Two Sheikhs News Today

The current Islamic State spokesman announced yet another global campaign for the group's global affiliates and supporters. Though intrinsically propagandistic, prior global campaigns had severe real world consequences.

In Syria’s eastern Deir e-Zor province, the Islamic State is increasingly moving out of the shadows, openly recruiting new members in villages, reactivating its religious police force and escalating attacks.

The holy month of Ramadan is generally one in which the Islamic State (IS) network and other Salafi-jihadist groups ramp up operations in order to sig...

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line.)

Iraq has stepped up security amid an IS campaign called 'Battle of Revenge for the Two Sheikhs' that killed dozens in several countries in the first few days.