Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), addressed the Yellow Vest protests in France, attributing the cause of the fuel taxes and other issues to French military spending abroad, and denying the killing of the Macina official in Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM).

Jihadists persist in publishing posters aimed at inciting lone wolves to capitalize on the Yellow Vest protests in Paris, France, and use the large gatherings and diverted security as an opportunity to attack.

Additional Islamic State (IS)-aligned groups and jihadists participated in the recent campaign to use the French unrest as an opportunity for attacks, publishing posters in Arabic, English, and French to inspire lone wolves.

As civil unrest continues in Paris, France, with violent protests for the third consecutive weekend, jihadists reiterated their call to lone wolves to capitalize on the situation and mount attacks.

Two Islamic State (IS)-aligned groups separately issued posters inciting lone-wolf jihadists to strike France, coming after violent protests in the capital, Paris.

An Islamic State (IS)-aligned group claimed hacking seven surveillance cameras, four of them in Israel, and separately threatened Paris, France.

The "Ansar Cyber Army" (Jaysh al-Ansar al-Elektroni) published a poster of its own design and that of a subsidiary, al-Irhab (Terror) Media Foundation, on Telegram on November 20, 2018.

In the poster regarding CCTV cameras, the group warned "we are watching you in your homes" and identified the locations and numbers of cameras:

4 inside the Jewish statelet 1 inside the home of the Crusaders 1 American forest 1 Greek cafe

The second poster shows an individual looking over Paris, with most of the cityscape covered by an obtrusive warning in Arabic and French stating: "Soon in Paris".

A foreign-fighter centric Islamic State (IS)-aligned group published a biography of an alleged French fighter who it claimed voiced chants produced by the IS.

An Islamic State (IS) supporter advised on lone-wolf tactics in an infographic depicting the Palais de Chaillot and Eiffel Tower in Paris.

An Islamic State (IS)-aligned group published a collection of posters threatening and inciting for attacks in London, Paris, Rome, Sydney, and Washington D.C..

Pro-Islamic State (IS) media groups warned America, France, and Italy of attacks, depicting, for example, the IS flag in Venice and the Eiffel Tower collapsed in Paris.

The French Islamic State (IS)-linked an-Nur Media Center urged fighters to obey their leaders, arguing that disobedience can ultimately lead to revolt.

An Islamic State (IS)-linked group published a poster warning of drone attacks and depicting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, and a cityscape.

A French Islamic State (IS)-linked group published an essay urging supporters and particularly those in areas where the IS operates, to ignore defeatists and anticipate victory.

An Islamic State (IS)-linked group copied the format of al-Hayat's weekly statistical video of IS operations and applied it to lone-wolf attacks in Belgium, Canada, and France over the past four months.

A French Islamic State (IS)-linked group stressed faith in God as the sole determinant of victory and encouraged fighters to possess a "desire for death".

Al-Hayat Media Center, the foreign language media division of the Islamic State (IS), released a French chant promoting patience till victory.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the executor of the knife attack in Trappes, a suburb in western Paris, France, is an IS fighter.

The Mali-based al-Qaeda (AQ) branch, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, claimed credit for attacking French and MINUSMA forces in Aguelhok before the Malian elections.

Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM) leader Iyad Ag Ghaley (AKA Abu al-Fadhil) addressed a speech to Malian Muslims, urging them to join the group and fight forces from G5 Sahel countries and France.

Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), the Mali-based branch of al-Qaeda (AQ), warned tribal leaders from allowing their tribesman to join a French ally against fighters.

A French Islamic State (IS)-linked group published a letter advising Muslims in France how to support the IS despite living in a "land of disbelief" and under the watchful eye of enemy intelligence.

The Mali-based al-Qaeda (AQ) branch, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), issued a statement regarding its April 2018 suicide attack at Timbuktu Airport and what allegedly followed of French criminality, vilifying France and urging Muslims to join in expelling its forces from the country.

Again citing the May 2017 speech from al-Qaeda (AQ) official Hamza bin Laden, a French pro-AQ group incited lone wolves to attack Russia.

Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), the Mali-based branch of al-Qaeda (AQ), issued a formal communique claiming credit for the suicide bombing on French forces in Gao, and provided a photo of the bomber.

The Mali-based al-Qaeda (AQ) branch, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, reportedly claimed credit for the attack on French forces in Gao, identifying it as a suicide bombing and declaring it to be a message to French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the African Union summit in Mauritania.

An Islamic State (IS)-linked group warned France if attacks to come in a poster displaying a knife-wielding man and the Eiffel Tower.

The French pro- al-Qaeda (AQ) media group al-Kifah published posters in three languages promoting AQ official Hamza bin Laden's May 2017 call to lone wolves in the West.

The French pro- al-Qaeda (AQ) media group al-Kifah distributed posters in three languages urging the murder of Americans and Jews.

After the Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency declared the Paris knife attacker to be a group "soldier," an IS-linked group published a poster justifying the incident as "blood for blood".

'Amaq News Agency reported that the man who stabbed five people in Paris, France, on May 12, 2018, is a "soldier of the Islamic State".

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) threatened Western companies and enterprises operating in North Africa and the Sahel, especially those owned by French, and called on Muslims to boycott them.

In its third poster threatening the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, an Islamic State (IS)-linked French media group told lone wolves to "choose your target".

The pro- al-Qaeda (AQ) French media unit al-Kifah called on lone-wolves in France and Mali to carry out attacks on soldiers.

Islamic State (IS) supporters distributed Arabic and English posters promoting the IS-inspired attack in Trèbes, France, as "just terror," and warning of and inciting for more lone-wolf strikes.

Islamic State (IS) supporters launched a coordinated online campaign for a reportedly IS-pledged gunman’s hostage-taking operation at a supermarket in Trebes, France.

The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the perpetrator of the hostage-taking incident at a supermarket in Trèbes, France, was a "solider" of the group.

An Islamic State (IS) supporting group called on Muslims to follow the example of the November 2015 Paris attackers and mount strikes in the West.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) French media group attempted to shame men to act by citing the footage of a woman engaged in battle from an IS video production.

Al-Qaeda (AQ) leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged North African Muslims to fight against French soldiers, who he clams have returned to the region to occupy their lands and kill their brethren.

Francophone Islamic State (IS) supporters launched a magazine to counter what they see as an anti-Islam bias in the French media, where in one article they urged French rapper Maître Gims to eschew celebrity and truly embrace Islam.

A jihadist reported the death of French Islamic State (IS) fighter and his young relative who had executed a purported Palestinian Mossad spy in a March 2015 IS video.

The Mali-based branch of al-Qaeda (AQ), Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), claimed credit for the January 27, 2018, raid on the Malian army base in the town of Soumpi in Timbuktu region, and provided photos of the captured war spoils, and also took responsibility for attacks on French and MINUSMA forces.

The pro-Islamic State (IS) Dera' al-Sunni Foundation released the fifth issue of its "Anfal" magazine, featuring a poster threatening Paris, and another graphic presenting statistics of IS operations in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria in the past month.

Islamic State (IS) supporters continued their "Hunt Them" incitement campaign directed at Muslims in the West, with some posters portraying their situation among non-Muslims as a disease and a knife as "medicine" to cure themselves. 

Following their flood of posters inciting for and threatening attacks in the West during Christmas, Islamic State (IS) supporters have begun to do the same for New Year's Eve. 

With the arrival of Christmas and the approach of New Year's Eve, Islamic State (IS) supporters continue to incite lone-wolf jihadists to act and threaten attacks, publishing posters in English, French, and German.

Pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram accounts continued to circulate threatening posters inciting for lone-wolf attacks on those celebrating the holiday season, releasing five within two days.

After publishing a series of posters threatening attacks in the West, including America, Britain, and France, an Islamic State (IS) supporter produced a video he called "Christas Hell," reiterating the same warnings.

An Islamic State (IS) supporter dismissed the measure taken by European security agencies of placing concrete barriers outside Christmas markets to prevent vehicular attacks similar to that in Berlin, Germany, in December 2016.

As pro-Islamic State (IS) media groups and jihadists publish posters threatening attacks during the holiday season in America and Europe, two more supporters designed their own graphics, specifying Christmas operations in London and Paris, and New Year's Day in Amsterdam.

The Islamic State (IS) claimed that a “security detachment” planted explosive devices in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, causing its evacuation.

The jihadi media group al-Fursan published a biography of David Drugeon (AKA Abu Hamza al-Jaza’iri, Salman al-Faransi), a French al-Qaeda (AQ) explosives expert killed in an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, in July 2015.

A pro- al-Qaeda (AQ) media group specialized in French translations of media from AQ and its branches in Mali, North Africa, Somalia, and Yemen announced its establishment.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) dedicated the 17th issue of its Inspire Magazine to train derailment and impacting the transportation sector, reviewing the economic impact, giving designs and instructions for fabricating a derail tool, and providing major passenger train routes in the United States.

The Mali-based al-Qaeda branch, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (NIM), claimed two attacks in the border area between Burkina Faso and Mali, one striking Burkinabe soldiers and the other Malian, as well as bombing a French military convoy near Kidal.

Addressing lone-wolf jihadists, a pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel encouraged them to act and capitalize on disputes in France over defense budget cuts, and the Australian military being granted greater power to respond during terror attacks.

In the 11th issue of its Rumiyah magazine, the Islamic State (IS) for the first time claimed credit for the June 19, 2017, attack in Paris, France, and the bombing in Brussels, Belgium, the following day, and called to strike Western economies, to kidnap children, and to kill a German national.

After commenting on alleged threats to Muslims, a user on a French-language jihadist Telegram chat group expressed hope for retaliatory attacks with a focus on Paris and London.

Al-Jazeera Province of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq released a grisly video featuring Iranian, Russian, Turkish, and Turkmen children brutally executing prisoners and calling for and threatening attacks in their native lands and the West.

Islamic State (IS) supporters disseminated an image threatening attacks on Paris, warning, “Wait for the explosions.”

After calling on lone wolves in Western countries to execute knife and vehicular attacks in Western countries, the pro-Islamic State (IS) Nashir News Agency urged them to poison “Crusaders”.

Islamic State (IS) supporters suggested lone wolves in France and the West in general attack remote areas and set forest fires to deter the enemy from harming Muslims.

A message attributed to Islamic State (IS) fighters in France demanded the French people to pressure their government to end its role in the anti-IS coalition and “oppression of Muslims,” or be held accountable for its actions and be subject to attacks.

Pro-Islamic State (IS) jihadists discussed Disneyland Paris as a possible target for lone wolves, with some mockingly suggesting that fighters give a “reception” to visitors to the theme park.

An official in al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) published an article in a digital newspaper linked to the group’s counterpart in Yemen, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), remarking on the speech given by French President Emmanuel Macron in Gao, Mali, and reiterating a call to lone wolves to mobilize in France.

Users on a Telegram French-language jihadist chat group discussed potential migration routes to Raqqa, Syria, suggesting traveling via Jordan.

Users on a Telegram French-language jihadist chat group discussed the prospect of future terrorist attacks, urging “discretion and patience” within the community.

A pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel dedicated to inciting lone wolves called for attacks in France in response to President-elect Emmanuel Macron’s willingness to fight terror at home and abroad.

Islamic State (IS) supporters disseminated French-language artwork demanding that Muslims not participate in the 2017 French Presidential Election, insisting instead that they carry out attacks.

In the French edition of the ninth issue of its “Rumiyah” magazine, the Islamic State (IS) called for attacks on politicians, voters, and polling staff ahead of France’s May 7 run-off election.

Al-Masra, a digital newspaper linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), published an article from an al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) official vilifying France for its military and political roles in Mali, and inciting for lone-wolf attacks.

A French-language jihadist addressed potential migrants to Syria, advising on how to prepare for their journey, including to remain discreet, sell items on Ebay, bring a portable charger, and be wary of online recruiters.

Jihadist on social media criticized France following the April 20, 2017 shooting of police officers on Champs-Élysées, Paris, noting it took place just days before the country’s presidential election, and threatening “what is to come is worse.”

The Islamic State’s (IS) ‘Amaq News Agency reported that the Champs-Élysées shooter is an “Islamic State fighter” and identified him as Belgian.

Jihadists on social media reacted to America’s dropping of a “Massive Ordnance Air Blast” (MOAB), a 10,300 kg bomb, on what was described as an Islamic State (IS) tunnel complex in Nangarhar, calling it a “joke,” assigning blame, and inciting for revenge attacks in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.

Users on a French-language jihadist chat group called recent terror attacks in Europe “a good start” toward impending “carnage” between Muslims and non-Muslims on the continent, and incited for more.

The Islamic State’s (IS) ar-Raqqah Province claimed killing and wounding 16 PKK elements in a suicide bombing by a French fighter, east own the city of Tabqa.

The al-Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated Nusrat al-Islam was Muslimeen claimed a rocket attack on a French military base in Tessalit.

The Sahara division of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video memorializing Abu al-Noor al-Andalusi, a commander from the Spanish enclave of Melilla who was killed in a raid by French commandos in Mali in March 2016.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) previewed a forthcoming video eulogy for Abu al-Noor al-Andalusi, a commander from the Spanish enclave of Melilla who was killed in a raid by French commandos in Mali in March 2016.

The pro-al-Qaeda (AQ) Isnad Center incited for lone-wolf attacks in the West in general and America, France, and Russia in particular, in revenge for Syrian women and children.

Continuing its incitement for attacks during the holiday season, the pro-Islamic State (IS) Nashir Media Foundation called for and threatened lone-wolf operations during New Year's Eve celebrations in France.

The pro-Islamic State (IS) Nashir Media Foundation called on lone wolves in the West and in Europe in particular to carry out attacks during the holiday season, and also advised Muslims to avoid locations of holiday festivities.

A French-language media division of the Islamic State (IS) published a graphic inciting supporters to copy the vehicular attack that was carried out the German capital, Berlin.

A French-language media division of the Islamic State (IS) published a message to all “supporters of the Caliphate,” calling on them to “take command over the social networks and participate in the media war.”

Al-Jazeera Province of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq claimed a suicide bombing by a French fighter on militiamen south of Tal Afar.

A French-language media division of the Islamic State (IS) published a graphic promoting vehicular attacks.

Terence Edward Kelly (AKA “Khalid Kelly” or “Abu Usama Al-Irelandi”), a prominent radical Irish preacher and IS suicide bomber, was a recognized member of the pro-IS community online.

The Mali-based Ansar Dine claimed bombing two French vehicles near the town of Kidal.

The Mali-based Ansar Dine claimed bombing a French military vehicle on a road 60 kilometers from the town of Kidal.

The Mali-based Ansar Dine claimed destroying a French military vehicle with a mine near Abeibara.

A jihadist Telegram channel requested assistance from German, Spanish, French, Dutch, and other language translators for outreach material.

A French Telegram channel in support of the Islamic State (IS) posted a colorful infographic inciting jihad among “disbelievers” or immigrating to IS-held territories within its “Caliphate”.

The Mali-based Ansar Dine claimed a strike with five rockets on French military barracks in Abeibara.

A French-language media division of the Islamic State (IS) published an infographic suggesting two methods to poison enemies.

A Belgian suicide bomber appealed to Muslims in Belgium, France, and Germany in a posthumous video released by the Islamic State (IS), calling on them not to fear death but to seek it.

Al-Khayr Province, the division of the Islamic State (IS) for Deir al-Zour, Syria, released a grisly and sickening video in which fighters execute spies in a scene reminiscent of a slaughterhouse.

In response to reports of French airstrikes in Libya, a pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel threatened the country and its civilians, stating “your people will pay for it.”

The pro-Islamic State (IS) Granddaughters of 'Aisha Foundation released in Arabic, Dutch, English, and French, what it described as a "videographic" on the "most important" attacks by IS fighters and supporters on citizens of coalition countries.

A French-language media division of the Islamic State (IS) incited supporters to avenge the killing of IS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-‘Adnani and heed his calls to attack.