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Islamist movements for jihad

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April 2025 Paraguay expanded its designation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
April 2025 TRF was initially held responsible for a deadly terrorist attack killing at least 28 tourists (mostly Hindu) after checking their religious identity, reported as the deadliest attack in a decade.
April 2025 Tahawwur Hussain Rana extradited to India and taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency.
April 22 2025 Attack in Pahalgam, Jammu Kashmir, killing about 29 people including a woman.
April 2025 Russia's supreme court lifted the Taliban's designation as a terrorist organization.
April 2025 Hamas filed a legal case in Britain appealing its terrorist group designation, arguing they have never engaged in armed operations outside historic Palestine.
March 31 2025 Lebanese Army and UNIFIL forces enter a major Hezbollah weapons and storage camp in East Zawtar, near the Litani River, in a significant development challenging the group's military infrastructure.
March 2025 Abu Qatal, a senior Operation commander of LeT in Kashmir and close associate of Hafiz Saeed, was killed by unknown gunmen in Jhelum district, Punjab province, Pakistan. He was responsible for the 2023 Rajouri attacks and the 2024 Reasi attack.
March 4 2025 US Embassy in Mogadishu warned of imminent attack threats, leading to suspended personnel movements and flight cancellations by Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways.
February 20 2025 The Security Service of Georgia conducted operations against IS militants, capturing RG-42 grenades, F-1 grenades, explosives, detonators, UZRGM fuzes, AK-74 Bakelite magazines, and 5.45x39mm ammunition.
February 20 2025 Al-Shabaab launched attacks on villages and military bases in the Middle Shabelle and Hiran region, resulting in the deaths of 130 Al-Shabaab militants and dozens of Somali soldiers.
February 2025 Hamas condemns Israeli attacks on Syria.
January 29 2025
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference in Damascus, Hussein Abdel Ghani announces the dissolution of HTS and its integration into 'state institutions'.
January 29 2025
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS formally completed its dissolution process.
January 29 2025
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
At the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference in Damascus, Hassan Abdel Ghani announces the dissolution of HTS and several armed factions, declaring they will become part of 'state institutions'.
January 19 2025 A ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect.
January 11 2025 Puntland state launches 'Operation Hillaac', capturing numerous ISS bases in the mountains of Bari Region.
2024 ISS expanded its presence from Qandala, striking Al-Shabaab forces east of Bosaso and expanding west to the coastal town of Alula, covering approximately 100km.
2024
Islamic State – Pakistan Province
ISPP claimed responsibility for the Sibi bombing in Balochistan.
2024
Islamic State – Turkey Province
The Islamic State – Turkey Province carried out a shooting at a church in Istanbul, demonstrating the group's violent activities in the region.
2024 The European Council added six people to its sanctions list for helping fund Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including a senior official from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
2024
Syrian Hezbollah
Syrian Hezbollah withdrew from Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, marking the end of their direct military involvement in the Syrian Civil War.
December 2024 Abdul Rehman Makki, the second-in-command of LeT, died of a heart attack.
December 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Jaysh al-Badia and Jaysh al-Malahim rejoined Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham after previously leaving
December 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Following the overthrow of Assad, HTS spokesman Hassan Abdel Ghani stated that all religions will be free in the new Syrian state.
December 30 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the organization would be dissolved by 4–5 January 2025.
December 26 2024 Al-Shabaab confirmed the death of senior leader Mohamed Mire Jama in an American drone strike near Kunyo Barrow in the Lower Shabelle region.
December 20 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
United States lifted $10-million reward for arrest of HTS leader Sharaa after diplomatic meetings
December 17 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Ramzan Kadyrov called for Russia to remove HTS from its terror group list
December 8 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS, along with other Syrian opposition groups, launches an offensive that leads to the fall of the Assad regime.
December 7 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Damascus fell to Syrian opposition forces, including HTS, the Southern Operations Room, and the US-backed Syrian Free Army. Syrian President Assad fled to Russia.
December 5 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS fighters captured the city of Hama after two days of fighting in neighboring villages and announced plans to advance on Homs.
December 4 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS captured most of Aleppo and Idlib Governorates and began advancing on Hama. The group deployed its newly developed 'Shahin' suicide drone against regime forces for the first time during the offensive.
November 2024 A ceasefire deal is signed between Israel and Hezbollah, ending 13 months of conflict, with Hezbollah agreeing to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon.
November 2024 Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry announced Taliban officials would attend the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), marking the country's first participation since regaining control in 2021.
November 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched the Northwestern Aleppo offensive, called Operation Deterrence of Aggression, capturing 11 towns and villages in western Aleppo Governorate and the capital of Aleppo within four days.
October 2024 AFRICOM commander US Gen. Michael Langley claimed in an interview that ISS had grown 'twofold' over the previous year.
October 16 2024 IDF troops killed Yahya Sinwar during a routine patrol in southern Rafah.
October 8 2024 During the Gaza war, Hezbollah launches guided rockets and artillery shells at Israeli-occupied positions in Shebaa Farms, marking a significant escalation of tensions.
September 2024 Switzerland approved a draft law to ban Hamas.
September 19 2024 Islamic State claimed its first-ever attack in Azerbaijan, reporting killing 7 Azeri security personnel and wounding 1 in a clash in Qusar district, Northern Azerbaijan. One IS militant was also killed during the incident.
August 2024 Yahya Sinwar was elected chairman of Hamas, replacing Haniyeh.
August 9 2024
Islamic State – Hind Province
Rizwan Ali, an ISIS operative, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) while planning an attack in New Delhi.
August 2 2024 Al-Shabaab attacked a beach restaurant in Mogadishu, killing at least 37 civilians and injuring 212. One soldier died, one attacker blew himself up, three were killed by security forces, and one was captured.
July 31 2024 Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran after attending the inauguration ceremony of Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian.
July 4 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Taliban an ally of Russia in the fight against terrorism.
June 8 2024 Al-Shabaab launched an attack on El Dher district, attacking two military bases with car bombs. The Somali government claimed to have killed 47 militants while suffering 5 casualties, including two colonels.
June 6 2024 The Georgian State Security Service detained and arrested two IS militants along with a weapons cache in the city of Batumi.
May 2024 A poll revealed Hamas's support in Gaza dramatically fell to only 25%, while increasing to 76% positive views in the West Bank.

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