Al Furqan Media is ISIS's oldest official media outlet, established in 2006. It releases attack reports and messages from ISIS leadership.

Al Hayat Media Center is an ISIS media branch which specifically targets a Western audience. Established in 2014, it releases English-language or English-subtitled propaganda videos. It has also issued releases in French, German and Russian. Most of... Read more

Al Sahab Media is the official Arabic-language media wing of Al Qaeda's central leadership. The channel mainly releases publications, sermons and lessons from Al Qaeda leadership, and sometimes includes footage from Al Qaeda operations.

Amaq Media is an ISIS media channel. It is most frequently used by the group to issue formal claims for attacks or to release messages from the group's leadership. It functions similarly to a state-owned media outlet... Read more

The Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) is a propaganda distribution network associated with Al Qaeda, although it has boosted the propaganda of a number of jihadist groups. It was originally created as a distribution list in June... Read more

"Media jihad" refers to an ISIS innovation in the Islamist terrorist sphere heavily emphasizing online media and appealing propaganda as a means of recruiting foreign fighters and spreading its message. To this end, ISIS recruiters often emphasize... Read more

Nutella and kittens was among ISIS's more inventive and disturbing media tactics. In 2015, the group paired calls to join the Islamic State with innocuous images that were popular on the internet, including pictures of kittens or... Read more

The Sharia4 network is a radical Islamist recruitment network based out of Europe and was most active in the early 2010s. The network was largely informal, though there were active branches in Belgium, the United Kingdom and... Read more

"The Time and What Must Be Done" was a 58-part weekly online lecture series delivered by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan from 2013-2014, in which he promoted the group's antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ teachings and conspiracy theories... Read more

Inspire Magazine is the flagship English-language publication of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The first edition was released in June 2010, and it has since been cited as a key source of inspiration for many... Read more