Jihadi Counter-Terrorism: Local Radical Islamists Governance vs. Global Jihadism

This article deals with the confrontation between international terrorist organizations that follow the idea of global jihadism and those radical Islamist organizations that try to redirect their activities towards local state-building. In particular, it touches on the issue of counter-terrorist activities carried out by localized groups against the globally oriented Jihadists. This is an extremely relevant and yet recent issue, since these trends have recently begun to manifest themselves in a most peculiar way. This was particularly evident after the new spokesman of the Islamic State made a speech in which it was stated that the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group was behind the assassination of the previous leader of the organization. Another example of such counter-terrorist activities is the activity of the Taliban after they came to power in Afghanistan and proclaimed the Islamic Emirate in this country. The main focus of this paper is on the phenomenon of counter-terrorism agencies that are embedded in these terrorist organizations and the narratives they construct when they disseminating information about their activities.