Jihadi Groups in International Conflicts

Abstract

The article analyzes the role of Islamic Jihadi groups in international conflicts. The research concerns three armed conflicts in which Islamic Jihadi groups expressed their positions. Two of them are ongoing conflicts in Ukraine (since 2022) and Gaza (since 2023), and the third one was the second war in Karabagh. These significant armed conflicts were considered by Jihadi groups as a good possibility for fighting and gaining experience, although they had different positions on all of them. So, the article tries to show the attitudes and strategies of Jihadi groups to understand what motivates them to participate in international conflicts or not.