The Islamic State (IS) claimed its first attack on Yemeni soldiers loyal to exiled president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in Yemen’s al-Bayda’ governorate, and also in Naba 128, highlighted the results of its recent attacks on Iraqi election candidates.

Coming as the latest in its series of attack preparation and incitement posters, an Islamic State (IS)-linked group provided advice on means and execution of lone-wolf attacks in the West.

Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Mali, claimed credit for the April 14, 2018, suicide raid on French and MINUSMA positions in Timbuktu.

A crowdfunding campaign for imprisoned al-Qaeda (AQ) recruiter Samiun Rahman is being endorsed by a purported Australian charity organization and pro-AQ channels.

An eco-extremist Individualists Tending Toward the Wild (ITS) branch in Chile claimed leaving a homemade explosive device on the premises of a university in Santiago.

An arson attack on a Bankia ATM in Madrid was claimed by anonymous anarchists.

The Syria-focused division of the pro- al-Qaeda (AQ) Khayr Ummah Foundation produced a video promoting the role of foreign fighters in the country and questioning Syrian Muslims who reject them.

The Islamic State (IS)-linked Khalid ibn al-Walid Army claimed killing 35 Syrian opposition militants and wounding 42 others in a suicide bombing and raid on their positions in two towns in Daraa governorate.

Linked to this article is the Weekly inSITE on the Islamic State report for April 11-17, 2018, which offers a comprehensive analysis of trends regarding the group's military strategies, areas of activity, and media.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed credit for its first attack in the city of Palmyra (Tadmur) in Syria's Homs governorate in nearly six months, striking Syrian military barracks.

After one pro-Islamic State (IS) group published a poster depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as an IS prisoner, another followed suit the same day and additionally displayed Seattle on fire.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released the second issue of its Madad Bulletin, wherein it charged UAE-backed forces in Yemen with waging a war on Islam and Sunni Yemenis through assassinating religious scholars.