New release from al-Qā’idah’s Shaykh Bilāl Khuraysāt (Abū Ḥudhayfah al-‘Urdunī): “Lamentation of the Martyr Maḥmūd Abū Ḥamzah al-Ḥamawī”

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Bilāl Khuraysāt (Abū Ḥudhayfah al-‘Urdunī) — Lamentation of the Martyr Maḥmūd Abū Ḥamzah al-Ḥamawī

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Source: Telegram

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New release from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s Ḥafīd ‘Uqbah: “Political Reading of the Recent Decisions Issued By the Presidency in Algeria”

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥafīd ‘Uqbah — Political Reading of the Recent Decisions Issued By the Presidency in Algeria

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Source: Telegram

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New video message from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula’s Shaykh Khālid bin ‘Umar Bāṭarfī (Abū al-Miqdād al-Kindī): “Hastening Into [Association With] Them”

The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 5:52. Here it is in full: “So you see those in whose hearts is disease hastening into [association with] them, saying, ‘We are afraid a misfortune may strike us.’ But perhaps God will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.”

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Eye On Jihadis in Libya Weekly Update: March 5

IS in Action

On 28 February, IS published its al-Naba newsletter no. 171, which featured an article titled “The fate of Sirte is not the fate Derna.” The article is critical of the al-Qaeda aligned groups who occupied Derna along with IS till the latter was expelled from the city in July 2015.

Other Jihadi Actors

On 26 February, al-Qaeda affiliated armed groups mobilized 130km east of Misrata according to Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesperson, Ahmed al-Mesmari. Al-Mesmari claimed the LNA’s Air Force would undertake strikes on their positions.

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