Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed credit for the car bombing on UAE-backed Security Belt Forces (SBF) in Yemen's Abyan governorate.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed killing a Houthi official and two of his guards in Yemen's Ibb governorate and ambushing Houthi fighters in al-Bayda', and also bombing a truck belonging to UAE-backed Security Belt Forces (SBF) in Abyan.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed bombing and ambushing forces from the UAE-backed Shabwani Elite in Yemen's Shabwa governorate.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed five operations targeting Houthis and UAE-backed Security Belt Forces (SBF) in al-Bayda’ and Abyan.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video showing a raid on barracks belonging to the UAE-backed Shabwani Elite in Ataq district in Yemen's Shabwa governorate.

The Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, al-Qaeda's (AQ) branch in Somalia, claimed attacks on Ethiopian and Ugandan forces within the AMISOM mission and also what is described as "UAE-trained" Somali troops in Mogadishu, Lower Shabelle, Bay, and Gedo.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed credit for the suicide raid at a base of UAE-backed Yemeni forces in Abyan, in addition to multiple strikes on Security Belt Forces (SBF) in that governorate, and Houthi fighters in al-Bayda'.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video on its July 18, 2017, suicide bombing at a camp of UAE-backed forces in the Belhaf area of Shabwa, and its August 2 raid on the forces’ positions in Rudum, in the same Yemeni governorate.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) official Khalid bin Umar Batarfi condemned the reception by Saudi leaders for U.S. President Donald Trump, remarking that it demonstrates their lack of religiosity and morals, and urged Yemeni tribes to battle any U.S. military presence on the ground.

The Benghazi Defense Brigade (BDB) criticized its designation as a terrorist organization by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, claiming that it a move driven by the UAE in order to remove an obstacle in its “attempt at dominating Benghazi”.

The Afghan Taliban declared that it has no connection to the bombing in Kandahar in which five diplomats from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were killed.

Jihadi ideologue Hani al-Siba'i gave a biography for Abu Abdullah al-Muhajir (AKA Abu al-Afghan al-Masri), a veteran of the Afghan Jihad who was reportedly killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria's Idlib governorate.

As IS fighters continue to make calls for lone wolf attacks, the accounts of three prominent alleged IS fighters on Twitter tweeted and retweeted claims that a bomb was planted on two planes in what appeared to be an attempt to instill fear in the West.

The Afghan Taliban claimed killing and wounding 30 Afghan policemen in a suicide bombing on their motorcade in Helmand province, and denied a rumor that it is trying to close its political office in Qatar and open a new one in the United Arab Emirates.

A jihadist warned the West that its "crimes" against Muslims and preventing them from traveling to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) will inevitably lead to a mass uprising against Western civilization and domestic attacks.

Following the launch of an enormous airstrike by US forces on much of the Islamic State (ISIS) controlled areas of Syria, including Raqqa, jihadists on Twitter—both ISIS and al-Nusra Front (NF)—detailed and complained about the attacks and the United States.

A jihadist appealed to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to first advise, then threaten, and eventually launch strikes in the United Arab Emirates in revenge for supporting the French-led military intervention in Mali.