#ISIS releases 12th episode in its allegiance renewal series - latest from militants in Yemen. I'm pretty sure this is the biggest IS series on a given theme. Even during its media heyday when IS used to release coordinated vids on a subject, there didn't used to be that many
Similar to other episodes in the series, while the latest seeks to strike a tone of defiance in the face of hardships, it carries a clear admission of territorial losses and overall weakness, which the group spins as temporary and a test from God.
Unsurprisingly, in the video IS takes a swipe at its rival in Yemen AQAP, calling them 'Jews of Jihad'.
IS set up shop in Yemen in Nov 2014, sparking years of cold war with AQAP. This changed in Jul 2018 when the two finally locked horns in Bayda. Matters came to a head in Mar 2019 when the two groups started carrying out deadly attacks on each other. Tit-for-tat attacks continue
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