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Amaq propaganda infrastructure takedown

April 2018, Terrorism and extremism
Led by Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office (Terrorism Section)

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Web/media distribution infrastructure disrupted.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not applicable

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Did it stay down?

After this action the service returned on replacement infrastructure, first seen January 2019. The replacement was itself seized in a later action. Medium confidence in the link between the two.

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A Belgian/EU coalition targeted the Islamic State's Amaq propaganda infrastructure, including its web and media distribution mechanisms.

Date
April 2018
Target
Amaq (Islamic State propaganda distribution infrastructure), terrorist propaganda infrastructure
Activity
Terrorism and extremism
Operational lead
Belgian Federal Prosecutor
Partners
Europol[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Web/media distribution infrastructure disrupted.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
Coordinated national judicial/search-and-seizure authority.
Group accounted for
Not applicable

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not applicable

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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After this action the service returned on replacement infrastructure, first seen January 2019. The replacement was itself seized in a later action. Medium confidence in the link between the two.

  1. January 2019

    Renewed Islamic State propaganda infrastructure. Same service on replacement infrastructure. Confidence: Medium. Seized in a later action.[2]

    Islamic State rebuilt propaganda distribution infrastructure after the 2018 Amaq action, prompting the 2019 renewed operation.

    Later action: Islamic State web infrastructure takedown

January 2019

Renewed Islamic State propaganda infrastructure. Same service on replacement infrastructure. Confidence: Medium. Seized in a later action.[2]

Islamic State rebuilt propaganda distribution infrastructure after the 2018 Amaq action, prompting the 2019 renewed operation.

Later action: Islamic State web infrastructure takedown

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

Official sources

  1. [1]
    Islamic State Amaq propaganda infrastructure disrupted

    Europol, April 27, 2018, Source grade P2

    Establishes the Belgian/EU coalition action against Amaq propaganda infrastructure.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

  2. [2]
    Coordinated action against Islamic State online propaganda infrastructure

    Europol, November 25, 2019, Source grade P2

    Establishes the renewed 2019 EU-coordinated action against Islamic State web infrastructure.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.