29% of all attacks claimed by ISIS for the month of September took place in Nigeria--more than any other nation worldwide and almost twice the comparative tally of ISIS attacks in Iraq.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a party for "Christian infidels" near the city of Okene in Nigeria's Kogi State, allegedly inflicting 20 casualties.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the "Christian village" of Kirsinga in Nigeria's Adamawa State, allegedly killing 5 "Christians."
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an assault on the town of Geidem in Nigeria's Yobe State, allegedly capturing and executing "8 Christian infidels" and burning down 6 local government buildings.
Almost half of the terror attacks claimed by ISIS over the past two months took place in Nigeria. Attacks across the African continent represented almost 70% of total ISIS worldwide attacks. By contrast, Iraq and Syria combined together accounted for less than 20% of the total.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Tukur Buratai Military College in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, allegedly killing 10 soldiers.
"This is just irrational in the sense that sanctuary policies in no way shape or form affect DHS' ability to vet people for global entry and other trusted traveler programs... It's trying to match two totally unrelated things. It's just ridiculous.”
So far in June, Nigeria, Niger, the DR Congo, and Mozambique account for 51% of officially-claimed ISIS attacks worldwide, underscoring the shift in focus by the Islamic State to west/central/southern Africa. Nigeria was the target of more than 3 times as many attacks as Syria.
Iraqi Shiite insurgent source "Sabereen News" has broadcast what it describes as an "urgent alert to all allied teams and factions to prepare for a major showdown with the occupation agents and their henchmen."
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has claimed responsibility for a sniper attack targeting Pakistani army personnel in the Almazodob area of Wara Mamond Tehsil in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency, allegedly killing 1 soldier and wounding another.
During September, ISIS claimed attacks in at least 7 different Nigerian states, including Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Kogi, and Kano--although more than 75% of the attacks took place specifically in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.
Video: Footage posted on social media shows a close-up view of the warehouse area that exploded in Beirut, along with the fire and smaller blasts that led up to the larger explosion.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a second IED attack targeting a Nigerian army bulldozer in the town of Mallamfatori in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.
The ISIS statement accused the Taliban of being "in a partnership" with the U.S. military to evacuate "spies" and boasted that its bomber "managed to penetrate all the security measures imposed by the American forces and the Taliban militia in the capital Kabul."
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a clash with Nigerian army and allied militia forces on the road linking the towns of Gubio and Mamuri in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, allegedly killing 8.
Sources affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are claiming that there is allegedly new ongoing "activity" at IRGC missile launch sites located inside Iran: "The Zero Hour for an attack on Israel is near."
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a Nigerian army post in the town of Lassa in Nigeria's Borno State, allegedly taking a "Christian" civilian from the town hostage.
Iranian online sources: Iranian missile and unmanned drone bases are reportedly on high alert, weapons are loaded, and they are "ready to fly to U.S. targets."
ISIS: "The attacker was able to reach a distance of no less than five meters from the American forces, who were supervising the procedures for collecting documents from hundreds of translators and contractors in preparation for their evacuation from the country."
ISIS has released graphic video footage of a Nigerien soldier allegedly captured in Niger's Diffa Region pleading for his life before being summarily executed by a masked ISIS-affiliated militant.
Speaking to local media, Turkish President Erdogan has mocked and dismissed Donald Trump’s fickle approach to US policy in Syria: “When we take a look at Mr Trump’s Twitter posts, we can no longer follow them. We cannot keep track.”
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a police checkpoint in the village of Etuno (near Igarra) in Nigeria's Edo State, allegedly killing 1.
There are reports that U.S. military forces based at Erbil Airport in northern Iraq have been targeted this evening with rockets or suicide drones by suspected Shiite insurgents.
Images: ISIS has released photos allegedly depicting a recent attack by Islamic State-affiliated militants attacking a Nigerian army post in the town of Goniri in Nigeria's Yobe State.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the capture and summary execution of 35 pro-government militiamen near the town of Dikwa in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State in retaliation for "their involvement in espionage missions against the mujahideen."
ISIS has formally claimed responsibility for an attack by Islamic State-affiliated militants targeting a Nigerian government prison in the city of Kogi "on the outskirts of the capital Abuja after the demolition of its walls, successfully freeing scores of prisoners."
The statement claiming responsibility for the Kabul bombing was issued by the main official ISIS news outlet, Amaq Media, reflecting the centralized structure of Islamic State propaganda and public communications.
Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has issued a communique threatening the "Hindutva terrorists occupying India" over an Indian TV segment in which a BJP party spokesperson encouraged mocking or insulting aspects of Islam, including the Prophet Mohammed.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an IED attack targeting a pro-government militia vehicle on the road between the towns of Dikwa and Ajiri in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, allegedly killing 4 and wounding 3 others.
The Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) has claimed responsibility for a series of sniper attacks on Pakistani army soldiers and officers in Bajaur (near the Afghan border), allegedly killing 5.
Houthi leaders in Yemen: "We will retaliate against any U.S. attack on our country, and we will make U.S. battleships, interests, and ships a target for our missiles, drones and military operations... they will face worse than what they faced in Afghanistan and Vietnam."
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a Nigerian army checkpoint in the town of Dikwa in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, allegedly wounding 2.
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a Pakistani army convoy in the Badar Bridge area of Ladha Tehsil in Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, allegedly inflicting more than a dozen casualties.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for raiding the "Christian town" of Lokoja in Nigeria's Kogi State, allegedly killing "5 Christians" and burning down a church.
There are unconfirmed reports of a possible new drone attack targeting U.S. military forces stationed at Ain al-Assad Air Base in Iraq's western Anbar Province.
A major raid by Iraqi counterterrorism forces targeting Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah appears to have backfired, with the Iraqi government releasing a group of detained militants hours later--followed by triumphant public celebrations by armed Kataib Hezbollah supporters.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a Nigerian police and pro-government militia post in the town of Gubio in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a mortar attack targeting a Nigerian army post in the town of Mallamfatori (near the borders with neighboring Chad and Niger) in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the "Christian village" of Muradi in Nigeria's Adamawa State, allegedly killing "a Christian" and capturing another.
IRGC deep web channels are reporting that "Iranian Air Force reconnaissance flights have increased sharply. The Iranian Air Force may strike the first blow of revenge."
In response to the death of Qassem Soleiman in Baghdad, a spokesman for Iraqi Hezbollah has reportedly announced, "We will soon target all U.S. bases in Iraq."
A previously unknown pro-Iranian insurgent group has claimed responsibility for 3 drone attacks and 2 rocket attacks in the past 24 hours targeting U.S. military personnel at bases across Iraq and Syria--releasing video footage of the attacks to bolster their claims.
All flights from Erbil Airport in northern Iraq have reportedly been suspended "until further notice" due to the possibility of an imminent Iranian retaliatory attack targeting Israel.
The editor-in-chief of the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar has claimed in an interview aired on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV that Hezbollah, Iran's IRGC, and Hamas established a unified headquarters in Beirut for overseeing operations during the recent Israel/Gaza conflict.
“If any good comes out of my son’s death, I just hope that it stops all the lunacy that’s been going on in this country... I’m supposed to die first. Not my son. I’ll never get over this.”
IRGC social media: "The attacks on the Ain al-Assad and Erbil are bases in fact attacks on the command and control infrastructure, detection, radar, electronic warfare and, more so, the American brains, eyes, and ears in the region." (1/2)
Iraqi government officials are reportedly contradicting claims by the U.S. government and insisting that no Iraqi civilians were killed or wounded in Iran's missile attack on Ain Assad Air Base.
White House advisor Kellyanne Conway is now characterizing recent White House claims about 4000 suspected terrorists being apprehended at the US southern border as an “unfortunate misstatement.”
Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah has announced what appears to be a "suspension of military and security operations against the occupation forces [in Iraq and Syria] in order to prevent embarrassment to the Iraqi government."
Senior officials from Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah have reportedly spoken with the heads of the Palestinian Hamas movement and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in order to reassure them that "we will not hesitate to support you."
Video: In response to the burning of a Quran in Sweden, Shiite militia supporters in the Iraqi city of An-Nasiriyah have allegedly burned the flags of the United States, Israel, and "the LGBT community."
Video: Anti-Taliban fighters who have once again gathered under the banner of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud's "Northern Alliance" parade through the Panjshir Valley, a longtime hotbed of resistance to Taliban rule.
Despite his vows in recent days to turn northern Afghanistan into a "graveyard" for the Taliban, notorious Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum has reportedly now fled the country for sanctuary in neighboring Uzbekistan.
A representative of Iraqi Shiite militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq (designated by US as a terror group) has called for a UN intervention to stop "lethal force used against peaceful demonstrators" in Minneapolis, in an attempt to leverage fallout from the protests for its own propaganda.
Iraqi Shiite insurgent source "Sabereen News" is citing "Iranian government sources" that "Iran has warned the Taliban not to harm the Shiite community and the Hazaras in Afghanistan."
Shabaab al-Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the execution by firing squad of 5 alleged CIA and MI5 spies in a public square in front of a crowd of spectators in the southern Somali town of Jilib after forcing confessions from the men.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a multi-IED attack targeting two Nigerian army patrols in the town of Mallamfatori in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, allegedly killing 5 and wounding 6 others.
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