ISIS-K Moscow attacks – who is at risk? | DW News Desk

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Published 2024-03-27
Islamic State, a group that once sought control over parts of Iraq and Syria, has claimed responsibility for Friday's mass shooting at a concert hall near Moscow that killed at least 139 people. U.S. officials have said they have intelligence indicating it was the Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), that was responsible. The Islamic State once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack.

ISIS-K grabbed global attention with a 2021 suicide bombing on Kabul international airport during the U.S. military withdrawal that killed 13 U.S. soldiers and scores of civilians. In September 2022, it claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack at the Russian embassy in Kabul.

But perhaps its most brazen operation to date came in January, with a double suicide bombing in Iran that killed nearly 100 people at a memorial for Revolutionary Guard commander, Qassem Soleimani - the deadliest militant attack on Iranian soil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

00:00 Intro
00:52 ISIS-K attacks in Moscow
11:20 ISIS-K's motives amidst global power dynamics
16:08 ISIS-K's stance towards Moscow
21:47 ISIS-K attacks in Russia, Iran, and Turkey indicate successful recruitment momentum for the group
26:58 Taliban finances sourced from diverse activities including ransom, extortion, and smuggling in Afghanistan.
32:28 Taliban's claim of human rights standards is absurd
43:36 Global reach of extremist attacks and recruitment by ISIS-K
48:55 ISIS-K's claim of responsibility
1:05:30 ISIS-K's recruitment strategies

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All Comments (21)
  • @Radonslur
    It's interesting that Russia has yet to explain this internal security lapse for such a large scale attack, just like with Wagner uprising.
  • @ropersix
    As for why Russia, I remember asking why the Philippines, when ISIS captured the town of Marawi, and the army fought for months to retake it back in 2017 (a battle barely covered by Western media). There is, indeed, a lot going on that doesn't figure into Western concerns and narratives.
  • @happymelon7129
    More important question: Why ISIS-K never touch 111111srex111 ? over the past 4 months it did to: (1) Turkey in January (2) Iran in January (3) Afghanistan recently (4) Russia recently
  • @fredrik6936
    Terrorist group names are starting to sound like TCL TV models.
  • @lowwastehighmelanin
    Love how my spouse is like "I wanna live somewhere safe" their country has Daesh too! Ain't nowhere "safe". Can't live in fear like that.
  • @HenryJasonVarga
    i thought Moscow had a large and efficient police force. How is it possible for them to take so long to respond?
  • @leet3207
    Why does ISIS always attack countries/leaders the US want to over throw? And how did ISIS get there hands on those TOW 2 missiles in Syria when they are only sold to a couple of selected countries?
  • @1981vt
    😂 thank you for leaving me a bit wiser
  • @leet3207
    Ukrainan leader of the SBU has been making some strange statements recently about Ukrainian terror attacks in Russia.
  • @TJH615
    Cool podcast style news. I like it keep it up
  • @John_1.1
    When did DW surrender? Why don't they just relocate to New Delhi?
  • @RegenTanzer1
    Regarding ISIS appearing on one’s doorstep; I’m not as concerned about that here in the States as I am with all the crazy domestic extremists here with the mass shootings. Too many people here have guns!
  • @johndewey6358
    Thank you DW for covering this important tragedy. You may want to include a report that I have seen a few months ago by a foreign reporter (I believe he is European, but do not remember his name), he had gone to Afghanistan and arranged for a secret interview with ISIS-K leader inside Afghanistan. Clearly, these terrorists are unbalanced. As far as I know the Khorasan territory that they are referencing may have existed when the Iranian tribes were arriving from Europe to settle those areas, which is about 4000BC, before even Judaism, Christianity and definitely Islam was in in existence! If there was any formal Khorasan province in those times (I believe in the beginning those times the area was called Bactria Margiana (BMAC civilization)) the area would have nothing to do with Islam. Khorasan is an an Aryan (Avestan) word and certainly Arabic speakers of Islam would not name their territory by an alien Indo-European name. Iran became a Zoroastrian nation at around 1750BC! So, Obviously, ISIS needs an anthropology, linguistic and history lesson, and they should cut down on smoking the stuff their leader has been blowing up their you know what, so they cut down on all these uneducated stuff they are regurgitating 😊
  • @PUHAKID70
    Wow, now can you remind us how this new brand of k-pop originated??? I'm confused 😕 I S / ISIL/ISIS/DAESH now K ??? 😮 weird thing is the 1 connection they share U S
  • @Kap-xu6nx
    Isis K = CIA, MI6, SBU .........Germany should spend some time investigating who blew up their pipeline oops.. maybe that was Isis-K also.. Haha that went down the memory hole.
  • @Gordonhast-cz8gs
    that's the least of our worries were wee live in the west is gangs or people with big family and can control the town or city with fear I and wee want our world back please