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New statement from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s ‘Abd al-Raḥman al-Shāmī: “The Qualitative Operation on the Positions of the Assad Gangs in the ‘Ayn al-Bayḍā Front”

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

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نفذ إخوانكم المجاهدون في لواء علي بن أبي طالب -رضي الله عنه- التابع لهيئة تحرير الشام عملية نوعية مباغتة على مواقع ميليشيا الفيلق الرابع التابع لعصابات الأسد في جبهة عين البيضا بريف اللاذقية الشمالي وذلك ردا على ارتكاب طيران المحتل الروسي قبل أيام مجزرة على أطراف مدينة إدلب راح ضحيتها 3 شهداء وإصابة أكثر من 6 مدنيين.

وأضاف: جاءت العملية بعد استطلاع دقيق للمواقع المستهدفة وتدريب مكثف للانغماسيين وبالرغم من صعوبة التضاريس إلا أن العملية أنجزت بدقة وسلاسة -بفضل الله تعالى- وأسفرت عن مقتل 4 عناصر وجرح أكثر من 5 آخرين بالإضافة لتدمير عدة نقاط للعصابة.

كما أن هذه العملية جاءت بعد 4 أيام على عملية العصائب الحمراء التي استهدفت غرفة العمليات المركزية الخاصة بالفيلق الرابع بقمة النبي يونس بريف اللاذقية الشمالي والتي أسفرت عن مقتل أكثر من 20 عنصرا بينهم ضباط، وذلك في تنافس واضح بين الألوية والتشكيلات العسكرية التابعة لهيئة تحـ ـرير الشـ ـام في التنكيل بأعداء الله وردا على مجازرهم بحق أهلنا المدنيين، كما قنصت سرايا القنص 3 عناصر على محور كبينة في ريف اللاذقية الشمالي.

ونقول لعصابات الأسد المجرمة: إننا لن نكل ولن نمل في سفك دمائكم واختراق مواقعكم وتدمير نقاطكم وقتل قادتكم ولن تمنعكم منا حصونكم في رؤوس الجبال مهما فعلتم.

ونبشر أهلنا في المحرر أن إخوانكم المجـ ـاهدين لن يتوقفوا عن شن هذه العمليات المباركة، وأننا سننتقم ممن يرتكب المجازر بحقكم ونأخذ بثأركم بإذن الله، والحمد لله رب العالمين.

القائد العسكري “عبدالرحمن الشامي” في تحـ الشام ـرير

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Source: Telegram

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The Islamic State’s Fourth Bayat Campaign

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

Previously, I tracked the bayat campaign for Abu Ibrahim after Abu Bakr’s death, then for Abu al-Hasan after Abu Ibrahim’s death, and then for Abu al-Husayn after Abu al-Hasan’s death. This post will do the same with the announcement of Abu al-Husayn’s death and Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Quarashi as the new leader of the Islamic State. As I said in the original post:

There are two main reasons for this: 1. pledges are leader-specific rather than group-specific and thus need to be renewed with each succession and 2. it is a way to legitimize al-Qurashi’s rule and create a media event so that the group can promote itself as it transitions to a new phase.

The first reason is also something that IS pointed to when it began to overtly feud with al-Qaeda (AQ) in 2013, by saying that following Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi’s death, his successor Abu Hamzah al-Muhajir gave baya to the newly created Islamic State of Iraq’s leader Abu ‘Umar al-Baghdadi and even after Abu ‘Umar was killed, when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took over in 2010 and then Usamah Bin Laden was killed in 2011, Abu Bakr never publicly gave baya to Ayman al-Zawahiri, even if al-Zawahiri claims he gave it to him privately. Therefore, from the perspective of IS this whole process is not trivial, but important for legitimacy of its leadership and to potentially weed out any insubordination before it manifests into something larger as it already did in the past vis-a-vis AQ.

This post will be updated with the latest official pledges.

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August 5, 2023:

Wilāyat al-‘Irāq

Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyah – Krenoa Region

August 6, 2023:

Wilāyat al-Ṣūmāl

Wilāyat al-Yaman

August 7, 2023:

Wilāyat al-Sāḥil – Tri-Border Area

Wilāyat Bākistān

August 8, 2023:

Wilāyat Wasaṭ Ifrīqīyah

Wilāyat al-‘Irāq

Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyah – al-Buhayrah Region

Wilāyat al-Sāḥil – Anderamboukane

August 9, 2023:

Wilāyat Khurāsān

Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyah – Sambisa Region

Wilāyat al-Sāḥil – Azawagh

August 10, 2023:

Wilāyat al-Shām

Wilāyat Gharb Ifrīqīyah – al-Faruq Region and Banki Region

August 11, 2023:

Wilāyat al-‘Irāq

August 12, 2023:

Wilāyat Sharq Asīā

August 14, 2023:

Wilāyat Mūzambīq

Wilāyat Bākistān

Wilāyat Sāḥil – Burkina Faso

August 16, 2023:

Wilāyat al-‘Irāq

Wilāyat al-Shām

New audio message from The Islamic State’s Abū Ḥudhayfah al-Anṣārī: “So Rejoice In Your Transaction Which You Have Contracted”

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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 9:111. Here it is in full: “Indeed, God has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of God, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. And who is truer to his covenant than God? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.”

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Abū Ḥudhayfah al-Anṣārī — So Rejoice In Your Transaction Which You Have Contracted

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Source: RocketChat

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New release from Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām’s Abū Mārīyah al-Qaḥṭānī: “Free Syrian Students Are the Fuel of Our Revolution and Jihād”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Mārīyah al-Qaḥṭānī — Free Syrian Students Are the Fuel of Our Revolution and Jihād

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Source: Telegram

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New release from Jalāl Bin Ḥamdān: “Jihādī Selfishness and the Consequence of Betrayal: In Response To the Croaker of al-Shām and the Crow of Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām”

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Jalāl Bin Ḥamdān — Jihādī Selfishness and the Consequence of Betrayal- In Response To the Croaker of al-Shām and the Crow of Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām

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Source: Telegram

To inquire about a translation for this video message for a fee email: [email protected]