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UPDATED – ISIS Claims Attack At Las Vegas Music Festival, Says ‎Attacker Converted To Islam A Few Months Ago
On October 2, 2017, the Islamic State (ISIS) news agency A’maq claimed responsibility for the previous evening’s deadly shooting attack at a country music festival in Las Vegas, in which over 50 people were killed and several hundred wounded.
Pro-Al-Qaeda Media Outlet Calls On Moroccan Jihadis To Prepare For Armed Uprising Against Authorities
On September 30, 2017 the Al-Hijrah media outlet, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, posted issue 15 of its English-language weekly bulletin, devoted to “Jihad against the Evil Moroccan Regime.”
Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani New Commander Of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS)
On October 1, 2017, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) announced in a communique that, following deliberations by its Shura Council, it had decided “to accept the resignation of Abu Jaber Al-Sheikh from his position as HTS general commander.”
(by memri.org)