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🏳️😞🏴 — Two Islamic State Sahel Province militants were killed and their weapons captured following the JNIM ambush on July 26 in the Dosso region of southwestern Niger. JNIM makes it clear that it intends to stop any ISSP attempt to position itself in northern Benin, where there is dense forests, by blocking their way from Burkina Faso and now attacking them close to the Benin borders after ISSP made it all the away around from Niger and Nigeria. While the last official claimed attack by ISSP in Benin was back in 2022. The rivalry between the two groups is now across the Sahel region/West Africa in Mali, Niger, Burkina, Benin, and Nigeria. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴✍️ — Might be the topic of the upcoming Al-Naba Editorial on Thursday. With the West Bank Incident on 24 July being another possibility as well.

🏳️😞🇲🇱🇷🇺 — JNIM published photos from the July 19 attack on the Kouakourou barracks and the destruction of the Russian Mi-24 helicopter. JNIM also claimed to have destroyed an Africa Corps military truck between Djenné and Kouakourou, using an IED, as it attempted to reinforce the attacked barracks. @Conflict_Monitor

🇮🇶😞🏴 — The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of four individuals accused of terrorism during a joint security operation with the Popular Mobilization Forces intelligence in the Rawa district of Anbar province. Among those arrested was Majid Hamid Ismail Arar al-Rawi, who was found in possession of an identity card issued by (Diwan of Al-Da'wah wal Masajid) in the furat province, dated 1437 AH (2015/2016 CE). Three women who had previously returned from the al-Jada'a camp, located in Mosul and designated for the families of IS members, were also arrested. Weapons, ammunition, more than 45 million Iraqi dinars, dozens of mobile phones and SIM cards, and vehicle license plates were seized. Reports indicate that those arrested were responsible for distributing financial support (kafalat) provided by IS to the families of its slain and imprisoned members @Conflict_Monitor

🏴⁉️🇸🇾 — Tonight, an IED attack targeted a patrol belonging to security forces in the town of Baghuz, Al-Bukamal countryside - Deir ez-Zor The attack resulted in the injury of those inside the vehicle. A search operation was launched along side barriers and curfew for the town. @Conflict_Monitor

🏳️😞🇲🇱🇷🇺 — Clashes erupted between JNIM and Malian/Russian Forces in the outskirts of Niono City. The Russian Africa Corps released footage of the clashes representing only a partial fight in their attempted advance towards JNIM positions around the city, killing 8 militants. While JNIM claimed to have repelled an advance by Africa Corps near the village of Hadj Wéré, north of Niono, Ségou region, on July 26, 2026. With footage confirming losses in equipment and casualties for their enemy. @Conflict_Monitor

🏳️❌⬛ — JNIM claimed to have ambushed a group of ISSP fighters near the city of Sambera, Dosso region, on the evening of Sunday, July 26, 2026. This is the second clash between the two groups in Niger. The 1st one happened in a bordering Nigerien village in the Burkina-Niger borders, Tillabéri region, during which IS claimed to have killed 35 JNIM militants after they tried to steal the livestock of those in the village. The attack might have came from Benin since the town is only 16km away from the country. @Conflict_Monitor

- He was previously imprisoned for supporting terrorism and then deported from Germany to Turkey. - Returned to Germany illegally. - 20th 2025 - He attempted to travel to Syria to join ISIS but was arrested in Lebanon during his journey. As a German citizen, he was deported to Germany and imprisoned until 12th May 2026. - 3rd July 2026 - Ballout searched under German weapon laws but only a toy gun was found. - 25th July - He drove his car into a group of LGBTQ+ people during a march in Berlin, killing one and injuring 29 others, 7 of whom were in critical condition. - 26th July 2026 - Ballout clashes with German Forces killing him. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 — Car ramming by an Islamic State supporter kills one and injures 29 others during a "pride" festival in Berlin. The attacker drove his car which he rented in his name to a crowed in central Berlin participating in a "pride march," before crashing to a tree and attacking the gathering with a machete. Resulting in the death of one and the injury of 29, 7 of them are in a critical condition. Since the perpetrator had rented the car in his own name. He was quickly identified as Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent. He was well known to the police for his ties to Islamist circles in Berlin. Ballout had previously been convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and extortion. He was released in May of this year. He was at large for sometime before being tracked by the counter-terrorism unit, clashing with them, which resulted in his death. Noting that he tried to reach the Islamic State in Syria previously via Lebanon, but was arrested and returned to Berlin, Germany. @Conflict_Monitor

🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 — Two Israeli Soldiers were killed following a confrontation between Palestinians and settlers. The incident took place on Friday morning when a group of Israeli settlers arrived in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus. The locals planning to kick them out of the village, turned into a fight, escalating quickly when "Farouk Adnan Ali Ramadan" managed to take a gun belonging to one of the settlers, killing two and injuring two others before dying along side three of his relatives "Imran Ahmed, Jawad Hussein, Ibrahim Hussein." Other wounded Palestinians were transferred to a nearby hospital for treatments, but were raided by IDF soldiers, where they were either arrested or under supervision until recovery for an arrest. @Conflict_Monitor

Judge Abdul Hakim Kakar, Judge Tariq Lashari, and the vehicle they were traveling in when they were targeted this morning @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇵🇰 — The Islamic State Pakistan Province (ISPP) claimed responsibility for the killing of Judge (Abdul Hakim Kakar) and his bodyguard, and the serious wounding of another judge, (Tariq Lashari), in an attack on their vehicle on the Mastung Highway in Balochistan. The attack occurred near the Wali Khan railway crossing on the highway as they were traveling from Quetta to the Mastung court. The bodies of the dead and the wounded were taken to a nearby hospital for forensic examination and treatment. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴❌🏳️ — The clash ended with a stalemate with no clear evidence of any losses from both sides. The reason of the clash is still unknown with a possibility that ISSP was the one to start the attack against JNIM. Any rumors of the clash being a result of ISSP attempt to steal cattle from the local population is regarded as nothing but rumors without proof, lacking trustable sources and only coming from sketchy accounts. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴❌🏳️ — Clashes were reported between ISSP and JNIM east of the Timbuktu province, Gossi region, on the evening of July 21. More info to follow soon... @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇵🇭 — Suspected Islamic State East Asia Province militants on a motorcycle targeted on July 18 a military truck with a grenade, injuring two soldiers in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanoa del Sur. The two military trucks were headed towards Barangay Limbo, Sultan Kudarat, where two previous attacks occurred: First attack and Second attack. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴❌🇳🇪 — The Nigerien Army announced that 16 soldiers were killed and 23 were wounded, 9 of them seriously injured, following an ambush by suspected ISSP militants on July 17 in the Tera-Bankilari road, Tillabéri region. They also claimed to have killed 15 militants in the attack, capturing 5 motorcycles, and destroying 4 others. Forcing the fighters to retreat due to their aerial assets. Giving the nature of the juntas always lying about their casualties, its safe to assume that the deaths/injuries of their soldiers are much higher than what have been published. Same thing can be said about the casualties and material losses of the attackers being lower, if they even exist. @Conflict_Monitor

🏳️❌🇲🇱🇷🇺 — The downing of the Mi-24 helicopter came following an attack on a Malian barracks in the Mopti region. The destroyed helicopter was one of three helicopters that attempted to evacuate the wounded from the attacked barracks by JNIM in Kouakourou, Mopti. As a result, the helicopter was shot down and the other two came under fire forcing them to retreat, which made the Malian and Russian forces send their troops just to be targeted with IEDs. That being a FAMA/AC military vehicles, motorcycles, and a convoy of vehicles, all between Douentza and Boni in the Mopti region. This marks the second Mi-24 helicopter to be shot down in July. The other one was downed in July 5. @Conflict_Monitor

🏳️😞🇲🇱 — JNIM claimed to have targeted a Malian army helicopter near the town of Kouakourou, in the Mopti region, on the evening of this Sunday, July 19, resulting in the destruction of the helicopter and the death of its crew. @Conflict_Monitor

🏳️❌🇲🇱🇷🇺 — Hamza Ag Iyad, the only son of JNIM Emir Iyad Ag Ghali, whom Africa Corps claimed to have wounded during the July 4 offensive, was seen leading today's ambush against Malian and Russian forces. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴❌🇸🇾 — Idlib – A member of the Syrian Internal Security Forces was killed after being targeted by gunmen on a motorcycle. The deceased is Abdul Hamid al-Aswad, from the city of Kafranbel in the Idlib countryside. His body was found by a patrol from the Highway Security Branch south of the Tabish intersection on the Khan Sheikhoun road. @Conflict_Monitor