Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Comment About the Agreement To Remove the Besieged in al-Yarmūk Refugee Camp In Southern Damascus
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On the 26 April, Sirte security forces found a body in an orange jumpsuit, thought to have been killed by IS. It is unclear if the body was from a recent killing or from when IS controlled the city up until late 2016.
Other Jihadi Actors On 23 April, reports suggest the al-Qaeda affiliated jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia (AS) were involved in clashes between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Derna Mujahedeen Shura Council (DMSC) west of Derna near Wadi al-Arqub. This follows an arrest by the LNA earlier in the month on 12 April of an AS figure from Sirte named Salem Abdul Qaway al-Gaddafi while hiding in the Jufra area. On 23 and 25 April, LNA sources report that the Derna Mujahadeen Shura Council (DMSC) conducted two operations against LNA positions west and south of Derna respectively, with the latter killing two LNA fighters after their tank was destroyed by a pre-planted mine. A weekly update of ISIS’s actions, the Western response, and developments pertaining to Libya’s other militias is available by subscribing here. To read about Western countries’ responses to ISIS in Libya this week, click here, and to read about the developments within the anti-ISIS Coalition of Libyan militias, click here. To read all four sections of this week’s Eye on ISIS in Libya report, click here.
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ghurfah ‘Amilīyyāt Taḥrīr Madīnat Ajdābīyā Wa Da_m Thūwār Binghāzī — Eulogy of the Commander Wisām Bin Ḥamīd
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Majlis Shūrā Thūwār Binghāzī — The Knight Dismounts- Wisām Bin Ḥamīd
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The first half the title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 110:1.
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Tunisia’s first-ever municipal elections, scheduled for May 6, are an important milestone in the quest to implement democratic institutions and give locals more agency in making decisions about their needs—two goals that, unsurprisingly, run counter to the vision, interests, and ideology of Salafi-jihadist groups in the region. The Islamic State (IS) has signaled that it hopes to disrupt the vote, focusing official propaganda on Tunisia for the first time since summer 2016.
Over the past two years, the group’s activity in Tunisia has been significantly constrained, but low-profile attacks have continued in the interior governorate of Kasserine. The elections represent a high-stakes opportunity to encourage and empower residents of this forgotten area, so the government would be wise to focus on securing not only higher-profile targets in the capital and coastal regions, but also polling sites in the interior. Such efforts could further legitimize the democratic process, showing skeptical locals that the central authorities are slowly but steadily reaching out to them on governance and other issues.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Majlis Shūrā al-Mujāhidīn Darnah — The Martyred Commander Wisām Bin Ḥamīd
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Arabic:
Shām al-Ribāṭ Foundation for Media Production — About the Raid On the Nuṣayrīs and Rejectionists in Rural Northern Ḥamāh
English:
Shām al-Ribāṭ Foundation for Media Production — About the Raid On the Nuṣayrīs and Rejectionists in Rural Northern Ḥamāh (En)
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