This is a timeline of Islamic State (ISIS)-related events that occurred in 2025.
Timeline January
1 January – 2025 New Orleans truck attack: An ISIS inspired man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, then exited the truck and engaged in a shootout with police before being fatally shot. Fifteen people were killed, including the perpetrator, and at least fifty-seven others were injured. 2 January – Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), enabled by United States Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, conducted a D-ISIS operation, near Dayr az-Zawr, Syria, resulting in the capture of an ISIS attack cell leader. The operation lasted until 3 January. 7 January – Four SDF fighters were killed in an attack by two ISIS gunmen in the Jazara Mashhour area in western Deir ez-Zor countryside, Syria. 10 January: The Iraqi Air Force conducted an airstrike in the Hamrin Mountains, Diyala Province, resulting in four members of the Islamic State, including two senior leaders being killed. SDF kill four ISIS militants in a coalition-backed SDF security operation in the Bako area in Al-Hasakah countryside, Syria. 11 January – The Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led Syrian interim government thwarted an attempted suicide bombing attack on the Sayyidah Zeinab shrine, a prominent Shia shrine outside Damascus. 15 January: At least ten people are killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ISCAP) on the village of Makoko in Lubero Territory, North Kivu. An SDF fighter was executed by ISIS cells and his body was dumped in the western part of Abu Khashab town in the western countryside of Deir ez-Ezor, Syria. Several ISIS fighters were killed and five were captured—including foreign fighters—in an offensive by Puntland Security Forces in Cal Miskaad mountains in the Bari region. The operation also led to the destruction of 8 militant bases. 9 explosive drones were also shot down during the operation. 22 January – A Chinese national in Takhar Province, Afghanistan was killed in a shooting. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack. 25 January: An offensive carried out by Puntland Security Forces captured a major militant base and killed 13 ISIS militants in Cal Miskaad mountains in the Bari region. Since the start of the offensive the security forces have destroyed or captured more than 100 bases and liberated 260 km of territory. 26 January – Malam-Fatori Suicide Bombing: An Islamic State suicide bomber drove a vehicle with explosives into a convoy of Nigerian troops that were targeting ISWAP militants in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria, killing himself and 27 soldiers. Several other troops were critically injured. 31 January: CENTCOM forces, conducted precision airstrikes in the vicinity of Kirkuk, Iraq, killing five ISIS operatives. Uganda announced that it was going to deploy Ugandan People's Defence Force troops to its border with eastern Congo due to the worsening security situation against the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency.
February
1 February – United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) forces conducted airstrikes in the Golis Mountains, Somalia, killing a senior ISIS attack planner and other “key figures” of the ISIL group. 3 February – Senior ISIL Somalia commander, Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group's assassination squad, surrendered to authorities in the Cal Miskaad mountains, in the northeastern Puntland state. 4 February – Puntland security forces attacked Islamic State fighters, near the village of Qurac. Islamic State responded with drones, suicide attacks and infantry charges. Regional officials said Somali forces lost 15 soldiers in the fighting and at least 57 Islamic State fighters were killed. 6 February – A SDF fighter was killed and another wounded in an ISIS attack in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. 7 February – Allied Democratic forces raided Christian Villages and killed residents in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces 9 February – SDF commando forces conducted a precise security operation aimed at dismantling an ISIS terrorist cell in the town of Markada in the southern countryside of Al-Shaddadi, Hasaka, Syria. 10 February: CENTCOM forces conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Kirkuk, Iraq, killing two ISIS operatives. One ISIS fighter was shot dead and another blew himself up during an SDF raid in Markadah town in the southern Al-Hasakah countryside, Syria. 11 February – ISIS carried out a counterattack against Somali forces in the Togjaceel valley, in the Cal Miskaad mountains, Puntland. Regional officials said Somali forces lost 28 soldiers and more than 70 Islamic State fighters were killed. 12 February: CENTCOM forces conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Rawa, Iraq, killing five ISIS operatives. 13 February – SDF's Military Operations Teams (TOL) conducted a security operation against and an ISIS terrorist cell in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor and capturing the cell leader, Abdul Rahman Al-Aziz, along with two other terrorists. 15 February – 2025 Villach stabbing attack: A 23-year-old Syrian carried out a series of random stabbings against six pedestrians. The attack resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy and injuries to five other individuals. Police later recovered a recording of the suspect swearing an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State. 16 February – USAFRICOM forces conducted airstrikes in the Puntland region of Somalia, killing at least 16 militants including two senior militants identified as the group's bomb-makers and a bomb manufacturing factory was also destroyed. 18 February – Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces states that they are open to removing foreign fighters and handing over security matters, including those related to ISIS, to the new Syrian government. 19 February – Morocco's General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance's (DGST) Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) successfully thwarted an ISIS-instigated terror plot, arrested 12 individuals. Multiple raids was carried out simultaneously in the cities of Laayoune, Casablanca, Fez, Taounate, Tangier, Azemmour, Guersif, Oulad Teima, and Tamsna. 20 February – Security Service of Georgia conducted operations against militants affiliated with IS. 21 February – Turkey security forces arrested an Uzbek national with ties to ISIS, having been accused of plotting attacks on Jewish sites 25 February – United Kingdom forces, conducted precision airstrikes across the Aleppo region of Syria against ISIS. 26 February – A Tajik national was arrested in Brooklyn by American authorities on charges that he conspired to support ISIS and ISIS-K by facilitating US$70,000 in payments to ISIS-affiliated individuals in Turkey and Syria. 28 February – 2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing: A suicide bombing in Akora Khattak, Pakistan during Friday prayers, resulting in the deaths of at least seven individuals, including the prominent cleric and head of the seminary, Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani. Additionally, approximately 20 others sustained injuries.
March 2 March – A 17-year-old Arab-Israeli is arrested in Jisr az-Zarqa, Israel on suspicion of planning terror attack after swearing loyalty to ISIS. At the time of his detainment, he was carrying documents detailing explosives production. 3 March – Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) thwart a series of terrorist attacks on the Moscow metro and a Jewish religious institution in the Moscow region. The man accused of planning the attacks was killed in a confrontation with security forces. 4 March – SDF conduct a raid campaign that included several homes in the town of Al-Hussainiya, north of Deir Ezzor. Syria and arrested Ahmed Issa Al-Dawoud, Mahmoud Issa Al-Dawoud, Ali Issa Al-Dawoud, Omar Issa Al-Dawoud, Mohammed Al-Habish, and Anas Al-Habish.Naher Media, https://x.com/nahermedia/status/1896667629487784300 5 March – Russian counter-terrorism forces killed four ISIS-K affiliated militants who were plotting an attack against a regional branch of the interior ministry in the mainly Muslim region of Dagestan. 6 March – Syrian Democratic Forces, enabled by CENTCOM forces, conducted a raid in the vicinity of Shahil, Syria and captured Salah Mohammad Al-Abdullah, an ISIS cell leader. 7 March – Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, a former Iraqi refugee and legal permanent resident of Richmond, Texas, pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation. From 2015 to 2020 Alqaysi admitted to providing material support and resources to the media arm of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham group known as the Kalachnikov team. 10 March – A SDF member was killed in an ISIS attack in eastern Deir ez-Zor, Syria. 12 March: Syrian Democratic Forces conducted a raid in al-Hol camp, southeast of Al-Hasakah, arresting Salah Abdullah al-Abd, an ISIS cell leader and financier. An Asayish member was killed and two others were injured in an ambush by ISIS cells in the Al-Hazima area in Al-Raqqa, Syria. 13 March: Israeli police and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) arrested a Tayibe man, suspected of collaborating with and pledging allegiance to ISIS. The Tayibe man is suspected of filming Israel Defense Forces (IDF) en route to Tulkarm and sharing footage via Telegram to help terrorists prepare for an ambush. CENTCOM forces, with support and coordination of the Iraqi security forces, conducted an airstrike killing a head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai. Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai was the Global ISIS #2 leader, Chief of Global Operations, and the Delegated Committee Emir, effectively holding a top leadership position within the organization. One other ISIS operative was also killed. Puntland Security Forces conduct a raid against an ISIS hideouts in the Lugta-Huraanhur and Togga Raq-raq areas of the Al Miskaad mountains in the Bari region mountains, Somalia. They killed a senior Islamic State commander responsible for directing drone attacks and PSF officers captured multiple drones armed with explosives. 15 March – Iraqi security forces capture Umm Hussein, the wife of the former leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai and two additional ISIS terrorists during an operation. 19 March: SDF and International Coalition Forces launched a joint security campaign in SDF-controlled Al-Salhabiyah town in the countryside of Al-Raqqah, arresting several suspects for “belonging to ISIS." Two SDF fighters were wounded in an ISIS IED attack in Al-Jarthei town, Deir ez-Zor, Syria. Syrian Democratic Forces, enabled by International Coalition forces, conducted a raid in the vicinity of Tabqa, Syria and captured Raafat Rahmoun, the military emir of the IS territories al-Barakah and al-Khayr, which roughly correspond to Hasaka and Deir ez-Zor. 20 March – A 19-year old West Australian man is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the Perth District Court on one count of transmitting violent extremist material online and one count of using a carriage service to cause offence after sharing Islamic State-produced videos that included beheadings and recordings encouraging violence. He is the first person convicted and sentenced in Australia for transmitting violent extremist material online under the new Commonwealth offence introduced in January 2024 as part of amendments to Australian counter-terrorism legislation. 21 March: Iraqi security forces arrested two Islamic State militants in a village in eastern Salahuddin province.