This paper seeks to provide a systematic analysis of the discourse of ISIS regarding the US-Israeli war on Iran, through a content analysis of its official media output, with particular emphasis on articles published in Al-Naba magazine during the peak of military escalation between Washington-Tel Aviv and Tehran. The paper focuses on two consecutive issues: No. (536), issued on 26 February 2026 under the title “Rafidite Polarization of the Mujahideen,” and No. (537), issued on 5 March 2026 under the title “Infighting Among the Infidels.”
These issues are of considerable significance, being not merely a commentary on a transient regional development, but rather a coherent ideological framework through which the organization seeks to frame the war, define its position within it, and recalibrate its hierarchy of adversaries and ideological priorities. The articles further reveal how
jihadist organizations instrumentalize major international conflicts to reproduce their discourse and to pursue internal struggles with competing jihadist currents.
