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Iran executes man over membership of jihadist group, armed rebellionIran carried out an execution on Sunday. Amer Ramesh was convicted of belonging to the Jaish al-Adl group. He was also found guilty of atta...- Iran executes man linked to militant group, Tasnim reportsIran has executed Amer Ramesh, a member of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl. He was convicted of armed rebellion and involvement in bo...
- Syria sets deadline for 'small groups' to join Defence MinistrySyria's defence minister has urged remaining small armed groups to integrate into the security apparatus within 10 days, threatening unspec...
- Militant attack on Pakistani border leaves 5 Iranian security forces dead, state media saysFive Iranian paramilitary forces were killed in a militant attack near the Pakistani border in Saravan city, Sistan and Baluchistan provinc...
- Army to be deployed across Pakistan during MuharramThe Pakistan government has deployed the Army nationwide to maintain law and order during Muharram due to concerns of attacks on Shiite ral...
- Iran-Pakistan flare-up rooted in restive borderlands, not Mideast strifeIran's recent strike on Pakistan aimed to bolster internal security amid rising concerns about domestic militant threats, not Middle East a...
- Why Shia celebrate Muharram, why was it banned in Kashmir? Here is the 30-yr-long Kashmir storyJ&K administration allowed the Muharram procession in Srinagar after nearly 30 years, marking a significant development. The procession, wh...
- Pakistan under a strong clutch of sectarian violenceThe study seriously faults the Pakistani counter-terrorism approach as mostly reactive, when it should be proactive, because all institutio...
- Blast at mosque in Kabul kills at least 10: Interior MinistryScores of Afghan civilians have been killed in recent weeks in blasts, some of which have been claimed by the Islamic State. Afghanistan's ...
- Blast at Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city of Kandahar kills dozensNematullah Wafa, a former member of the provincial council, said the blast occurred at the Imam Bargah mosque and caused heavy casualties b...
- India needs a strong Iran to combat ISIS, al-QaidaThe Khilafat movement of the 1920s was massively Indians are happy with the lifting of UN sanctions on Iran after its nuclear deal with the...
- ISIS leaders getting paranoid as group loses some groundUnlike other terror groups, the Islamic State sees seizing and controlling territory as essential to its mission and purpose.
- The Iraqi campaign to retake Ramadi from ISIS is a looming disasterA successful campaign to retake the city could send ISIS into retreat. But failure would only solidify the jihadists' hold over a sizable p...
- Iran, Iraq, Syria to continue cooperation against ISIran has thrown its weight behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during Syria's three-year-old civil war and has also acknowledged sendin...
- UK to deport Pakistan minority rights activist Liaquat Ali HazaraLiaquat Ali Hazara, 36, is a campaigner for persecuted minorities in Pakistan, including the Hazaras, the Shia group to which he belongs.
- Tears, smiles greet nurses from IraqThe nurses, mainly from Kerala, were met by family members clutching bouquets of flowers and overjoyed that they were home.
- ISIS poses threat to Indian lives and interestsISIS has declared areas in Syria and Iraq it has captured as a caliphate — but its agenda isn’t confined to that region alone.
- A sectarian war? Muslims in India have different takesAmid these developments, an organization called Anjuman-e-Haideri has started recruiting volunteers pledging to protect Shia holy shrines i...
- Jihadists control 75% of Iraq’s largest oil refinery in Baiji: OfficialSunni extremists have taken control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, an official at the refinery ...
- Pakistan boost security after mosque blast kills 10Pakistan boosted security on Friday after a suspected Sunni extremist opened fire in a Shiite mosque then blew himself up, killing 10 peopl...
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