called for “operations against Air Force personnel in the Western countries” and advised “the assassination of a criminal like [Prince] Harry” in the UK, as SITE reports. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/al-qaeda-incites-muslims-commit-to-supporting-palestinians-through-bloody-attacks-and-revolutions-attack-prince-harry-as-symbolic-act-of-revenge.html
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Al-Qaeda also urged Saudis to mount an “al-Haramayn Flood” akin to Hamas’ “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” “...complete the efforts of your brothers...who have created the al-Aqsa Flood...rise up, O people of the Arabian Peninsula...’” This marks another attempt by al-Qaeda to disturb Saudi-Israeli relations—a goal it shares with Hamas. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/al-qaeda-incites-saudis-to-mount-al-haramayn-flood-akin-to-hamas-led-operation-al-aqsa-flood.html
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Hamas statement details its "humanitarian" truce agreement with Israel, including a four-day ceasefire and disproportionate exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, SITE Intelligence Group reports. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/hamas-gives-details-of-truce-agreement-with-israel-disproportionate-exchange-of-hostages-for-prisoners.html
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Per its statement, the agreement exchanges 50 Israeli women and children for 150 Palestinian women and children. It also stipulates four days of halted fighting, increased humanitarian aid, restricted air traffic, and "the freedom of movement of people and avoid harm...so that people can move from the north to the south of the Strip."
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In a week, "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" carried out 12 attacks on US military positions in its home base and Syria via drones, missiles, and "appropriate weapons." Per 11 communiques from Nov 14-21 (one for two attacks), it targeted Ain al-Assad five times, Harir twice, Shaddadi twice, and Conoco oil field, Tal Beydar, and al-Tanf once each. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/in-one-week-islamic-resistance-executed-12-attacks-on-u-s-positions-in-iraq-and-syria.html
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The spokesman for Palestine Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) Quds Brigade announced the death of Hannah Katzir, who appeared in its hostage plea video earlier in the month. The group claimed that "the enemy's procrastination led to the loss of her life." PIJ released the first video of her on November 9, along with a 13-year-old boy named Yagil Yaakov. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/pij-military-spokesman-announces-death-of-israeli-woman-who-appeared-in-hostage-video.html
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Agree 100 percent. This is the very reason I stopped using it myself. Journalists and other professionals should really begin embracing alternatives.
.@crumbler: "No one should be there, this is not a place where you should be going to get news or to discuss news or to have a good time. It is just over. If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-internet-elon-musk-israel-war/
— @drewharwell — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:09:30 GMT
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.@crumbler: "No one should be there, this is not a place where you should be going to get news or to discuss news or to have a good time. It is just over. If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/19/antisemiticism-internet-elon-musk-israel-war/
— @drewharwell — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:09:30 GMT
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Announcing the seizure of a cargo ship in the Red Sea, the spokesman for the Yemen-based Houthi "Ansar Allah" Movement called on "all countries whose citizens work in the Red Sea to refrain from any work or activity with Israeli ships or ships owned by Israelis," SITE Intelligence Group reports. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/houthis-announce-seizure-of-israeli-cargo-ships-in-red-sea-threaten-all-israeli-vessels.html
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Spokesman Yahya Saree: "The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that they will continue to carry out military operations against the Israeli enemy until the aggression against the Gaza Strip comes to a half and the heinous crimes that continue until this moment against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza and the West Bank come to an end."
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IRGC-Quds Forces commander Esmail Qaani directed a letter to the chief of Hamas' military wing, lauding its attack on Israel and the fight waged by Palestinian militants in Gaza. The letter was circulated online by Hamas' Izz al-Deen al-Qassam Brigades. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/irgc-quds-force-commander-greets-hamas-military-wing-chief-lauds-operation-al-aqsa-flood.html
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BREAKING: Hamas alleges that an Israeli soldier held by its Izz al-Deen al-Qassam Brigades was killed and another soldier was wounded in an IAF bombing in Gaza. News comes from Abu Ubaydah, the spokesman for the Palestinian militant organization's military wing. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/hamas-alleges-one-captive-israel-soldier-killed-another-wounded-in-iaf-bombing-in-gaza.html
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Breaking: Al-Quds Brigade, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), released a video of two Israeli prisoners: an elderly woman named Hannah Kitzer and a 13-year-old boy named Yagil Yaakov. This marks the first time PIJ has released a video of prisoners. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Multimedia/pij-video-shows-pleases-from-elderly-israeli-woman-and-13-year-old-boy-held-in-gaza.html?auid=110984
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As SITE Intelligence Group reports, the two prisoners state that they are in good health and being treated well. They blame Bibi Netanyahu for everything happening and demand their release. Yaakov states, “If something will happen to me, it’s on you, Netanyahu.” In a video released minutes prior, Al-Quds Brigade spokesman Abu Hamza claims the group is willing to release the prisoners in return for the release of “hundreds” of Palestinian prisoners.
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Fake news of an assassination attempt against Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is spreading rampantly, accompanied by a video purporting to show the attempt.
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The PA denied it happened. “Sons of Abu Jandal,” the alleged nascent group of former PA forces attributed to the incident, also denied an assassination attempt, calling the circulating claims “baseless rumors,” as SITE reported. This is just a microcosm of the nonstop, undeterred disinformation machines housed on platforms like Twitter. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/west-bank-based-sons-of-abu-jandal-demands-fatah-mahmoud-abbas-declare-war-on-israel.html
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the faces of those kidnapped by hamas projected onto outer wall in old city of jerusalem
— @ianbremmer — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:55:37 GMT
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Disinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media at unprecedented levels. My quotes on this problem featured in an important new Times of London article: “In my 25 years of tracking extremism and conflicts, I have never seen disinformation reach such viral levels as it has during this war between Israel and Hamas.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israel-gaza-war-misinformation-ai-social-media-x-tiktok-3vpb8q3k9
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“Disinformation surrounding the Israel-Hamas war is uniquely dangerous because there are few, if any issues that divide societies as much as this one. Across the world, people are demonstrating, spewing hate, and literally killing each other over war in a relatively small portion of the Middle East. No other conflict — be it the Syrian civil war, Ukraine war or others — could do this.”
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My article on the Israel-Hamas war: One Month Since October 7 - Why Did Hamas Carry Out the Attack? https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Articles-and-Analysis/one-month-later-why-did-hamas-attack-israel-on-october-7.html
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Tomorrow, SITE will publish my latest analysis on the Israel-Hamas war. I pose the question of why Hamas attacked, "knowing well that it can’t actually win, and that its attack would lead to scores of dead Palestinians"
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Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, praises Hamas and its operation against Israel as marking "the onset of a new historical era for the destiny of regional nations." He also expresses hatred for Israel and the US, stating to the latter: "Your fleets in the Mediterranean do not and will never instill fear in us. I want to make it clear that the fleets you threaten us with, we have also made preparations to counter them."
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I’ve placed heavy emphasis on the role Telegram plays in Hamas’ globally aimed propaganda campaign, launched upon its October 7 attack against Israel. The group is almost entirely dependent on Telegram, making the company’s refusal to act against it all the more dangerous. My thoughts quoted in a critical new WIRED article: “Unless Telegram immediately takes action, this is going to escalate and be a much bigger problem.” https://www.wired.com/story/telegram-hamas-israel-conflict/
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SITE is tracking far-right Russian groups' responses to Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's death. Virtually all such groups express certainty the Russian government is responsible, feeding into yet more anti-government, anti-"elite" sentiments, as well as threats. "If the information about Prigozhin’s death is confirmed, we will organize a second 'March of Justice' on Moscow!" read a message by Wagner loyalists, who followed up: "...we will grieve after we find and punish the guilty."
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Alexei “Serb” Milchakov, the neo-Nazi leader of the Wagner-affiliated "Rusich" paramilitary, asserted: “Let this be a lesson for everyone. You always have to go to the end”—an apparent reference to Prigozhin’s short-lived revolt against Russian military top brass in June. Another prominent Rusich member lamented “the idiots and traitors sitting in leadership positions and gorging on the blood of our soldiers.”
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BREAKING: Wagner Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly killed in plane crash north of Moscow. Wagner-linked Telegram channels and Russian news outlets are posting details of the reported crash, including photo and video footage of it and its aftermath. One Wagner-linked channel says it was downed by "those subordinate to the Russian Ministry of Defense," citing local witnesses. Meanwhile, Wagner supporters state, "Not surprising," and "Putin doesn't forgive."
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Al-Qaeda Central demands "a grand campaign of jihadi operations" against Sweden and Denmark for recent Qur'an burning stunts, SITE Intelligence Group reports. https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/al-qaeda-demands-physical-economic-retribution-against-sweden-and-denmark-for-qur-an-burnings.html
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Calling for a campaign dubbed "Support for the Qur'an," al-Qaeda Central demands all from attacks on embassies to "an economic boycott," exclaiming: "We call upon the youth of our Ummah to form cells of three individuals each, working to discipline anyone who dares insult our Islamic sanctities. We urge them to strive alongside our mujahideen youth on the frontlines, defending the Book of Allah the Almighty. No segment of Muslims should shirk this great duty..."
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Pretty remarkable that it took ISIS three months to confirm its leader’s death, and that al-Qaeda still hasn’t confirmed the death of Zawahiri, who was killed over a year ago now.
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I’ve been following the global jihadist movement long enough to remember when both groups placed such a priority on keeping trustworthy reputations with their followers. Now, ISIS is a group led by faceless “caliphs” and spokesmen that are killed/replaced every year or so. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda Central has become a lackey to the Afghan Taliban—not to mention, likely infiltrated to a large extent by the Iranian government via figures like de facto leader Saif al-Adl, whom Iran has given refuge.
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ISIS announces death of leader, appointment of successor. SITE reports: In an audio speech, new ISIS spokesperson “Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari" announced that Abu al-Husayn al-Husayni al-Qurashi, is dead and that his successor is “Abu Hafiz al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi.” https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48644:is-announces-death-of-caliph-abu-al-husayn-appointment-of-successor-and-new-spokesperson&catid=14:statements
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In his speech, Abu Hudhayfah claimed Abu al-Husayn was killed by Hay'at al-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces in Syria's Idlib governorate.
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Breaking: ISIS claims responsibility for yesterday’s suicide bombing on an event of Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Islamist political party. ISIS attributed the attack to its “ongoing war…against ‘Democracy’ as a system that is hostile to Islam and contrary to the divine law.”
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JNIM, the Sahel-based branch of al-Qaeda, provided further details on its recently claimed raid involving suicide attackers on a Russian Wagner Group location in Mali’s Ségou region, as SITE Intelligence Group reports. Per JNIM, its fighters stormed the post "with two explosives-laden vehicles transporting four commandos. The first car...resulted in deaths and injuries among the enemy...The second explosives-laden vehicle did not detonate...and the commando attackers clashed with the Wagner…”
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https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-Threat-Statements/jnim-reports-control-over-malian-army-post-following-attack-in-mopti-details-4-man-suicide-raid-on-russian-pmc-wagner-group-in-segou.html