On February 1, 2018, the third issue of the pro-Al-Qaeda English-language magazine, Al-Haqiqa, [The Truth] was published on a new official Al-Haqiqa Telegram channel.[1] The issue was distributed on numerous pro-Al-Qaeda channels on Telegram. The first issue of the magazine was r…

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On January 10, 2018, the press office of the YPG, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units militia, released a video of French jihadi Thomas Barnouin,[1] who has been held by the YPG since he was captured, along with six other French nationals, on December 17, 2017. The video, 9:42 …

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The following information is based on a general overview of a social media account demonstrating terror-related activity / sympathies

Platforms: Facebook; Telegram; YouTube

Type of account: French Fighter in Syria

Account name(s): Abu Al Bara (a.k.a Mohammed Kevin). [1]
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On December 18, 2017, a French fighter in Syria who is affiliated with Al-Qaeda shared a five-minute audio message that he recorded, calling on Muslims in France and Europe to embark upon jihad to defend Islam and the Muslims. The message, posted on YouTube,[1] was shared on a pr…

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On December 26, 2017, the Uyghur jihadi group Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), which is affiliated with Al-Qaeda and currently fighting alongside Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), opened an official Telegram channel in French.[1] The channel shares all official TIP material and translate…

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On December 31, 2017, the Islamic State (ISIS) Al-Barakah (Hasakah) Province claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Kurdish forces in Syria, reporting that it was perpetrated by a fighter of German origin, as indicated by his name, Abu Amar Al-Almani.[1] No picture of the…

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On December 31, 2017, the Islamic State (ISIS) Al-Hayat Media Center released a four-minute music video of a French language nasheed, or Islamic a cappella song. The video was distributed through official media channels on Telegram.[i] Nasheeds are an important and powerful tool …

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On December 25, 2017, a group of jihadi fighters in Kashmir published a video on Telegram through their media outlet Al-Qaraar.[1] The 14-minute video confirms rumors that a group of fighters in Kashmir have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and joined the Islamic State …

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As part of the recent wave of messages by ISIS supporters threatening terror during the holidays, a Telegram channel dedicated to sharing pro-ISIS posters and images distributed a new graphic poster threatening Paris. The poster shows an armed ISIS fighter carrying a bomb looking…

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On December 16, 2017, the pro-Islamic State (ISIS) hacker group Caliphate Cyber Ghosts (CCG) posted a 10-minute video on Telegram titled “And Sit in Wait for Them at Every Place of Ambush.”[1] The video delivers a threatening message to the U.S. and all other members of the anti-…

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On December 16, 2017, the Al-Sadaqah organization,[1] which raises money for mujahideen fighters in Syria, posted a one-minute clip on Telegram featuring a foreign fighter in a trench. The fighter takes the viewer on a tour of what he describes as a frontline position where condi…

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On December 12, 2017 the ‘Uqba Bin Nafi’ Battalion, associated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), claimed responsibility for a December 11, 2017 IED attack on Tunisian soldiers in the mountainous area of Sha’nabi, near Kasserine, a hotspot of jihadi insurgency. Accordin…

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On December 13, 2017, the pro-ISIS media outlet Fursan media released a poster featuring New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill dressed in an orange jump suit kneeling next to a masked jihadi fighter armed with a knife.[1] The poster shows a NYC street in the backgrou…

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