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Source: https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/isis-jihad-coronavirus/
ISIS' Jihad in the Coronavirus Era
(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Dr. Galit Truman Zinman - In May 2020, the Islamic State perpetrated 400 terror attacks worldwide that caused hundreds of casualties. In Kirkuk, Diyala, and Saladin provinces in Iraq, ISIS has been attacking army bases, mounting ambushes and raids, laying explosive devices, engaging in sniper fire, launching rockets, and burning agricultural fields. In Syria, ISIS has been active in the Euphrates River Valley and in the Hauran region in the south, seizing and executing captives, blowing up vehicles, setting ambushes, and engaging in assassinations. ISIS remains active in the Khorasan region of Afghanistan, with attacks in March and May leaving 74 dead. In its view, the coronavirus was sent to help ISIS in its struggle to vanquish the "infidels." The writer teaches at the University of Haifa.