The Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Afghanistan-based division of the Islamic State, published photos of various groups of its fighters pledging allegiance to new IS leader and "Caliph," Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.

In a poster depicting New York City in flames, and Steve Sotloff, an American journalist beheaded by the Islamic State in September 2014, an IS-aligned group warned the U.S. of challenges to come.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement released a video featuring footage of those fighters who participated in the September 30, 2019, raid at Baledogle Airfield in Somalia, and a speech by its leader, wherein he called to target American interests worldwide.

After the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) claimed credit for killing a French soldier in Mali, an IS-aligned media unit boasted of its success, calling it a "celebration" for terrorism.

Jama’at Ahl al-Sunnah Lil Dawa Wal Jihad, the Nigeria-based group commonly referred to as "Boko Haram," claimed a raid on a Nigerian army post in Muna Gareji, in Borno state, killing soldiers and capturing a large quantity of war spoils.

After the Islamic State (IS) distributed photos of fighters in Sinai and Bangladesh pledging to its new "Caliph," Abu Ibrahim, the group published more images, this time from Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen.

The Islamic State's Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed inflicting multiple casualties in the Congolese army ranks and taking one soldier captive in the Beni area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The Islamic State (IS), through its 'Amaq News Agency, reported that fighters from its West Africa Province (ISWAP) killed a French soldier in a bombing in Indelimane, the same Malian town in which other fighters stormed a military base, allegedly killing 70 Malian troops.

The West Africa Province (ISWAP) division of the Islamic State claimed credit for the deadly attack at a Malian army base in Indelimane, a town in Mali's Meneka region.

Shortly after distributing photos of Sinai Province fighters pledging to its new "Caliph," Abu Ibrahim, the Islamic State (IS) issued another set of images, showing fighters in Bangladesh giving their vow of allegiance.