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ISIS Declares New Syria Campaign, Claims Deadly Raqqa and Mayadin Attacks

The group’s push follows Syria’s alignment with the U.S.-led coalition under interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Military personnel in a vehicle at the crossing connecting the two banks of the Euphrates River, as they attempt to cross to the other side after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from Deir al-Zor province and the Syrian army took full control over the area, in Deir al-Zor, Syria, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
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Overview

  • In its first audio in months, an ISIS spokesman urged fighters to prioritize attacking Syria’s new authorities and also called for strikes on Jewish and Western targets.
  • ISIS said it entered a new phase focused on Syria, deriding Ahmed al-Sharaa as a watchdog of the global coalition and asserting the country had shifted to Turkish-American control.
  • The group claimed shootings that targeted Syrian army personnel in Raqqa and Mayadin; the Defence Ministry reported a soldier from the 42nd Division and a civilian were killed by unknown assailants.
  • A UN counter-terrorism report said five assassination attempts against al-Sharaa and two cabinet ministers were foiled last year.
  • Syria joined the U.S.-led coalition in November 2025, and recent transfers moved more than 5,700 suspected ISIS detainees from northeast Syria to Iraqi prisons as authorities also cleared the al-Hol camp.