Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed credit for the killing of the deputy commander of UAE-backed Security Belt Forces (SBF) in Yemen's Aden governorate.

Two Islamic State (IS)-aligned groups separately issued posters inciting lone-wolf jihadists to strike France, coming after violent protests in the capital, Paris.

The Afghan Taliban's Manba al-Jihad Studio released a video on the October 17, 2017, 8-man suicide raid at police and military facilities in Paktia allegedly inflicting 439 casualties total.

The Somalia-based al-Qaeda (AQ) branch, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, claimed credit for the suicide raid in Mudug killing Sufi scholar Sheikh Abdiweli Ali Elmi, calling him a "blasphemer against the Messenger of Allah".

The Islamic State's (IS) West Africa Province claimed wounding an unspecified number of Nigerian soldiers near Lake Chad.

The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency reported the capture of Kangarwa town in Nigeria's Borno State.

The Barakah division of the Islamic State’s (IS) Sham Province claimed killing, wounding, and arresting dozens of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) soldiers as the result of a series of large-scale raids in Syria’s restive Deir al-Zour governorate.

As the Islamic State (IS) persists in its offensive in Deir al-Zour, Syria, the group's Barakah division in Sham (Syria) Province released a disturbing execution video containing a message to families of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) it captured as prisoners of war.

The Barqah division of the Islamic State's Libya Province (ISLP) claimed credit for the raid on the Tazirbu police station and locations in the vicinity, alleging to have killed and wounded 29 "apostates" and taken others prisoner.

Using similar wording to its claim of credit for the Khost bombing in Afghanistan, the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISKP) issued a formal communique for the Orakzai market bombing on Shi'ites in Pakistan.

Shortly after 'Amaq News Agency reported a total of 160 casualties in an Islamic State's (IS) suicide bombing in Khost, Afghanistan, Khorasan Province (ISKP) issued a formal communique for the attack.