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Syrian Revolution Command Council Spokesman: The Ceasefire An 'Illusion', We Must Rekindle The Fighting

Dr. Abdelmoneim Zeineddine, spokesman and coordinator of the Syrian Revolution Command Council, said that “on the ground, there is no ceasefire” and that “all this is an illusion and a fantasy.” Zeineddine, speaking on Halab Today TV on February 15, said that he foresaw “further escalation” and that “it is …

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Lebanese Security Forces Raid Beirut Money Transfer Offices Suspected Of Funneling Money To The Islamic State

On March 9, 2017, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, reported that the previous day, Lebanese General Security forces raided nine money transfer offices in Beirut, which were suspected of transferring huge sums of money to ISIS fighters. According to the report, some of the offices had removed money from the premises …

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Al-Qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Leader Qasim Al-Rimi Eulogizes Blind Sheikh In Audio Statement, Urges Muslims To Avenge His Death

On March 6, 2017, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released an audio statement featuring the group’s leader Qasim Al-Rimi eulogizing the “Blind Sheikh,” Omar ‘Abd Al-Rahman, who died February 18, 2017 in a U.S. prison. In the statement, which was posted on AQAP’s official Telegram channel, Al-Rimi accused the …

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Al-Shabab Eulogizes Al-Qaeda Deputy Leader Abu Khayr Al-Masri, Threatens To 'Make The Americans And The Infidel Nations Pay Their Due'

A March 4, 2017 communiqué by the central command of Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen, Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in east Africa, eulogized Ahmad Hassan, aka Abu Khayr Al-Masri, Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria last week.

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Issue 20 Of Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Magazine Incites Muslims To Attacks Against China And Russia In Africa And Central Asia

Issue 20 of the Uyghur jihad group Turkestan Islamic Party’s (TIP) Arabic-language magazine featured an article that called for attacks against Russian and Chinese targets, especially in North and Central Africa and Central Asia, for their crimes against Muslims in Syria.

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Issue 20 Of Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Magazine Urges Jihadis Worldwide To Attack Chinese Targets In Their Countries

On March 6, 2017, the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) released the issue 20 of its Arabic-language magazine Turkestan Al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Turkestan). The magazine seeks to raise awareness among Arabic speakers for TIP’s struggle against the Chinese government and to recruit jihadis for this struggle by calling upon jihadis throughout the …

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ISIS Weekly Newsletter Calls On Muslims Everywhere To Target The Economic Interest of The U.S., Europe, Russia, And Their Allies

The opening article in the latest issue of the ISIS weekly newsletter Al-Naba’, published March 3, 2017, discusses the concept of the “war of attrition” and the importance of draining the enemy economically in order to shift its focus from fighting the ISIS and cause it to spread out its …

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Montreal Sheikh Sayyed Al-Ghitwai Calls In Friday Sermons For Allah To Annihilate Jews: Kill Them One By One, Do Not Leave A Single One Of Them (Archival)

In two Friday sermons delivered at the Al-Andalous Islamic Center in Montreal, Canada, in August 2014, Sheikh Sayyed Al-Ghitawi prayed to Allah to “destroy the accursed Jews” and to “kill them one by one.” “Oh Allah, turn their children into orphans and their women into widows,” he said in the …

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Tunisians Protest Law That Allows Men Who Rape Underage Girls To Marry Their Victims Instead Of Being Punished

On December 13, 2016, a lower court in northwestern Tunisia granted a 21-year-old man legal permission to marry a 13-year-old girl he had raped and impregnated. The court decision was in accordance with Article 227(a) of the Tunisian criminal code, which states that if a rapist weds his victim, all …

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ISIS Media Activists In Al-Arabiya Documentary: ISIS Media Office Resembles 'Huge International Production Company'; Expenses Of Al-Raqqah Media Office Alone 'Estimated At $2-2.5 Million'

An in-depth documentary, titled “Studio of Horror,” was broadcast by Al-Arabiya TV on February 9. It takes a close look at the media machinery of ISIS, interviewing personnel who worked in its media industry and discussing the filming methods and effects used in execution videos. According to one of those …

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