Afghanistan: ISIS’s Khorasan Province significantly increased its activity against the Taliban in Afghanistan over the past three weeks. During the period under review, there was a relative decrease in ISIS’s activity in most of the provinces, apart from Iraq: Syria: ISIS’s activity focused on the Syrian Desert region, mainly against the Syrian army and the forces supporting it. Iraq: ISIS’s activity continued, mainly against the Iraqi security forces and the forces supporting them. Most of the activity focused on the Diyala Province. The Sinai Peninsula: The head of ISIS’s Sharia activity in the Sinai Peninsula and his family turned themselves in to the tribal militias in Sinai, which support the Egyptian army.
Operatives of ISIS’s Somalia Province attacking Al-Shabaab operatives.
The rockets fired by ISIS (Telegram, December 12, 2020)
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Routine attacks continued in ISIS’s various provinces in Syria, Iraq and throughout Africa and Asia. Noteworthy examples:
Syria: Clashes continue between ISIS and the Syrian army and forces supporting it in the desert region in eastern Syria. Russian and Syrian fighter jets reportedly provided air support to Syrian forces. ISIS’s intensive activity in the Euphrates Valley continued, in the form of activating IEDs, shooting at vehicles, targeted killings, and attacking military positions).
Iraq: ISIS’s intensive activity in northern and western Iraq continued, in the form of sniper fire, mortar shell fire, and attacking positions and compounds of the Iraqi security forces. Worth noting are
Weapon and documents which were in his possession (Telegram, December 5, 2020)
The detainees at the hands of the Counterterrorism Unit (Facebook page of Iraqi Army Spokesman Yahya al-Rasoul, December 7, 2020)
Iraqi army forces during searches in Makhoul Mountains (Facebook page of the Iraqi Defense Ministry, December 3, 2020). the of the Iraqi army
Iraqi army forces during searches in Makhoul Mountains (Facebook page of the Iraqi Defense Ministry, December 3, 2020). the of the Iraqi army
Counterterrorism Unit fighters detaining an ISIS operative who had served as ISIS’s deputy governor of Iraqi (Facebook page of Iraqi Army Spokesman Yahya al-Rasoul, December 7, 2020)
Main events of the week