Check out my new article for the Global Network on Extremism & Technology: “Affirmations of Support and Rituals of Jihadi Martyrdoms”

When a big named jihadi leader dies, there is usually a cacophony of statements released eulogising the individual that was killed. In a way, it allows one to judge the level of support that person might have had or the broader organisation by seeing who actually releases such a statement. These dynamics fully playout within the online jihadosphere where not only the groups themselves release such content on their preferred online platform of the day, but also the particular group’s supporters on social media then repost and share the same content expand the potential reach of these messages of congratulations on someone’s so-called martyrdom.

Last week, Abu Khalid al-Shami, the official military spokesman for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which controls parts of northern Idlib and western Aleppo provinces, was killed in a Russian airstrike. It is the first large-name HTS leader killed in sometime not only because the group has been in control of different areas in NW Syria over the past six years, but also due to a ceasefire brokered in spring 2020 between Russia and Turkey. As a result, due to HTS’s disaffiliation with Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda (AQ), it is a unique avenue to explore the dynamics of who does and does not eulogise Abu Khalid al-Shami online. It also provides another measure of potential HTS consolidation of power at the local level even if everything related to this is happening on Telegram or Twitter.

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New statement from the Largest Bloc of Foreign Fighters in the Shāmī Arena: “Condolences on the Martyrdom of the Commander Abū Khālid al-Shāmī”

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Largest Bloc of Foreign Fighters in the Shāmī Arena — Condolences on the Martyrdom of the Commander Abū Khālid al-Shāmī

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from Liwā’ al-Muhājirūn wa-l-Anṣār: “Condolences on the Martyrdom of Abū Khālid al-Shāmī”

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Liwā’ al-Muhājirūn wa-l-Anṣār — Condolences on the Martyrdom of Abū Khālid al-Shāmī

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī in Bilād al-Shām: “Condolences on the Martyrdom of Abū Khālid al-Shāmī”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī in Bilād al-Shām — Condolences on the Martyrdom of Abū Khālid al-Shāmī

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Media Relations Office: “On the Martyrdom of the Two Brothers Abū Muṣ’ab and Abū Tāmir”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Media Relations Office — On the Martyrdom of the Two Brothers Abū Muṣ’ab and Abū Tāmir

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Military Wing: “On the Martyrdom of the Military Commander ‘Abū Khālid al-Shāmī’ and His Brothers”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Military Wing — On the Martyrdom of the Military Commander ‘Abū Khālid al-Shāmī’ and His Brothers

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām: “Condolences on the Martyrdom of the Commander ‘Abu Khaled Abū Khālid al-Shāmī’ and a Group of the Mujāhidīn”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Condolences on the Martyrdom of the Commander ‘Abu Khaled Abū Khālid al-Shāmī’ and a Group of the Mujāhidīn

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Source: Telegram

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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Abū Khālid al-Shāmī: “Declaration”

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“بعد استهداف الاحتلال الروسي المَرافق الحيوية في ريف حلب الغربي وإدلب، حيث قام بقصف مشفى الأتارب ومعمل الغاز بمنطقة باب الهوى وعدد من المناطق المأهولة بالسكان في جبل الزاوية ومنطقة جسر الشغور وريف حلب وحماة الغربيين ما أسفر عن ارتقاء أكثر من ١٠ شهداء من أهلنا وجرح نحو ٢٠ آخرين بالإضافة للخسائر المدنية”.

قمنا بالرد المباشر على جرائم الاحتلال بحق الأهالي فقام فوج المدفعية والصواريخ في هيئة تحرير الشام باستهداف مواقع الاحتلال الروسي بالمدفعية في الفوج ٤٦ وريف المهندسين وأورم الكبرى بريف حلب الغربي وقرية داديخ وكفربطيخ وتل مرديخ شرقي إدلب ومدينة كفرنبل وكفر روما والمعرة في مناطق جبل الزاوية، واستهدفنا تحصينات العدو بالأسلحة المباشرة بمنطقة جبل الزاوية ومدينة سراقب المحتلة بريف إدلب الجنوبي”.

سلاح المدفعية تمكن -بفضل الله- من تدمير عدة مواقع للعدو بريف حلب الغربي وجبل الزاوية وريف إدلب الشرقي.

كما تم استهداف ثكنات العدو بمعرة النعمان وخان السبل ومحيطهما بالقذائف الصاروخية والمدفعية، ما تسبب بوقوع خسائر بشرية ومادية أضعاف ما وقع في المحرر.

إننا سنبقى كما عهدتمونا لا ننام على ضيم وسنبقى شوكة لأهل الشام حتى تحرير جميع مدن وبلدات وقرى سوريا

أبو خالد الشامي
المتحدث العسكري في هيئة تحرير الشام

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Source: Telegram

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