[1][2] It was established in mid-2014 and targets international (non-Arabic) audiences as opposed to their other Arabic-focused media wings and produces material, mostly Nasheeds, in English, German, Russian, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, Bengali, Chinese, Bosnian, Kurdish, Uyghur, and French.

The video featured Abu Khattab al-Kurdi promising to "bring the Caliphate to Kurdistan and to end the PUK and KDP's atheism".

[9] On 29 June 2014 it released The End of Sykes-Picot, a reference to the 1916 accord that European states used to divide up the region after World War I and in which it calls for destruction of the border between Iraq and Syria.

[12] 19 September 2014 al-Hayat Media Center presents a new video message from the Islamic State: “Flames of War: The Fighting Has Just Begun”.

[13] al-Hayat released a series of videos called Lend Me Your Ears,[14][15] in which the hostage man who appeared in is British journalist John Cantlie.

[22] In February 2015 British he reappeared in a propaganda video walking around ruins and interviewing locals in the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo.

[35] In April 2015, Al-Hayat, though affiliated Telegram channels, threatened to blow up Anzac Day dawn memorial services in major cities across Australia and New Zealand, as well as Melbourne Cricket Ground, should Australian Defence Force continues to participate in CJTF-OIR in Iraq.

[41][42] In January 2016 it released a video titled Kill Them Wherever You Find Them (French: Tuez-les où que vous les rencontriez)[43] showing the Paris attackers threatening future violence.

[46] In April 2016 it released a video featuring a large group of ISIS child recruits singing in French wearing suicide belts and other weapons during military training.

[49] It made a 52-second trailer for The Flames of War, a video series called Mujatweets[50] and a nashid (Islamic chant) in French named "My revenge" (Ma vengeance) in which it praised the Brussels bombing and both Paris attacks.

[63] On 31 December 2017 it spread via Telegram O' Disbelievers of the World (French: Mécréants de l'humanité) which shows an apocalyptic view of the war between ISIS and the unbelief.