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Arab journalist
Dec 14, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
UPDATE: Idblib Post now claim that Al-Qahtani is alive but was unconscious as a result of torture. Idlib Post are Zakkour people. Zakkour is HTS financier who was recently subject to US sanctions. This is what we know so far: 1. Idlib Post changed their position on HTS leadership (Joulani) over the past few days. This was evident in attacking Al-Hamra Mall. Now, they post segments critical of Joulani. This is unprecedented.
2. Salih Al-Hamwi @asseraaalsham HTS dissident & one of Jabhat Nusra founders
Apr 18, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
New details reg 17th Apr @CENTCOM op near Jarablus N Syria. Daesh dissidents, Qanat Fadh قناة فضح عباد البغدادي والهاشمي, confirm the identity of the target as Abdulhadi Ibrahim Al-Ma'an عبدالهادي إبراهيم المعن, head of Wilayat Sham security ops and thus deputy Wali. Image The Qanat says he was once deputy of the Wilayat chief security officer Omar Al-Farooq under Baghdadi & Qaradash. As such, he was in charge of intelligence, recruitment and interrogation.
Mar 12, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
Have Al-Qaeda central revealed the new code name for Saif Al-Adl? Are they preparing for confirming the death of Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri? Al-Sahab published today an "article" entitled "The Symbol الرمز" by an Hazim Al-Madani. Who is Al-Madani? My search shows it's none other than Abi Sabil عابر سبيل who is known to be Saif Al-Adle. Abir was the name that Mustafa Hamid Abu Al-Walid مصطفى حامد أبو الوليد @mustafahamed45 gave to his son in law Saif. We know this because Al-Sahab's article الرمز was actually published on Hamid's website Mafa in Oct 2022
Mar 4, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Excellent work by @SimNasr. He put 17 meaty Qs to AQIM leader Abu Ubaida Al-Innabi. The 38 mnt video includes audios of Innabi responding. Subtitles in English available. Innabi said very little, however, the gist's in what he didn’t say. One major takeaway regards Olivier Dubois, the French journalist kidnapped by JNIM Apr 2021. Innabi clearly wanted to communicate that the French gov IS responsible for a) kidnapping of Olivier b) the fate of Olivier.
Mar 2, 2023 8 tweets 4 min read
Exclusive by @anbajassim: Last week's raid in Qah N Idlib killed a senior Daesh leader Abu Sara Al-Iraqi, head of the Distant Wilayas Bureau formerly known as Delegated Comm اللجنة المفوضة. In 2020, @anbajassim broke the story on killing of Abu Muhammad Al-Masri in Tehran. Feb 24, it was reported a coalition raid targeted 2 on a motorbike on the Qah road N Idlib. None of the activists in the area could tell who the target was. They said he was Iraqi known as Abu Ubada or Abu Ubaida. However, none could determine which faction he belonged to.
Feb 14, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read
Probably the most significant AQAP release in a while. New video from Al-Malahem features Sa'd Bin 'Atif Al-'Awake سعد بن عاطف العولقي reaching out sunni tribes in Shawa & Abyan. I don't recall I saw Sa'd in a video. He had two audios though in 2015 & 2016. Here are some thoughts:
1) It’s a desperate attempt to show solidarity between Sa’d & AQAP emir Khalid Batarfi. Differences between the two men have deepened as early as last year over influence & resources. @akhbar’s @asem been reporting on this.
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Feb 12, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Just released. An 8 minute video featuring a 4 minute speech by Zawahiri on "how to support the Palestinian cause." There is no single mention of any particular event that might be considered as a proof of life. There is nothing new in the video. ImageImage He says Israel wants to set up a state from the Nile to the Euphrates; Arab regimes won't liberate Palestine; calls on Muslims especially neighboring Palestine to challenge Israel. He specifically mentions sale of Palestinian lands.
Feb 4, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Al-Qaeda fanboys have published a photo of one Faisal Al-Khalidi aka Hamza Al-Khalidi aka Mubashir. فيصل الخالدي أو حمزة الخالدي أو مبشر. IF IT'S THE SAME PERSON, then he's none other than a high ranking Iran official residing in Iran IF IT IS THE SAME PRSON, then he was designated on the US Treasury sanctions in 2016 for financing AQ & TTP.
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Nov 1, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
Al-Qaeda's Shabab are feeling the heat from the Saturday bombing in Mogadishu. Ironically, while Shabab were massacring Somalis near MoE, elsewhere they were holding a so-called Wilayat conference of Muslim Scholars. In a closing stat., Mahad Karate
bit.ly/3NpNw22 (Abu Abd Al-Rahman Mahad Wurasme), Shabab's 2nd in command issued a statement, the 2nd by Shabab since the bombing, in an attempt to justify the killing. He basically explains what was published in the official statement. Here’ a recap of what he said:
Sep 13, 2022 17 tweets 3 min read
It's out. A 36 minute audio by the one and only Abo Omar Al-Muhajir. "And hold fast to the rope of God all together, and do not become divided" Starts with praise of ISIS (Stay دولة) and how they fought towards towhead, enforced حدود in the areas they controlled, work towards such end in areas they don't control.
Jul 14, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
Al-Qaeda Central’s Al-Sahab release Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s 6th edition of “Deal of the Century or Crusades Spanning Centuries” started in Sept 2020.
In this audio only release, Al-Zawahiri starts with a recap of this series. Image So far, he’s talked about the “conflict/struggle between Muslims & Crusaders.” Then, he tackled ways to confront the “Crusaders’ aggression” through a) Jihad of Da’wa & awareness b) Jihad of nikaya (combat). Now (a) envelopes 1) Battle of Awareness 2) Jihad of Education
May 26, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
As we reported earlier, Turkish police confirm capture of Daesh new caliph Abu Al-Hasan Al-Qurashi. They believe he's indeed Jum'a Awwad al-Badri brother of former caliph Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Details from Turkish media & bio by @AtyEsmail from @akhbar bit.ly/3NBlGyO Daesh have never confirmed the identity of the new Emir succeeding slain Abu Ibrahim. Most analysts believe it's Ghazal Sumaidi'i. However, Reuters have largely reported that it was none other than Jum'a.
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May 24, 2022 10 tweets 5 min read
We can now comfortably say that Daesh former spox Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi Al-Muhajir was NOT killed in Atma in Feb ’22 with Abu Ibrahim, but in a drone attack in Jarablus, NE Aleppo, in Nov ’21.
Here's what we know as investigated by my colleagues @akhbar
bit.ly/3wM2XJU On 10 Mar, Daesh not only confirmed Abu Ibrahim demise, but also Abu Hamza’s. Nobody had remotely contemplated that Abu Hamza was out of the picture. Some even thought he’d be the next caliph.
Apr 17, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
New statement by Al-Qaeda in Yemen on the new Presidential Council.
In the 7-page statement, AQAP:
- attack the Council as a ploy to "hand over Yemen to the Houthis under the pretext of peace & reconciliation" - criticise the Islah party (Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood) for having succumbed to political schemes, calling on young ikhwan to "amend the path" taken by their "confused leadership"
- Pledge to fight the Houthis "Iran's arm" which seek to "spread Shiism in the region."
Apr 17, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
The 33 minute 2nd speech by new spokesman Abu Umar Al-Muhajir, is entitled “قاتلوهم يعذبهم الله بايديكم” reference from Qura’an Tawba Sura #9 verse 14: “Fight them, and God will
Punish them by your hands.” Main "talking points":
1. Congratulate Muslims on advent of Ramadan
2. Declaring new Gazwa entitled “Avenging the 2 shaykhs: Abu Ibrahim AlHashimi & Abu Hamza AlQurashi” killed in a coalition op in Idlib in Feb
Nov 19, 2021 10 tweets 2 min read
Pt2 of AQAP leader, Khalid Batarfi, “Special Interview,” he talks about: decline of military ops, calls for renouncing global jihad, spies within the group, & Sham jihad. He also dedicates an entire section to attack KSA. -He defended the group’s “military decline” saying: 1) AQAP chooses not to fight certain warring parties in Yemen; preferring to wait until they finish one another.
Nov 11, 2021 11 tweets 3 min read
AQAP’s Al-Malahim have just release pt1 of a “special interview” with leader Khalid Batarfi. He is to respond to current affairs. AQAP has been plagued with fragmentation, weakness and ineffectiveness. The 60-mint video stars with a question on Taliban's "victory & tamkeen (sovereignty)." Batarfi praises Taliban for harboring/championing muhajireen fighters. Says Mullah Omar while refusing to hand over OBL, he actually provided him w/ opportunity to launch attacks against US.
Jun 22, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Indeed, 38 min of NOTHING. What is really MISSING here is the shady acknowledgement of ISWAP's killing of Shekau.
-Reference made to Western & Central Africa, rather than to ISWAP alone.
-No reference to any names: Barnawi, Sahraoui, or even Shekau. Last year, it was reported That Barnawi was overthrown by Idriss/Abdullah.
-The new BH self-proclaimed leader, Bakura, was reported to have been an ISWAP commander.
-Not clear really who made the bay'a which was accepted by Abu Ibrahim. Were they the BH remnants?
-Bottomline, Abu Hamzah surely couldn't
May 31, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Al-Turath Al-'Ilmi التراث العلمي of ISIS dissidents, followers of Turki al-Binali, have issued the 4th instalment of ولتستبين سبيل المجرمين (You Shall Identify The Way of Criminals) by Abu 'Isa Al-Masri, a blind cleric who served under Daesh. Image This is a 179 page document on the summary killings Daesh sanctioned violating shari’a law. It’s a great insight into what life really looked like under the so-called Caliphate. The booklet starts with a 30 page introduction on executions according to shari’a law.
May 6, 2021 6 tweets 1 min read
ISIS weekly Nabaa publishes a profile of Abu Muhammad Furqan, emir of media. 1) Dr. Adil Ta'i عادل الطائي (practicing paediatrician) a founder of Ansar Al-Sunna just after the US invasion of Iraq.
2) Delegated Abu Ali Al-Anbari to pledge Bay'a to Abu Mus'ab Zarqawi
3) Inherited media portfolio frm Khalid Mashhadani خالد المشهداني أبو شهد who was arrested