Terrorist & Rebel COVID-19 Messaging: Primary Geographic Focus Animated Heatmap

As of 12 May 2020, a total of 412 written statements, photos, graphics, publications, videos and audio messages on COVID-19 have been officially released by terrorist and rebel groups around the world. The first official communication by a terrorist or rebel group on COVID-19 identified by IntelCenter was on 23 Jan. 2020 from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

The animated heatmap shows the primary geographic focus of each message over time. This primary geographic focus has largely been driven by where the groups producing the messages are located.