ISIS Al Naba issue 523 uses embellished battlefield reports from Africa and South Asia and an editorial about a “war between two projects” to show that its West Africa and East Africa networks remain active while attacking rival Islamist groups and local security partners.

AQAP has claimed a targeted sniper attack against a senior UAE-backed commander in Shabwa after a month of surveillance, framing the operation as part of its newly escalated campaign against Emirati interests.

An Afghan former CIA partner who arrived under Operation Allies Welcome is accused of ambushing two National Guard soldiers near the White House, triggering a terrorism probe, a freeze on Afghan immigration, and a renewed national fight over domestic deployments and vetting.

A new ISIS-K “Al-Mursalāt” pamphlet in Pashto urges followers to stop internal disputes and pledge firm loyalty to Abu Hafs as caliph, revealing leadership concern over cohesion and authority inside the group.

A lengthy extremist publication circulating online portrays secular governance as a U.S.-driven anti-Islamic “project,” using this narrative to justify takfir and rejection of modern state systems.

Israel’s strike in Beirut that killed Hezbollah Chief of Staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai removes a key architect of the group’s rebuilt military apparatus but heightens pressure and risk around an already fragile Israel–Lebanon ceasefire.