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Significance of pledge of allegiance to new ‘caliph’ by ISIS branches

Monday 26-12-2022 01:26 PM

The provinces affiliated with ISIS have issued successive pledges of allegiance to the new “caliph” after the death of the previous caliph in October 2022. These pledges do not indicate a major ...

3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women

Sunday 25-12-2022 05:19 PM

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental ...

Houthis turning Yemen's mosques into arms warehouses

Sunday 25-12-2022 04:57 PM

The Houthi group has deliberately encroached on places of worship, especially mosques, since its 2014 coup in Yemen. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms has accused the group of ...

ISIS targeting China in Afghanistan: Causes and implications

Sunday 25-12-2022 04:47 PM

An attack by ISIS Khorasan on a hotel, primarily frequented by Chinese nationals, in Afghan capital, Kabul, a few days ago, marks a major shift in the organizations strategy towards China, a ...

Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:59 PM

The minister of higher education in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has defended his decision to ban women from universities – a decree that triggered a global backlash and protests inside the ...

Ukraine is outflanking Russia with ammunition from Big Tech

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:27 PM

Ukrainian soldiers have revolutionised the way battles will be fought in the 21st century by waging an “algorithmic war” that enables Kyiv to outgun invading forces with far fewer troops. Artificial ...

While family unwrap presents, he’s defusing bombs in Ukraine

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:22 PM

British volunteers in Ukraine will spend Christmas training soldiers in the snow and unwrapping bombs instead of presents. Chris Garrett, an explosive ordnance disposal expert from the Isle of Man, ...

Killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers: Did Jaish al-Adl respond to execution of its members?

Saturday 24-12-2022 03:11 PM

Four members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed in clashes with an armed group in Saravan County in Sistan and Baluchestan Province near the Pakistani border. The area is one of ...

Abu Ayman al-Masri: US offers $5M reward in exchange for information about him

Saturday 24-12-2022 02:50 PM

A large financial reward for anyone who provides information about the prominent leader of the terrorist al-Qaeda organization, Ibrahim al-Banna, also known as Abu Ayman al-Masri, and the Rewards ...

Houthis lay their hands on Yemen's commercial projects

Saturday 24-12-2022 02:35 PM

Since its coup in September 2014 and its control over Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Houthi militia has continued to rob all state institutions. No commercial entity has been spared from the ...

Jordanian security neutralizes Dalabeh's killer

Saturday 24-12-2022 01:46 PM

A Takfiri cell in Huseiniya District of Jordans Maan Governorate took advantage of protests taking place in some parts of the Arab country against fuel prices to carry out some ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban All Education for Girls

Thursday 22-12-2022 05:19 PM

The Taliban banned girls from attending elementary school, effectively instituting a total ban on the education of girls and women and dealing one of the most dramatic blows yet to women’s freedoms ...

Satan II missile soon ready for deployment, says Putin

Thursday 22-12-2022 04:07 PM

Russia plans to boost its army to 1.5 million troops and is preparing to deploy a new intercontinental ballistic missile, President Putin has said. In a speech to defence chiefs in Moscow, Putin ...

U.S. Commandos Capture Six ISIS Officials in Raids in Syria

Wednesday 21-12-2022 06:25 PM

For the second time in just over a week, U.S. Special Operations forces carried out helicopter raids against the Islamic State in eastern Syria, capturing six operatives including a senior official ...

Motives behind increased Turkish presence in Libya

Wednesday 21-12-2022 06:00 PM

There has been intensified Turkish action in Libya in recent days. Four Turkish Air Force aircraft landed at al-Watiya Air Base in western Tripoli a few days ago. The arrival of the four aircraft ...