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Month: June 2016
New video message from The Islamic State: "The Solid Edifice – The Philippines"
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New video message from al-Murābiṭūn’s Abū Ḥamzah al-Anṣārī: “But To Fast Is Best For You, Part 11"
New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #36"
For prior parts see: #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10 and #1.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic State — “al-Nabā’ Newsletter #36”
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New news reports from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: "May-June 2016"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn — “News Reports- May-June 2016”
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New video message from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah’s Sufyān al-Muhājir: “The Month of Conquests Series #16: The Conquest of Kashmīr"
New video message from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah: "Activities of the Da’wah Office in Rural al-Ladhāqīyyah Within the Ramaḍān Campaign ‘The Month of Conquests’"
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New video message from Jabhat al-Nuṣrah: "Words of the Mujāhidīn After the Recent Conquests in Rural Southern Aleppo"
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New video message from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Abū Dujānah Military Training Camp in Qandahār Province Pledges Allegiance"
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Weekly Eye on ISIS in Libya Update – June 20, 2016
ISIS In Action
This week witnessed the slowing momentum of the Government of National Accord’s (GNA) anti–ISIS operation in Sirte, as fierce ISIS counterattacks stalled the operation’s advance. This development is chiefly attributed to two factors: 1) ISIS is beginning to push back on the Bunyan Marsus advance inside Sirte, successfully and repeatedly hitting GNA forces behind their own front lines, and 2) the ‘defection’ of the hardline Islamist factions (e.g. Benghazi Defense Brigade) and other associated militias.
Although the GNA’s Misratan-led Bunyan Marsus coalition continued the previous week’s speedy advance into Sirte, taking control of the radio station, fodder factory and seizing a large arms depot on 13 June, the coalition lost control of Sirte’s port on 14 June, after a large ISIS counterattack managed to push the coalition back to the east. Currently, the port serves as a frontline, with Misratan forces situated on the eastern perimeter, and ISIS on the west. Small Libyan navy boats currently block the port, while airstrikes are ongoing against ISIS positions in the area.
On 14 June, ISIS launched an assault on the port, forcing Bunyan Marsus units positioned there to withdraw one kilometre to the east. ISIS militants also advanced to the west for the first time under cover of heavy artillery and rocket fire, successfully retaking Zafaraan roundabout.
On 15 June, ISIS renewed its assault on the port, as Bunyan Marsus forces bombarded the main ISIS headquarters in Sirte in Ouagadougou center with heavy artillery and airstrikes.
Most significantly on 16 June, ISIS was able to conduct four SVBIED attacks, one at Abu Grein 70 kilometres west of Sirte, and others at the power station and the fodder factory west of the city. The fierce ISIS response to the Bunyan Marsus advance, and the defection of several militias from the coalition has greatly slowed the momentum of the last three weeks.
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