Since the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, ISIS has released three videos and the 12th edition of its English language magazine, Dabiq, vowing follow-on operations in the United States. The FBI reports no intelligence to suggest the group is planning a Paris-type attack in the US, and ISIS has previously used propaganda campaigns to generate momentum and encourage supporters to conduct attacks in the West. 

This timeline highlights the events that took place in Paris from November 13 to November 16.

A new study of 58 recent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) defectors—many of European and Middle Eastern descent—reveals clues and countermessaging themes that can likely deter individuals from joining the group in the first place. Four key narratives are identified as driving defectors to leave ISIS: group infighting; brutality against Sunni Muslims; corruption and “un-Islamic” behaviors; and poor quality of life. The former members also claim that ISIS has failed to live up to its central pledge to create a “perfect” Islamic society.

We have no specific intelligence to indicate near-term terrorist attacks in New Jersey following the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) statement on Tuesday that it has 71 “soldiers” in 15 states ready to launch operations. Although we cannot corroborate ISIS’s claims, the statement follows dozens of public threats the group has issued against US law enforcement and military personnel since the onset of the US-led counterterrorism campaign in Iraq and Syria in September.

A series of military defeats, an inability to effectively administer territory it controls, and internal dissension in the last several months are undermining the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) strength. These setbacks come nearly a year after the group announced the establishment of its self-proclaimed “caliphate,” which spans large portions of Iraq and Syria.

Recent Western studies and analysis suggest social media is not the primary driver of recruitment for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—revealing that personal relationships are often more utilized in the recruitment of susceptible youth to join the group. Instead, the research shows that social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pastebin play a key role in reinforcing existing radical views and amplifying ISIS’s extreme messages.

Western government efforts to prevent extremists from traveling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are having the unintended consequence of increasing the threat to local targets, specifically law enforcement. Since last fall, Western ISIS sympathizers have attacked law enforcement officers in their home countries after they were denied travel to Syria; other would-be travelers have stated to authorities that they would shoot officers at home if they could not reach Syria.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Friday posted a message online calling for attacks against about 100 US military personnel across 23 states, according to preliminary translations and analysis of the message. Although no personnel from New Jersey were cited, residents of nearby states such as Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania were identified. The website that posted the message was the same one that earlier this year explicitly mentioned New Jersey as an appealing ISIS target.

Fundraisers for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) recently have employed fraudulent tactics to solicit college students and pension holders for donations. To date, there have been no Suspicious Activity Reports in New Jersey related to these activities.

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, tens of thousands of foreign fighters have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other extremist groups.