Category: Thailand

There’s no jihad in Thailand, right?

Always believe the ‘educated’ nutroots who live in denial:

“….the conflict in southern Thailand is becoming increasingly colored by religion, there is scant evidence to suggest links either to any radical Islamic ideology that exhibits links to pan-Islamism or to broader global jihadi terrorism and violence…” NBR is considered ‘mainstream’…

Thailand – Jihad Watch

Jihad Watch is not mainstream, but accurate & reliable.

12 May 2026  The “separatist violence” in Thailand is an Islamic jihad with the goal of separating the Muslim areas in the southern part of the country from Buddhist Thailand and uniting them to Muslim Malaysia.
Al-Qaeda call for jihad against former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra

Last weekend, suspected insurgents in Thailand launched more than 70 to 75 coordinated bomb and arson attacks.

Recent reports:

Over the weekend of August 22–23, 2026 (mainly Saturday evening into Sunday), suspected insurgents carried out a large wave of coordinated arson, bomb, and related attacks across Thailand’s southern border provinces (the “deep south”).

reuters.com

Authorities and media reported the following key details:Scale: Early figures from the military’s Internal Security Operations Command cited around 50–51 incidents (mostly arson and incendiary attacks). Later tallies rose to more than 70 locations, with some reports specifying at least 78 incidents across four provinces: roughly 40 in Narathiwat, 21 in Yala, 15 in Pattani, and a couple in Songkhla. Other counts mentioned about 68 sites.

reuters.com

Targets and methods: Government and local administrative buildings/offices, shops (including a 7-Eleven), vehicles, utility/telecommunication poles and towers, railway tracks (prompting temporary suspensions), tires (to disrupt roads), CCTV cameras, and some infrastructure. Methods included arson, small bombs/improvised explosives, tire fires, and scattered obstacles. Some attacks involved armed groups.

bbc.co.uk

Casualties and response: At least three people were injured (reports commonly note two women and one man injured in a roadside bombing in Narathiwat; all in stable condition). No deaths were widely reported from this wave. A temporary overnight curfew was imposed in Narathiwat (later lifted). Security was heightened, with increased surveillance and patrols.

aljazeera.com

Context: These occurred amid the long-running insurgency in the predominantly Muslim Malay southern provinces (Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani, and parts of Songkhla), which has killed more than 7,000 people since intensifying around 2004. No group immediately claimed responsibility. Officials linked it to possible retaliation for recent security crackdowns (including after a deadly July attack on soldiers), efforts related to stalled/restarting peace talks (often involving the main separatist group BRN and Malaysian facilitation), or other factors. Authorities had received some advance intelligence warnings of possible attacks on government sites, shops, and infrastructure.

reuters.com

The violence is part of a decades-long low-level conflict seeking greater autonomy or independence. Peace efforts have repeatedly stalled. Reports as of August 24–25 noted heightened security measures continuing, with some additional isolated incidents afterward.

Southern Thailand insurgency

Ongoing conflict
The Southern Thailand insurgency is an ongoing conflict centered in southern Thailand. It originated in 1948 as a separatist insurgency in the historical Malay Patani Region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand and parts of a fourth, but has become more complex and increasingly violent since the early 2000s from drug cartels, oil smuggling networks, and sometimes pirate raids. The former Sultanate of Pattani, which included the southern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat—also known as the three Southern Border Provinces—as well as neighbouring parts of Songkhla Province, and the northeastern part of Malaysia, was conquered by the Kingdom of Siam in 1785 and, except for Kelantan, has been governed by Thailand ever since…. (Wiki)