(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Pro-ISIS online communities continue to share information related to the synthesis and use of explosives. On March 4 CEP researchers reported a Telegram bot to the platform used by a pro-ISIS online group that shares information and manuals related to bomb-making.
On March 5, ISIS released an editorial in Al-Naba issue 537 celebrating the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and noting that the American-Israeli war with Iran was a positive development. ISIS released four propaganda videos from the group’s self-proclaimed provinces in West Africa, Central Africa, and the Sahel, on February 27, March 2, March 3, and March 6, in a series on religion and piety.
Between March 1 and 7, ISIS claimed credit for 19 attacks, including 11 attacks in Nigeria that included a car bombing targeting that country’s armed forces, and two attacks in Syria.
The week of March 1 to 7, CEP researchers found numerous posts from extreme right, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi propagandists on Telegram and other platforms that blamed Jews for the American-Israeli war with Iran, promoted hatred of Jews, Muslims, and Iranians, and in at least one case, called for encouraging “social harassment” as a “daily life experience” for Jews. Finally, CEP researchers found advertisements on 49 extreme right, white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and antisemitic Telegram channels in February, seven more channels than in January.
Roundup of Pro-ISIS Online Communities and Explosives Information, CEP Reports Pro-ISIS Telegram Bot for Sharing Explosives Information to Platform
Two Pennsylvania men were arrested on Saturday, March 7, after allegedly throwing a homemade bomb during a counter-protest in response to an anti-Muslim far-right demonstration near Gracie Mansion in New York City. Both men allegedly expressed support for ISIS during or after their arrest. On March 9, both individuals were charged with attempted support for ISIS and use of a weapon of mass destruction, as well as charges related to transporting or possessing explosives. The New York Police Department announced on Monday that one of the two explosive devices recovered on March 7 contained the explosive TATP, which ISIS has long promoted.
While the full online activities of the two individuals are not currently known, other than one perpetrator allegedly viewing ISIS videos, pro-ISIS online groups have shared information related to explosives and encouraged acts of terrorism. ISIS online supporters continue to have an interest in making and using explosives. CEP researchers have found multiple uploads, including in January, of an ISIS propaganda video that contains instructions for making the explosive TATP. CEP researchers have continued to report content and Telegram bots linked to the Al-Saqri Foundation, a pro-ISIS online group that shares advice and information on making explosives, including a guide distributed in February that called for terrorist attacks and contained information on the principles of explosives, building an explosives lab, and safety. Homemade bombs continue to be of interest to online pro-ISIS supporters, such as a user in a pro-ISIS chat on the RocketChat platform who allegedly queried an AI platform regarding explosives in January and another user on January 22 who asked for help synthesizing an explosive.
CEP researchers located a new Telegram bot on March 4 connected to the Al-Saqri Foundation. The bot was advertised on RocketChat and Element after the previous Telegram bot was removed. The bot relays messages to Al-Saqri administrators and includes links to ISIS-affiliated websites and to additional Al-Saqri Foundation communications channels. CEP reported the bot to Telegram on March 4. As of March 10, it was still accessible. CEP has previously located at least seven different versions of the same Al-Saqri Foundation bot.
Section of Al-Saqri Foundation Telegram bot message. Screenshot taken on March 5.
ISIS Al-Naba Editorial Celebrates American-Israeli War Against Iran and Killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
ISIS, via the editorial in Al-Naba issue 537, released on March 5, titled “A clash among the disbelievers,” celebrated the American-Israeli war with Iran and the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The editorial stated that the death of one’s enemies was worth noting, and that Iran and its proxies fought against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The article also stated that it was important to oppose and fight both sides in the conflict, and that entities supporting one side exposed their true alliances, claiming that groups could not defeat the West under the Iranian banner, nor could they defeat Iran under the banner of the West. The editorial noted that it was proper to “rejoice” over the killing of Shiites and the importance of exploiting the “temporary chaos” of the conflict.
Following the release of Al-Naba 537, a pro-ISIS Telegram channel celebrated Ayatollah Khamenei’s assassination and noted that he was “no less criminal than Netanyahu and Trump.” On March 1, a pro-ISIS communications channel on the Element platform had noted that religious purity, effort, and steadfastness were more important than victory, and that it was important not to show support for either side in the conflict.
ISIS Al-Naba editorial in issue 537. Screenshot taken on March 5.
ISIS Releases Four Propaganda Videos
ISIS released four propaganda videos on February 27, March 2, March 3, and March 6. All four videos were from the terrorist group’s self-proclaimed provinces in Africa, specifically West Africa Province, Central Africa Province, West Africa Province, and Sahel Province, respectively. The four videos focused on religious themes, such as the importance of giving charity and practicing repentance; having piety and maintaining a good character; weeping as an act of worship; and repentance and not hardening one’s heart. The videos ranged from almost 7 minutes to slightly over 10 minutes.
CEP researchers reported 28 uploads of the videos to multiple platforms. As of March 9, approximately 72% of the reported links had been removed. The videos were still available on Files.Fm and Ufile.Io.
Screenshot from ISIS West Africa Province propaganda video released on March 3. Screenshot taken on March 9.
Roundup of Claimed ISIS Attacks
Between March 1 and 7, ISIS claimed credit for 19 attacks. ISIS conducted 11 attacks in Nigeria, five in Niger, two in Syria, and one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Among ISIS’s attacks in Nigeria, the terrorist group claimed responsibility on March 2 for an attack on Nigerian military camps in the north, alleging to have killed an officer, two soldiers, and destroyed several vehicles. ISIS also claimed to have killed a Nigerian military officer and six other soldiers, as well as destroying 17 vehicles in an attack on Konduga. ISIS also took credit for two other significant attacks in Nigeria on March 7, including claiming to have killed six soldiers and destroyed 20 vehicles, as well as an attack on a military facility in the Sambisa Forest using a car bomb, killing or wounding 20.
The two attacks in Syria, claimed on March 6 and 7, targeted soldiers belonging to the Syrian transitional government. ISIS’s spokesperson Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari called for attacks against the Syrian government of Ahmed al-Sharaa on February 21.
Extreme Right, White Supremacist, Neo-Nazi Propagandists Post Opposition to War with Iran, Blame Jews, Promote Hatred of Muslims and Iranians
Between March 1 and 7, dozens of extreme right, white supremacist, and neo-Nazis on Telegram and social media sites expressed opposition to the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran and blamed Jews for the conflict. On March 1, a Telegram channel with over 1,000 followers belonging to an American neo-Nazi group proclaimed that they were not “dying for Israel.” Similar sentiments were common among the extreme right on Telegram, with multiple other channels, including a prominent neo-Nazi channel that promotes the Active Club movement and Patriot Front, noting on March 2 that the war meant “more dead Americans for Israel.” Also on March 2, an Indiana Active Club noted that the conflict was “another foreign war instead of rebuilding our nation to our past prosperity.”
Multiple Telegram channels, including those belonging to former Identity Evropa leader Nathan Damigo, noted that American soldiers “died for Jewish pedophiles” or alleged that Israel had blackmailed President Donald Trump in relation to alleged sexual crimes. Several channels posted a version of the conspiracy theory that anti-DEI efforts in the U.S. armed forces were an attempt to increase the recruitment of white men to fight in a major war.
Other groups and propagandists used the initiation of war to push for the exclusion of Jews from U.S. society, such as photos of Patriot Front banner drops, posted on March 2 and 4 from Chicago, Illinois, and Spokane, Washington, respectively, that called for “no Zionists in government.” Patriot Front has previously used the term “Zionist” to refer to all Jews, noting in a September 2025 video that the neo-fascist group was concerned with Jews’ “collective character.”
Multiple channels also promoted hatred of Muslims and Iranians. On March 3, a user in a Midwest white supremacist chat noted their hatred of both Muslims and Jews, noting that the latter would “do anything to kill us [white Americans].” On March 4, a U.S.-based neo-Nazi group lamented that the only thing the group could do was prepare for non-white refugees, urging their online supporters to “prepare… in whatever way we can.”
In limited cases, Telegram administrators indirectly encouraged violence or directly encouraged harassing behavior. A white supremacist channel posted a photo of two individuals in front of anti-Israel graffiti, noting that “hating them is not enough anymore.” A white supremacist meme channel with over 5,500 subscribers depicted Jews as parasites, writing “every single Jew must be uprooted from America, and gotten rid of,” encouraging “social harassment” as a “daily life experience” for Jews.
Advertisements Found on 49 Extreme Right and Antisemitic Telegram Channels in February
CEP researchers found advertisements on 49 extreme right, white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and antisemitic Telegram channels in February. 15 channels were linked to the Active Club movement, including chapters or affiliated entities in Canada, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway, as well as the U.S. Pennsylvania chapter. Three accounts were affiliated with the neo-fascist group Patriot Front. Additional Telegram accounts included a channel connected to a neo-Nazi accelerationist website, the Australian neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell, an Australian antisemitic and anti-Muslim channel, the British neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative, the main White Lives Matter channel, antisemitic channels, including one that specifically promotes Holocaust denial, and multiple neo-Nazi propaganda channels.
CEP found advertisements on 42 Telegram channels in January, 27 in November, and 31 in October. Telegram allows channels with over 1,000 subscribers to include advertisements, with payments made in the company’s TON (Telegram Open Network) cryptocurrency. Telegram channel administrators receive half of the revenue for ad placement.
Telegram advertisements on a channel belonging to a white supremacist influencer with over 3,500 followers. The post refers to the murder of Quentin Deranque in Lyon, France. Screenshot taken on February 18.