4 January – In a speech published onAl-Furqan, IS spokespersonAbu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari called for supporters to attack Israeli and Jewish targets in the United States and Europe and to "avenge" the killings of Palestinians by theIsrael Defense Forces during theGaza war.[5]
6 January:
IS claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus inDashte Barachi,Kabul, which killed five people and injured 15 others.[6]
IS killed at least 14 Syrian soldiers on a military bus nearPalmyra.[8]
IS claimed responsibility for a bombing on a minivan belonging to Kabul's main prison, killing three people and injuring four others.[9]
11 January:
Iranian authorities claimed they identified the ringleader and bomb-maker of the Kerman bombings, and arrested 35 other people with alleged links to the attacks.[10]
Israel Police and theShin Bet made a joint statement announcing the arrests of two IS supporters fromEast Jerusalem who were planning to conduct bombing attacks against security forces in the Israeli capital.[11]
A clash betweenBoko Haram and ISWAP on the islands of Kandahar and Kaduna Ruwa killed dozens of militants.[15]
25 January – The US and Iraq agreed to start talks about ending the presence of theUS-led coalition in the country. Iraq said that IS was defeated and the coalition's goal was accomplished.[16]
30 January –2024 Sibi bombing: IS claimed responsibility for a bombing targeting an election rally forTehreek-e-Insaf which killed four people and injured five others.[19]
Under code name 'Operation Heroes-49', Turkish authorities detained 147 people who were suspected of having ties to IS.[24][25]
9 February:
Pakistani forces killed Abdul Shakoor, an IS-K member it said was behind the 2024 Balochistan bombings. TheInter-Services Public Relations said that he was planning to conduct further attacks inBalochistan.[26]
Mucojo attack: IS fighters conducted a raid inMucojo, killing at least 25 Mozambican soldiers. The attack was the group's deadliest on Mozambican troops since 2021.[27] They also killed a bus driver nearMeluco, and left a note urging Christians to convert to Islam or pay ajizya, or else they would be killed.[28]
12 February:
Pakistani forces confirmed the killing of senior IS-K leader Surat Gul during a counter-terrorism raid.[29]
Filipino officials said that the mastermind of theMindanao State University bombing was killed during a clash between IS supporters and government forces.[30]
13 February:
Turkish police arrested a Russian citizen working atAkkuyu nuclear plant during a probe on IS.[31]
An IS attack east ofHama province killed nine Syrian soldiers and injured three others.[32]
15 February – Filipino officials arrested a woman declared by the United States as a facilitator for the Islamic State's Philippines branch.[33]
18 February – A gun battle between Filipino troops and the IS-alignedMaute group left six soldiers and two rebels dead nearMunai.[34]
20 February – ADF rebels armed with machetes and guns killed 11 people inBeni Territory.[35]
24 February – Iraqi authorities said they captured two IS members during an operation outside of the country. The location of the operation was not disclosed.[36]
25 February – A landmine left by IS killed 13 truffle hunters inRaqqa Governorate.[37]
1 March – IS claimed responsibility for a roadside bombing which killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded at least four others inTarmiya.[38]
2 March – A 15-year-old boy who pledged allegiance to IS stabbed anOrthodox Jewish man in Zürich, Switzerland.[39]
3 March –2024 Karabulak clash: Six alleged IS members were killed during a counter-terrorism operation that resulted in a shootout inKarabulak, Russia. A man walking by was reportedly killed in the crossfire.[40]
6 March:
IS militants killed 18 villagers collecting truffles and injured 16 others nearKobajeb, Syria. At least 50 people were missing and are suspected to have been kidnapped.[41]
Mozambican authorities reported that at least 72 children were missing and suspected to be kidnapped by IS following recent jihadist attacks inCabo Delgado.[42]
10 March – TheIraqi Army announced that it killed ten IS militants within the past 24 hours.[45]
16 March – A landmine planted by IS in Raqqa Governorate killed 16 people and injured nine others.[46]
17 March:
The Maute group ambushed Filipino soldiers as they were returning to their base in southern Philippines, killing four.[47]
Ugandan security forces were put on high alert following a statement by deputy military spokespersonDeo Akiiki announcing that ADF rebels had crossed into the country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[48]
19 March – German police arrested two Afghan nationals who were suspected of plotting an attack against the Swedish parliament in support of IS.[49]
20 March:
Head of ISIS in India Haris Farooqi and his aide were arrested inDhubri, Assam, after crossing fromBangladesh.[50]
2024 Tillabéri attack: ANiger Armed Forces unit was ambushed near Teguey,Tillabéri Region, resulting in the death of at least 23 soldiers and 30 attackers. 17 other soldiers were injured in the attack. The Islamic State claimed responsibility three days later.[51]
22 March – IS claimed responsibility for theCrocus City Hall attack inKrasnogorsk, claiming it was targeting Christians. At least 140 people were killed and over 360 were injured.[54]
23 March – Russian authorities detained 11 people in connection to the Crocus City Hall attack, including the four perpetrators.[55]
24 March – An IS bomb and shooting attack killed 11 truffle hunters in Raqqa Governorate, and three others were kidnapped.[56]
26 March:
Turkish authorities arrested 147 people suspected of having ties with IS across 30 provinces.[57]
German interior ministerNancy Faeser said in a statement that IS-K poses "the greatest Islamist threat to security in Germany," and announced temporary border controls during thesoccer 2024 European Championship, which begins on 14 June.[58]
Spanish police arrested a man inBarcelona who they said had been carrying out "intensive efforts to encourage terrorism" and had suspected links to IS.[59]
Iranian police arrested three IS members, including a senior operative, and detained eight others following clashes inKaraj.[66]
Turkish authorities announced that they detained 48 people with suspected ties to IS.[67]
A teenager was arrested inCoeur d'Alene, Idaho for plotting to attack churches across the town in the name of IS. The attack was scheduled to coincide with the end of themonth of Ramadan.[68]
8 April – Italian police arrested a Tajik national suspected of being an IS member after he arrived atRome Fiumicino Airport.[69]
9 April – A pro-IS media outlet published threats against stadiums holdingUEFA Champions League games, prompting increased security measures.[70]
11 April – A man fromBaqa al-Gharbiyye was arrested by Israeli police for planning several IS attacks, including a plot to poison theSea of Galilee.[71]
12 April – German authorities arrested four teenagers planning Islamist attacks against churches and synagogues in the name of IS.[72]
13 April – Swiss authorities announced that they arrested three teenagers over theEaster weekend for planning bombings in the country and allegedly supporting IS. The arrests were connected to the arrests in Germany on 12 April.[73]
15 April – ADF rebels killed 10 to 15 civilians and a police officer, set vehicles on fire, and looted and set fire to a health center over the weekend inMulekera, North Kivu Province.[74][75]
18 April – Israeli authorities arrested an IS operative in the West Bank.[76]
20 April – IS claimed responsibility for a bombing in theKoht-e Sangi neighborhood of Kabul that killed one and injured three others.[77]
21 April – Iraqi authorities hanged 11 people who had been sentenced to death for joining IS.[78]
25 April – Fifty women and children who were family members of IS militants were handed over to a delegation from Tajikistan by Kurdish authorities innortheastern Syria.[80]
30 April – Malian state TV announced the killing of senior IS commanderAbu Huzeifa inIndelimane, Mali, by a joint force made up of soldiers from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Hezeifa had been linked to several attacks in the Sahel, including theTongo Tongo ambush in 2017 that killed four American soldiers.[81]
13 May – Five Iraqi soldiers, including a commander, were killed in an IS attack between thegovernorates ofDiyala and Saladin.[84]
14 May – British police arrested two men accused of planning an IS-inspired attack against Jews and law enforcement in northwestEngland.[85]
17 May – IS-K claimed responsibility for the2024 Bamyan shooting in Afghanistan, that led to the deaths of 6 people, including 3Spanish tourists, as well as injuring 8 people, including oneLithuanian, oneNorwegian, oneAustralian and another Spaniard. The majority of the targeted victims were foreign tourists.[86]
19 May – ADF commander and bomb-maker Anywari Al Iraq was captured by the Ugandan military.[87]
20 May – Four Sri Lankan nationals were arrested atAhmedabad Airport over suspicions of planning a terror attack on behalf of IS.[88]
24 May – The FSB announced the arrests of over 20 people in connection to the Crocus City Hall attack.[89]
An IS attack in the Sukhna desert,Homs Governorate, killed 16 Syrian soldiers, including an officer.[100]
An attack in Mayikengo,Lubero Territory, killed at least 42 people. IS later claimed responsibility.[101]
14 June:
Europol andEurojust announced that European and American police shut down a large number of IS-linked onlineservers in the US, Germany, the Netherlands and Iceland. It also said that Spanish police arrested nine "radicalized" individuals.[102]
Four IS supporters from countries such as Uzbekistan and Georgia were sanctioned by the US following a joint investigation with Turkey.[103]
Fifteen suspected IS supporters were arrested inBishkek and other parts of Kyrgyzstan.[104]
CENTCOM claimed that it executed atargeted killing via anairstrike in Syria on senior IS official and facilitator Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi.[107][108][109]
Spanish media reported that the IS-linked propaganda center I'lam Foundation was dismantled and a planned attack onReal Madrid fans and players inSantiago Bernabéu Stadium was thwarted in the previous week.[111]
18 June – US officials warned that IS – Somalia Province could host top leaders of the wider organization, including its caliph,Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.[112]
19 June – An Iraqi national was detained by German authorities inEsslingen for planning to conduct attacks on behalf of IS.[113]
23 June:
The Niger Armed Forces claimed that it killed senior IS member Abdoulaye Souleymane Idouwal during a raid in the Tillabéri Region.[114]
TheTurkish Interior Ministry announced that 31 people with suspected ties to IS were detained during a week-long operation.[116]
Malaysian authorities arrested eight people with suspected ties with IS over the weekend.[117]
26 June – The DHS identified over 400Central Asian immigrants who entered the United States through an IS-linked smuggling ring within the past three years, 50 of whom remain unaccounted for.[118]
6 July – Canadian authorities charged a woman with terrorism-related offenses after she left for Syria to join IS.[121]
7 July – A senior IS commander was killed by Taliban forces during a raid inNangarhar Province.[122]
8 July – A Russianplaywright and theatre director were sentenced to six years in prison for "justifying terrorism" over aplay based on the stories of women who were recruited by IS.[123]
10 July – An Iraqi court sentenced the widow of former IS leaderAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death for collaborating with the organization and detainingYazidi women.[124]
13 July – Four Iraqi police officers were killed and three were injured during clashes with IS in Diyala Governorate.[125]
14 July – Iraqi authorities recovered 139 bodies of IS victims in themass grave-turned Alo Antar hole, west ofMosul.[126]
15 July:
An Israeli airstrike on a car on the al-Saboura highway in Syria killed prominent businessman Mohammad Baraa Qatarji, who was sanctioned by the US for links to IS and the Syrian government.[127]
2024 Muscat mosque shooting: Three suicide attackers targeted a Shiite mosque inWadi Kabir, Oman, killing six people and wounding at least 28 others. IS claimed responsibility the following day.[128]
17 July – CENTCOM reported that IS attacks in Iraq and Syria were set to double compared to 2023.[129]
25 July – Turkish authorities detained 72 people linked to IS across 13 provinces.[130]
27 July – Belgian authorities charged three Chechen natives of planning a terrorist attack on behalf of IS-K.[131]
31 July – A father and son were charged for planning a terrorist attack on behalf of IS inToronto, Canada.[132]
8 August – TheUnited Nations' counterterrorism office warned that IS-K increased its capabilities and could potentially carry out more attacks outside of Afghanistan.[136] It also warned that parts of Africa from Mali to northern Nigeria could fall to IS and its allies.[137]
11 August – ISKP claims responsibility for anexplosion on a bus in the Hazara-dominatedDashte Barchi area in Kabul, killing 1 civilian and injuring 13 others.[139]
2024 Solingen stabbings: A stabbing at a festival inSolingen, Germany killed three people and injured eight others. ISIS claimed responsibility the following day, claiming that it targeted Christians in response to the killing of Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere.[141]
Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis: Four IS-linked prisoners took twelve people hostage at the IK-19 penal colony inSurovikino, Russia. Four prison staff were killed and three others were injured. The perpetrators were subsequently killed by snipers.[142]
Iranian authorities arrested 14 IS-K members in raids in four provinces throughout the country.[143]
25 August – Turkish authorities arrested 72 people suspected of collaborating with IS during an operation across 13 cities.[144]
29 August – A joint US and Iraqi raid in four areas of western Iraq killed 15 IS members and injured seven US personnel.[145]
30 August:
Turkish authorities detained 119 suspected IS associates in an operation across 23 provinces.[144]
ISWAP claims responsibility for an attack on a school inYobe holding Shias, killing 3 students.[146]
The US and SDF captured senior IS leader Khaled Ahmed al-Dandal, who had helped five militants escape theRaqqah Detention Facility the week prior.[148]
2 September – Asuicide bombing targeting Taliban government employees in southern Kabul killed six people and injured 13 others. IS claimed responsibility the following day.[149]
12 September –2024 Qorodal bus shooting: IS militants armed with machine guns opened fire at a bus in central Afghanistan, killing 14Shiite civilians and injuring six others.[151]
16 September – A US airstrike on an IS camp in central Syria killed 28 militants, including four senior members. CENTCOM announced the strike on 29 September.[155]
September 22 – The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack onMILF fighters, killing 3 of them inShariff Aguak, and the killing of a Filipino spy inAmpatuan, southern Philippines.[156]
September 25 – Islamic State militants launched an ambush on Nigerien forces near the village ofIkniwan in theTillia area,Tahoua Region, which resulted in the deaths of 30 soldiers, and the injuries of others.[157]
27 September – The US announced that it would withdraw troops engaged in theUS-led coalition against IS from some bases in Iraq by 2025.[158]
1 October – The chief of theUnited States Africa Command announced that Islamic State – Somalia Province had doubled in size throughout the past year.[159]
2 October – IS claims responsibility for an ambush on Iraqi soldiers inKirkuk, killing 4 soldiers and wounding 4 others.[160]
4 October – AYazidi woman who was kidnapped by IS from northern Iraq and trafficked to theGaza Strip was freed in an operation involving Israel, the US, and other countries. She was subsequently repatriated to Iraq.[161]
8 October – An Afghan man was arrested inOklahoma City for planning an attack on Election Day on behalf of IS.[163]
9 October – A man who set bushfires inMelbourne was sentenced to eight years in prison for pledging allegiance to IS in a video in 2021.[164]
10 October – 5 Israeli-Arab citizens fromTayibe, Israel, were arrested for a plot to carry out car-bombings atTel Aviv'sAzrieli Mall on behalf of IS.[165][166][167]
18 October – TheInternal Security Department ofSingapore announced that it arrested a teenager in August who planned to carry out a stabbing attack against non-Muslims near a community centre inTampines. He was reportedly radicalized by IS propaganda.[168]
20 October – A suspected IS affiliate from Libya was arrested inBernau for allegedly planning a shooting attack against theIsraeli embassy inBerlin.[169]
22 October – A joint US-Iraqi raid in theHamrin Mountains killed eight IS militants, including Jassim al-Mazroui Abu Abdul Qader, the group's leader in Iraq. Two US soldiers were also injured.[170]
28 October – US airstrikes on IS camps in central Syria killed 35 militants.[171]
4 November – The US announced that 95 operations against IS in Iraq and Syria since 29 August resulted in the deaths of 163 militants and the capture of another 33.[172]
14 November – The FBI announced that it arrested Anas Said inHouston, who allegedly created propaganda for IS and considered carrying out attacks against US soldiers, synagogues, and the Israeli Consulate in Houston.[174]
21 November – A UN agency reported that foreign fighters increased IS–Somalia's size to between 600 and 700 members, doubling the group's membership.[176]
22 November – An American-Albanian dual national was arrested in New York over alleged support for IS and distributing instructions on how to make explosives.[177]
23 November – Iraqi security forces arrested the emir ofIS's Kurdistan faction and six other militants in Kirkuk Province.[178]
29 November – An indictment was filed against an Israeli man fromJisr az-Zarqa who pledged allegiance to IS.[179]
The US announced that it conducted approximately 75 strikes on IS targets in theSyrian Desert aiming to prevent it from taking control of parts of Syria following thefall of the Assad regime.[181][182]
Two Lebanese IS sympathizers and a suspected Turkish accomplice fromMannheim andHesse respectively were arrested by German authorities for allegedly planning an Islamist attack.[183]
10 December – IS militants killed 54 Syrian soldiers fleeing a rebel offensive inAl-Sukhnah, Homs Province.[184]
11 December – An IS suicide bombing in Kabul killed seven people, including Taliban refugee ministerKhalil Haqqani. Haqqani was the highest ranking Taliban official killed since 2021.[185]
16 December – American airstrikes on IS camps and members in Syria killed 12 militants.[186]
19 December – Iraqi foreign ministerFuad Hussein warned that IS seized a large amount of abandoned Syrian weapons and is reorganizing its forces.[187]
An American airstrike in Deir ez-Zor killed two IS militants, including the group's leader in Syria, Abu Yusif.[189]
23 December – A suspected IS supporter fromHowden was accused of plotting a terrorist attack usingmustard gas.[190]
29 December – France carried out airstrikes against IS positions in Syria.[191]
31 December –Puntland authorities announced that eight militants were killed following IS attacks on security forces in theDharjale andBari regions.[192] IS claimed responsibility the following day, claiming that it killed 22 security personnel and injured dozens of others.[193]
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