The Syria-based Hurras al-Deen (Guards of the Religion), an al-Qaeda (AQ)-aligned group comprised of at least 13 jihadi factions, mourned with the Afghan Taliban the victims of the Afghan airstrike on a religious school in Kunduz.

In the wake of an airstrike on a religious school in Afghanistan's Kunduz province reportedly killing and wounding nearly 200 civilians, the Afghan Taliban urged the people to join its jihadi ranks.

Highlights: HTS reports clashes with the regime’s army in the northern countryside of Homs and south of Hama, resulting in many casualties and injuries in the regime forces; engaging in clashes with JTS-affiliated groups in the countryside of Idlib and in west of Aleppo; reports of Russian and regime airstrikes in the countryside of Idlib.

The Islamic State (IS) confirmed the death of two of its fighters in a clash with Tunisian security forces in Naba 126, noting that the pair were discovered as they were heading to Libya.

Linked to this article is the Weekly inSITE on the Islamic State report for March 28-April 3, 2018, which offers a comprehensive analysis of trends regarding the group's military strategies, areas of activity, and media.

The Afghan Taliban disputed reports that the Afghan National Army (ANA) killed two Chinese militants in Badakhshan, a province that shares a border with China, and stressed that it does not have foreign fighters in its ranks.

The Afghan Taliban released a video on the January 20, 2018, suicide raid at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

The Islamic State's (IS) Khorasan Province claimed inflicting five casualties among Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in a bombing in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

SITE’s latest issue from its inSITE on al-Qaeda report series examines the group’s reestablished focus on Egypt following the country’s launch of a military campaign in Sinai, a bloody month from the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in Somalia, and a potential AQ revival in Syria.

An Islamic State (IS)-linked media group urged lone wolf jihadists in the West to attack soft targets including airports, parks, and schools as a means to support the "Caliphate" and avenge their brethren.

Islamic State (IS) and IS-linked media groups reinstated their allegiance to group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as part of a uniform online campaign.

The Afghan Taliban remarked that the recognition of Jerusalem of Israel's capital by the U.S. emboldened it to "oppress" Palestinians, manifested in its using force against protestors in Gaza.