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🏴😞🇮🇶 — The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the IED attack that targeted the vehicle of the leader of the Jughaifa tribal militia in the Anbar desert on August 26, 2026.

Iraq Province - Anbar By the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate detonated an explosive device on the vehicle of a leader in the apostate tribal mobilization, in the desert of (Rawah), last Wednesday, which led to its disabling, and praise be to Allah.

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🔴- 🏴❌🇳🇬 — An ISWAP ambush that began with an IED and then gunfire, targeted a patrol of the Nigerian army on the road linking Maiduguri-Mianti, Borno State, which led to the destruction of an armored vehicle and the death/injury of those inside, as a preliminary toll. @Conflict_Monitor

🔴– 🏴❌🏳️ — Today, the Islamic State Sahel Province targeted JNIM positions in the Ndaki area, east of the Timbuktu region. The attack resulted in the death/injury of hundreds of JNIM militants and the seizure of their vehicles, weapons and ammunitions. This is the same area where a Clash Previously Took Place on July 21, 2026, but ended with a draw. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇰🇪 — Kenyan security agencies have announced that the Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), primarily based in the DRC and Uganda, has become increasingly active in Kenya. Security officials suspect the presence of recruitment networks and sleeper cells within the country. Kenyan intelligence has detected recruitment efforts targeting young people in some coastal areas, specifically Mombasa and Kwale counties. Officials warn that the group could pose a significant threat to national security, alongside Al-Shabaab. To counter this emerging threat, the Counter Terrorism Unit and the National Intelligence Service have established a joint team to track financial flows and recruitment cells, while coordinating intelligence efforts with Uganda and DRC. @Conflict_Monitor

🏳️😞🏴 — Abu Zayd, the Burkinabe Islamic State Sahel Province commander who was killed in a JNIM Attack on August 17, 2026. He was in his 60s and appeared a while before his death in a video inciting his peers to join the group. @Conflict_Monitor

🇲🇱🏳️❌🇲🇱🇷🇺 — Both the FLA and JNIM claimed responsibility for the attack. FLA claimed the suicide drone strikes and mortar shelling while JNIM only claimed the last one. @Conflict_Monitor

🇲🇱😞🇲🇱🇷🇺 — On the afternoon of August 31, the Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FLA) carried out several strikes using kamikaze drones and shells against the camp and positions of the Russian mercenaries of the Africa Corps and the positions of the Malian army in Aguelhok. The Malian army also announced that gathering points west of Aguelhok were targeted in airstrikes. @Conflict_Monitor

🇳🇪 — The Junta Have Begun To Purge Elements of the Nigerien Army Several positions of the Nigerien Armed Forces in the Bankilaré department have been disarmed and arrested. Among them, a lieutenant colonel, head of operations in the zone, and his deputy. The disarmed and apprehended soldiers are currently being transferred to Niamey. In Diffa as well, several elements of the special forces are also being disarmed. Not only ISSP, but also ISWAP is going to benefit from this. @Conflict_Monitor

What Really Happened in Niamey? - How a Foiled Coup Attempt in Niger was Indirectly Triggered by the Islamic State Sahel Province Continuous Offensives in the Country On August 29, clashes were heard in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, specifically in the Diori Hamani International Airport, its 101 base, and the National Guard Camp near the Presidential Palace. Early on, reports were contrary weather its a coup attempt or a jihadist attack by ISSP/JNIM, but reporters mainly attributed the attack to ISSP because it previously carried out a similar one on the airport and its 101 base destroying several aircrafts from drones, helicopter, and planes on February 29, 2026. 24h trough the event and after things settled, it turned out to be a coup d'état. The rebellion was led by officers from the Dosso and Tillaberi regions, which are the two most effected regions by ISSP operations, with JNIM only starting to increase its attacks in Tillaberi months ago. Repelling the coup attempt was mostly credited to the Russian Africa Corps and Presidential Guard whom are better equipped and trained than the Nigerien Army. The mutineers demanded extra reinforcements from their original regions in Tillaberi and Dosso, resulting in soldiers abandoning their positions especially in the Dosso-Sokoto border with Nigeria, creating more security vacuum for ISSP, which already has a strong presence in those regions being its two most active areas in the country. All of this provides the actual reason for the coup not just being a struggle for power. This attempted coup, like is said before, came from two of the most effected regions by ISSP attacks. Thus meaning that the participants had enough of the worsening security situation without a clear ending to it. ISSP have been on a series of attacks in Niger for months, one of them happened in Tillaberi on June killing 100+ Nigerien soldiers and dozens of militiamen, Another Attack on July, same region, killed around 40 soldiers. As well as a Recent Attack in Dosso killing at least 20 soldiers, Another One, in the same region, weeks prior to the last one. Its worth noting that the ISSP Diori Hamani International Airport Attack in Niamey might have given the mutineers an inspiration for the coup seeing the junta being attacked in the capital in one of the most secured areas in the country. All of these circumstances provided the best environment for a coup attempt, although it failed, it still gave ISSP a huge benefit with a more destabilized Niger from within and a worst security vacuum to take advantage of. Indeed "The Fighting Has Just Begun" @Conflict_Monitor

🏴❌🇸🇾 — Suspected Islamic State militants killed two Syrian soldiers in the village of Sarhan, eastern Aleppo countryside, August 21. @Conflict_Monitor

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🏴⁉️🇵🇰 — Yesterday, an IED explosion targeted a gathering of members of the Peace Committee in South Waziristan, resulting in 9 of them injured, according to initial reports. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴🏳️⁉️🇳🇪 — Heavy gunfire was heard near the National Guard Camp located close to the Presidential Palace in Niamey. Currently sources are attributing the ongoing attack to the Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP), with JNIM being another possibility too. @Conflict_Monitor

🔴 — 🏴⁉️🇳🇪 — Reports of gunfire and explosions near the Niamey International Airport, capital of Niger, with rumors of an ongoing attempted coup, which was the same thing said during the Islamic State Sahel Province attack on the same airport in February this year. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴❌🇳🇬 — ISWAP claimed responsibility for the August 18 IED attack between Dikwa and Marte in Borno State.

West Africa Province By the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate detonated an explosive device on a foot patrol of the apostate Nigerian army, on the road between the towns of (Marti) and (Dikwa) in the (Borno) region, on (5/ Rabi' al-Awwal), which led to the killing and wounding of a number of them, and praise be to Allah.

They didn't claim the Maidaguri one which happened on the same day. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇳🇬 — Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Nigerian army barracks in the town of Gajibo.

West Africa Province By the grace of allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate attacked a barracks of the apostate Nigerian army in the town of (Gajibo) in the (Borno) region on (6/Rabi’ al-Awwal) with machine guns, which resulted in a number of them being wounded and fleeing, and praise be to Allah.

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🏴😞🇸🇴 — The Islamic State Somalia Province (ISSP) claimed responsibility for the bombing, announcing the killing of 13 soldiers and the destruction of their vehicle. According to the group's statement, the IED targeted a puntland forces patrol in route to inspect a communications network in the rugged mountains, claiming that the powerful blast destroyed the vehicle and killed everyone on board. Notably, ISSP militants had blown up the region's main communications tower last July, rendering it inoperable. This attack severely restricted the movements of Puntland forces, granting ISSP greater operational freedom and the ability to monitor troop deployments @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇮🇶 — An IED exploded targeting a convoy of the Jughaifa militia in the Anbar desert (Badia al-Jazira), striking an armored Toyota Land Cruiser carrying the militia's founder and leader, Mandol al-Satam al-Jughaifi. The blast resulted in damage to the vehicle, while Al-Jughaifi survived the attack. The Jughaifa is a tribal militia established in 2014 when IS took control of most cities in the Anbar governorate. Considered a local arm of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the militia is responsible for fighting IS across Haditha, the Jazeera Desert, Wadi Houran, Rawa, Rutba, Al-Tharthar, Al-Nakhib, and Al-Baaj. @Conflict_Monitor

🏴😞🇳🇬 — On August 20, ISWAP attacked a Nigerian army base in the town of Gajibo, Borno State. CCTV footage shows the militants outside the base moments before the attack with the soldiers inside it fleeing. Casualties unknown. ISWAP hasn't claimed the attack yet. @Conflict_Monitor