10th anniversary of Islamic States' caliphate declaration

As 29th June marked the 10th anniversary of IS’s “caliphate” declaration, BBC’s Chief jihadist media specialist, Mina al-Lami offered a summary of keytakeways from BBC Monitoring’s in-depth analysis of IS activity in the first half of 2024 .

The group’s leadership celebrated the date in Mar (that’s where it fell in Hijri calendar), boasting that despite…