Middle east events and news

EXCLUSIVE: Pro-ISIS Telegram Channels Recommend Methods Of Lone Wolf Attacks: Arson, Poisoning Food, Derailing Trains
On March 4, 2018, several pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channels published advice in Arabic and English for lone-wolf attackers.
EXCLUSIVE: Iraqi Official: ISIS Commanders Hiding In Tunnels West Of Mosul
The London based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reports, citing a member of the Nineveh Governorate Council, that ISIS commanders are hiding in tunnels in the area west of Mosul, where the terrain makes it difficult to flush them out, and are also hiding in caves, ditches, and woods along the banks of the Tigris river.
ISIS Poster Calls On Supporters To Carry Out Terror Attacks In Spain
On March 1, 2018, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channel shared a poster in English, Arabic, and Spanish bearing the caption: “Soon in Spain…” The poster called on ISIS supporters to carry out terror attacks in Spain even if they do not have a weapon.
Pro-ISIS Poster: ‘We Want Paris Before Rome’
On March 5, 2018, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) media group shared a poster in French on pro-ISIS Telegram channels repeating the words of the late ISIS spokesman Mohammed Al-Adnani: “We want Paris before Rome.”
Urdu Daily: Afghan Taliban Planning To Establish Base Camp In Northern Afghanistan
After the Taliban gained control of the areas surrounding the Afghan province of Farah, half of the members of the Shura (“Governing Council”) of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) have shifted to Farah, according to the Pakistani Urdu daily Roznama Ummat.
(by memri org)