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

Black flags are inspired by descriptions of the Prophet Muhammad's battle flag, which was reportedly a black flag with white lettering on it. Therefore, many Islamist extremist groups adopt various interpretations of this image to use as... 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 tawhid emoji or hand gesture is frequently used by Islamists, and ISIS members in particular, to signify their membership. The single finger is meant to reference "tawheed," a religious term for the belief that there is... Read more

"The Clashing of Swords" is a pair of propaganda films released by ISIS in 2014. These two videos featured graphic violence and scenes of life under ISIS. They became some of the group's most popular releases, and... Read more