In a message for the holy month of Ramadan, the group told its jihadist supporters to take advantage of the West’s distraction from the war in Ukraine to stage terrorist attacks while “the crusaders are fighting each other.” In a lengthy Internet leak, Abu-Omar al-Muhajir, the new spokesman for Isis, said the Russian invasion was an “opportunity” for the group, as non-Muslim nations were “busy” with the conflict. . He also encouraged fighters to take revenge on the death of the group’s leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi, who was killed in February.
