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Islamist movements for jihad
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| June 2 2025 | Hamas describes the situation in Gaza as the 'Auschwitz of the 21st century', drawing a controversial parallel to the Holocaust. |
| May 18 2025 | Abu Saifullah Khalid (Razaullah Nizamani), mastermind of the 2006 RSS headquarters attack and LeT operations coordinator from Nepal, killed by three gunmen in Pakistan's Sindh province. |
| May 13 2025 | Shahid Kuttay, a top LeT commander, killed in an encounter with Indian security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| May 2025 | Indian Air Force bombed the Markaz-e-Taiba camp as part of Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack. |
| April 2025 | Initially claimed responsibility for the 2025 Pahalgam attack, but later retracted the claim of responsibility. |
| 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 | Pakistan's defense minister Khawaja Asif claimed in an interview that Lashkar-e-Taiba 'didn't exist in Pakistan anymore' and was 'extinct'. |
| April 2025 | Russia's supreme court lifted the Taliban's designation as a terrorist organization. |
| April 16 2025 |
Islamic State – Turkey Province
Turkish authorities conducted coordinated security operations across 17 provinces, arresting 89 individuals suspected of being affiliated with the Islamic State. The provinces included Istanbul, Antalya, Gaziantep, Hatay, and Van.
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| April 15 2025 |
Islamic State – Pakistan Province
ISPP claimed responsibility for an improvised explosive device attack on a bus carrying Pakistani security forces personnel, killing three soldiers and injuring twenty others in a targeted assault.
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| April 2025 | Yahya Fathi Abd al-Qader Abu Shaar, the head of Hamas' weapons smuggling network, was killed by the Israeli army. |
| 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 2025 | Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas's political bureau, was killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. |
| March 2025 | In Paris, Oussama Atar was convicted in absentia of kidnapping and torturing four French journalists in Syria between 2013 and 2014, receiving another life sentence. |
| 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'.
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| January 29 2025 |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS formally completed its dissolution process.
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| 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'.
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| January 19 2025 | A ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect. |
| January 2025 | Hamas confirmed that its senior military chief, Mohammed Deif, was killed by Israel's military in July 2024. |
| January 11 2025 | Puntland state launches 'Operation Hillaac', capturing numerous ISS bases in the mountains of Bari Region. |
| 2024 | Carried out the Kerman bombings in Iran and the Crocus City Hall attack in Russia. |
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| December 30 2024 |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the organization would be dissolved by 4–5 January 2025.
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| 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
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| December 17 2024 |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Ramzan Kadyrov called for Russia to remove HTS from its terror group list
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| October 2024 | AFRICOM commander US Gen. Michael Langley claimed in an interview that ISS had grown 'twofold' over the previous year. |
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